Mar01, 2010

Beginning of the Month Tip

By |March 1st, 2010|Events, Goals, Tools / Exercises|1 Comment

Since it is March 1, I like to begin by writing a vision for the month. To do this, look at your goals or resolutions for the year. Then visualize the end of the month arriving and write down the joyful things you’d like to see take place as well as movement forward on your

Feb19, 2010

Ask for the Order

By |February 19th, 2010|Enhancing career skills, Job search, Networking|2 Comments

A mentor recently said to me, “Ask for the order.”

“What do you mean?” I asked. “What do you want? Go order it up,” she explained. “Where do you want to be in the next 30 days? Speak in absolutes. Tell people, ‘I need to do this. How do I do this? Can you help me?'”

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Feb16, 2010

LYJ (Love Your Job) Search in DC Starts March 2!

By |February 16th, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Enhancing career skills, Events, Job search|Comments Off on LYJ (Love Your Job) Search in DC Starts March 2!

I’m excited to offer my second class for women job seekers in DC beginning March 2 for five consecutive Tuesdays. See all of the details here. I look forward to working with talented women in DC on their job searches. Please email me at alyssa@alyssabest.com for more info and to secure a spot.

Here are a couple of testimonials from participants in

Feb12, 2010

A Simple Tool to Get Organized for 2010

By |February 12th, 2010|Goals|1 Comment

I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed managing my to-do lists for a variety of projects and responsibilities. When talking about it with my career coach, she suggested that I select my top five priorities, buy a journal or notebook, and divide it into five tabs. For each tab (e.g. business, house, personal, etc.), I’m creating a

Feb07, 2010

LYJ Five Questions for Katja Kullander

By |February 7th, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Five Questions Q & A, Inspirational Quotes, Interviews, Purpose|Comments Off on LYJ Five Questions for Katja Kullander

I am pleased to kick off a new LYJ series with people who love what they do. We begin with Katja Kullander, a Swede who moved to New York a decade ago to pursue a career in music. Katja is the owner of Sing From Your Heart Music Studio where she teaches voice to people

Jan22, 2010

What I’m Reading Now

By |January 22nd, 2010|Book Review|2 Comments

Ever since I renewed my Brooklyn library card I’ve been ordering tons of books delivered straight to my local library branch. It means I’m reading 5 books at once!

Here’s the latest:

Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern – This book is helping me to see all of the areas I can improve upon

Jan21, 2010

LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Starts February 1!

By |January 21st, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Enhancing career skills, Events, Job search|Comments Off on LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Starts February 1!

I’m excited to offer my fourth class for women jobseekers beginning February 1 for five consecutive Mondays. See all of the details here. I know that 2010 holds much opportunity in store for jobseekers and I’m glad to be able to work with talented women in NYC on their searches. Please email me at lyjnow

Jan20, 2010

LYJ Best Year Ever Workshop Kicks Off 2010

By |January 20th, 2010|Events|Comments Off on LYJ Best Year Ever Workshop Kicks Off 2010

Here’s a picture from our Best Year Ever workshop on Sunday. We had ten fabulous participants all excited about what’s to come in 2010. The most powerful part for me is flipping around limiting beliefs into new statements about who we want to be in the New Year. We’re excited to offer 3 check-ins during

Jan04, 2010

Best Year Ever Goal-Setting Questions

By |January 4th, 2010|Events, Goals, Tools / Exercises|Comments Off on Best Year Ever Goal-Setting Questions

As part of the pre-assignments for the Best Year Ever workshop Nicole and I are leading on Sunday, January 10 and Sunday January 17, we ask participants to consider the following questions. I answered many of these same questions myself in 2009 in order to create a juicy full year and intend to do the

Dec10, 2009

Painting a Vision

By |December 10th, 2009|Discovering Passions and Interests, Goals, Inspirational Quotes, Job search, Purpose|1 Comment

I was talking to a good friend the other day who recently had a baby and is really loving her life at the moment. In addition to enjoying every moment with her adorable son, she and her husband are both working part-time and so have time to spend with each other and with their