Your End-of-Year Checklist for Success

Your End-of-Year Checklist

With less than two weeks left in 2024, we are all feeling the urgency of finishing up the year strong. Plus, I know you and your team are eager to take time off and focus on celebrating the holidays with loved ones. But before you put up your out-of-office message, there are a few loose…

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Make a Plan for Retirement NOW!

It’s no secret that I am a huge advocate of planning for the future. Two weeks ago, I talked about the need for a plan to finish your year strong. But today, I’d like to address a topic that requires planning even further ahead: retirement. We work so hard throughout our careers, and for many,…

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Create a Plan to Realize Your Why

Know Your Reason Why with a question mark underneath

Are you familiar with the famous quote, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity?” It is attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, and no doubt many of us have seen it on motivational posters and memes. I like this quote because it is a good reminder that, in business and in life, we make…

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How Are You Building Good Relationships Today?

A picture of two cartoon people shaking hands with the words "How are you building good relationships today?" at the top and "Celeste Giordano Consulting" at the bottom

Here we are, in the final days of August, with the third quarter more than halfway over. As we speed towards that all important fourth quarter of the business year, I have a question for you: How are you building good relationships today? Yes, summer can be a hard time for relationship-building, with changing schedules…

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Harness the Power of Positive Thinking

Two glasses of water with text above them reading, "Is your glass half-full or half-empty?"

People often describe themselves or others as having a “glass half-full” or “glass half-empty” personality. And surely we all have situations we approach with more positivity than others. No one is a ball of sunshine 100 percent of the time. But think about the last professional event you attended. When striking up polite conversation with…

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