Intelligent Disobedience Part 2
The first signal that something is wrong will be a feeling that you’ve often had but may not trust. Call it a hunch, a niggling suspicion, sinking feeling, gut reaction, or its technical term: cognitive dissonance.
Tag: Success
The Year of the Monkey
2016 is the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese horoscope. That means it will be a great year for me. I am not a Monkey (I was born in the Year of the Dog) but I admire the monkey spirit.
Guest Post: How to Write the Ultimate Resume
Your resume is the crucial first step to getting your desired graduate job. As a graduate in a competitive job market, you need to be thinking about how you can make your job applications stand out.
Selfish Versus Otherish
It might be easy to assume that self- interest and interest in others’ well-being would be at opposite ends of a spectrum, but that turned out not to be true.
You Can’t Lean In Unless You Can Lean On: How Your Spouse Affects Your Success
Most of us leave home every day to go to work. Physically, that is. Metaphorically, we carry our home with us all day. If your home life is in shambles, it’s hard to remain calm and focused on the job. Your
There is No Try
Yoda is a great career coach. In perhaps his most famous scene, he commands Luke Skywalker, fledgling Jedi, to raise a spaceship with his mind. Reluctantly, Luke agrees to “try.” “No,” interjects Yoda sternly. “Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
The Best Jobs for Every Myers-Briggs Type
Paul Tieger’s book Do What You Are is my favorite career coaching book. This infographic is courtesy of Business Insider.
Find an extra 60 Minutes a Day: Never Lose Anything Again
The key to not losing things? Habit, habit, habit. Most items get lost because we don’t have a system for storing them every day.
Guest Post: 5 Simple Tips to Accelerate Your Career Progression
We live in a world that is literally “first come, first served.” Gone are the days when people patiently waited to build their business – or their career – from the ground up. Today, we want quick results; we don’t want to sit around and wait patiently. It is no secret that in this fast-paced world, “time is money.”
Give and Take
Grant writes “Being a Giver who enjoys helping others can be inefficient in the short run but surprisingly productive in the long run.”
