by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
It was always the plan. Once the following things had come to fruition… Youngest child leaves the nest. Hubby and I relocate to our forever home. I launch the Crazy Productive Academy. …then I would enter the next phase of my career. The plan was (and is!) to continue...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
It’s 1993-ish. My best friend and I have declared our majors at Wake Forest University. We waited until the last minute and chose psychology. So now the fun courses begin. We promptly register for the Human Sexuality class – because who doesn’t want to talk...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
One of the key factors in determining job grades, titles, and compensation in organizations is the scope or impact of the decisions made by the person in that role. Higher impact decisions = higher level employee Lower (or no) decision making = lower-level employee...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
From 2007 to about 2011, I specialized in paper organization/reduction and Records Management in businesses. In one 18-month project, I helped a 5,000-employee company reduce the number of 5-drawer file cabinets by 73% prior to their move to a new corporate campus....
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Writer’s block. A slump. Whiffing the ball. The yips. Quiet quitting. Failure to launch. In a rut. We all get stuck at some time or another in life and work. Sometimes the stuckness lasts a day or two and sometimes it plagues us for years. I listened to several...
