by Dr. Lynn Friedman

(c)Lynn Friedman, Ph.D., 2009, all rights reserved

It's the New Year. You've joined a health club, started a new diet and generated a host of New Year's resolutions. But what about your Work-life? Have you thought about what you'd like it to look like by December 2009? Or, better yet, 2014? Where would you like to be in five years? What is your plan for getting there? What steps are you taking to achieve your goals?

Over the years, in leading Work-life groups and helping individuals codify and implement their work-life plans, I have found that there are three critical ingredients to successfully achieving Work-life goals. These include: establishing goals, monitoring progress and finding ongoing, focused, support for achieving your goals.

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by Dr. Lynn Friedman

The holidays are coming but not all of your family and friends are in the holiday spirit. Some have been recently laid off and are feverishly job hunting in an, at best, sluggish market. Those in large businesses worry that lay off is imminent and those in small businesses may lament a downturn in profits. Some own homes that are "upside down", others may be anxiously in over their heads with an interest only mortgage, still others can't get the credit that they need to buy. For many money is tight.

Add these anxieties about the world economic state to the deeply held wish for a happy holiday and you recognize that that having "happy holidays" may require a little more effort this year.

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