Finding the Next Big Thing
There’s no better way to ensure your value than to identify a trend and capitalize on it before your competitors get to the table. But how do you do this without a crystal ball or a time machine? Here are …
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Is Some Laziness Okay?
I have a confession to make. I have not been as productive as usual lately. I have set aside 35 hours a week to work, and I’ve written articles, consulted with clients, developed presentations, and done media interviews during approximately …
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You Create Your Own Reality
When my grandfather passed away over the summer, he left me a book called The Seth Material by Jane Roberts. Without going into too much detail here, the book is about an intelligent consciousness that has survived death and uses …
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Stop Depending on Other People!
When I was in third grade, my teacher took the twenty-two kids in my class to wilderness camp. My friends and I stood in a circle and held hands. Someone had to stand in the middle blindfolded, and then fall …
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Take Your Career Into Your Own Hands
Don’t you love it when the fates align? At the same time that I was writing a New York Times op-ed on the rise of the independent workforce, I had the opportunity to meet Nacie Carson, a twenty-something author and …
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Should I Hire a Career Coach?
From humankind’s earliest days, mentors and coaches have been a significant ingredient in the careers of many accomplished individuals. As they reported in Fast Company in 2006, Jim Bolt and Brian Underhill conducted a study that found that 56 percent …
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5 Hidden Effects of Stress
Stress, a response that has evolved in humans over hundreds of thousands of years, is something we working professionals tend to take for granted. We have to wake up in the morning – every morning – commute to an office, …
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