While an autopilot, I might be bringing the disposition of my day into the room with me. Maybe my day was stressful. Perhaps I listened to a heated voicemail on the way over. I might be tense, stressed or even just blandly neutral.

big goals tend to stifle us. The appear so big and so far away that we use that as an excuse not to work toward achieving them at all.

Make sure you are staying in touch with your team as human beings. Simple questions like are you doing ok? How's soccer going for your daughter? How was your trip to Joshua Tree?

talking money in a Performance Review is albeit important, just not using your imminent need as the REASON you should get a raise.

take a moment right now to look around your desk area, open your file cabinets, peek in your overheads and see if there is anything that you don't want the general public to have their eyes on. Take that home.

Reading 4 pages of your life in this scenario is just not possible. You need to sell it in the first page. More likely in the first half of the first page. After page 1, recruiter attention span diminishes greatly.

The real goal is to purposefully craft a legacy while you are still living. It's not about leaving a legacy it's about living one, right here, right now.