The Anthony Reeves Experience

  We all value our working environment.  As such, during the course of our time in our workspaces, we often find ourselves forming relationships with supervisors and others within our leadership hierarchy.   Unfortunately, if we have reason to believe there will be a change in our working conditions, we may freak out because we do not know all of the details of the change.    So, there is this natural instinct to want to ask questions. However, depending on the nature of the question, we may not feel confident or brave enough to ask questions.  We may worry that asking the question may hurt our reputation.  We may worry that asking the question may put the spot light on us.  We may worry that asking the question may potentially jeopardize our job. And all of those worries are valid. But as much as those worries may be valid, have you ever considered that by fearing the repercussions of asking those questions, you are hurting yourself? Have you con...

  If you are looking for professional advice, your first thought may be to ask someone who USED to work in the area. There is nothing wrong with doing this but recognize that there risks involved.  

 Sometimes, we forget that we are professionals when dealing with our parents.   We defer to their wisdom and honor them as our superior.  Remember you are the smartest one in the room.  

When I started my new career at age 47, I remember one of my good friends asking me the question: "What are you going to do next?" That terrified me because I thought I had achieved a significant milestone. I couldn't conceive of doing anythimg more. However, the more I thought about it, I realized that I still had more to give. Which is why turning 50 can be terrifying.   In this podcast, I talk about what it means to start something new at 50. https://www.blogtalkradio.com/mynameisreeves/2023/01/06/turning-50-and-wondering-if-it-is-too-late-to-start-a-new-career

  1993, Fla. State Employee Making the transition to a new job is a life altering situation on its own.   It can even be more life altering if you are responsible for relocating to a job in a different city on your own.  While you are going through the hiring process, make sure you take it upon yourself to ask as many questions as possible of your employer so you can ensure that your transition is as seamless as possible.    When I got my first job working for the State of Florida, I had to relocate four hours away to a new city.  Unfortunately, I was responsible for all of my relocation costs. Fortunately, I didn’t have any furniture at the time because I was just out of college so all I had was my car and clothes.  However, when I got there, I still had to focus on finding a place to live and getting my phone, cable and electricity turned on even though I was in an unfamiliar city.    A year (and a few pieces of fur...

 If you are one of those people with a big heart or someone who believes in the power of giving back, you may find yourself feeling that you need to slow down the pace of your progression.   I know that sounds odd but think about it.  How many of us have felt guilty because so many doors opened for us that our peers did not have open for them?   You feel bad.  You feel selfish.  You feel ungrateful.   You have all of these feelings because, in your mind, you do not feel that you should be the ‘lucky’ ones. STOP THAT!   You aren’t LUCKY!  You are DESTINED!  Those opportunities that come before you are just that, OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU!   You can choose to share.  You can choose to enlighten.   You can choose to be humble.   But do NOT for a second believe you are not worth receiving those opportunities just because someone did not.  Those opportunities for you are meant for you to benefit and you do yourself greate...

R.P.O.V. Counter point to “Talking to your parents about assets, part 2:  Talking about assets”   One of the hard parts about talking to your parents about assets is the finality of the discussion.   The realization that you are talking about leaving things behind when they are gone.   We all know that we will eventually leave this world.   However, when having the conversation about leaving this world can make a lot of people feel very uncomfortable.     Which brings me to the uncomfortable conversation about what your parents have.    If your parents have accumulated a lot of things over their lifetime, taking the time to figure out what they have can be overwhelming to your parents.    It is not that they do not want to itemize everything.  It is just that it forces them to have to stop, take a moment, and truly think about everything they own or are in possession. ...