A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Happy Monday! These days, most conversations with my wife go like this: Me: “I have a question.” Her: “Did you ask Claude/ChatGPT yet?” No matter the subject – work, the kids, life – AI has become, in a staggeringly brief period of time, my pocket problem-solver and time saver. It wasn’t always like this. In fact, I was one of those anti-AI people, externally bemoaning the loss of jobs and privacy, while internally fearing…

Building a better work-life. Hey Reader, Have you ever found yourself staring at a draft message, wondering if you’re being too harsh or perhaps not direct enough? Today, I want to share insights inspired by a recent exchange that taught me valuable lessons about communicating in challenging professional situations. The Situation: When Business and Friendship Collide Imagine this scenario: A friend has been helping with your small business on an informal basis. You both initially discussed…

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Happy Monday! If I made a nickel everytime I heard “I wish my hard work would speak for itself”…I would be a very rich lady. But unfortunately, we don’t work in a meritocracy and organizations don’t promote people who merely meet expectatios. They invest in those who consistently deliver exceptional value in ways others can’t…AND are able to articulate it. Think of it this way: If your manager is considering promoting…

Building a better work-life. Hey Reader, Good news first: I had the most amazing launch of my LLC of Me: How to Run Your Job Search Like an Entrepreneur webinar last week with 450+ registrants, glowing feedback – shout out Brisa! 👇 – and 21 new coaching clients on the spot. (Don’t worry if you missed it, you can watch the recording here.) Bummer news: The pride I felt lasted about 24 hours. While I’d exceeded the original goal I’d set for myself—16 new clients—when I saw how “easy” it was, I…

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Hi hi, Yesterday’s RGWA subscriber meetup is still stuck in my head (in a good way.) As we gathered virtually from across the world – with Chrissy joining us late at night from Paris! – each participant shared unique circumstances but similar underlying tensions. A new baker finding her voice after a toxic workplace. A recently-hired professional watching her work-life boundaries slip away. An unemployed job-seeker…

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Hiya! Two orders of business: A few of you haven’t been receving my emails (boooo), so I’m trying a new template to see if it’s more inbox-friendly. Fingers crossed you got it. (You can read all previous publications here – you only have to log-in once to access it.) Our next subscriber meetup is coming up soon on April 6th. We’ll go over our goals, and how to navigate through obstacles standing in our way. Considering I…

Really Good Work Advice A digestible deep-dive into how to create a better work-life.By Claire Wasserman Hey [FIRST NAME GOES HERE], We’re getting to the end of the month (already, I know!) which means our next RGWA subscriber meetup is coming up soon on April 6th. We’ll go over our goals, and how to navigate through obstacles standing in our way. I want to give you at least one action step you can take into April to build the work-life you desire. Register here Speaking of building your…

Hey Reader, Claire, here 👋 Real talk: the job market is BRUTAL right now. Between the gutting of the federal government (America’s largest employer), entire industries collapsing (media), widespread hiring freezes (tech), and AI eliminating roles overnight (engineering), even the most qualified professionals are finding themselves suddenly unemployed. Maybe that’s you. Maybe it will be you soon. Either way, it’s a gut-wrenching position to be in. When you’re ambitious and driven, nothing…

Really Good Work Advice A digestible deep-dive into how to create a better work-life.By Claire Wasserman Hey Reader, My client “K” has everything it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. She thrives in uncertainty, makes order out of chaos, loves juggling a gazillion, embraces failure, and is continually pushing herself to try new things and learn. The only thing is, she doesn’t have a business idea. Plus, she currently gets a great paycheck at someone else’s (not-so-great) company. So without…