Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about finding the ideal mentor, how to [...]
The other day I read an article in the New York Times with the fascinating title: “Dieting? Put Your Money Where Your Fat Is.” It’s about “diet bets.” A diet bet is an arrangement “in which those seeking to lose pounds give themselves a new incentive: money. If they don’t lose more weight than the [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about how to find ways learn more [...]
Mark Twain was right: “History does not repeat. But it does rhyme.”
That means this recession will be a lot like past recessions. That means you can learn from history while you adapt to the unique features of this recession.
Expect the environment to become even more competitive than it is right now. There will be more [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s my pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about “shoulding” or not, sharpening your skills, [...]
If you want someone to be your mentor, don’t just call them up and ask, “Will you be my mentor?” Here’s why.
Most people who will make a good mentor for you are successful. That also means that they’re busy.
Because they have lots of commitments already, they’re going to be leery of taking on any new [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about not blowing your own horn too [...]
The moment was so dramatic that it’s tempting to just play it over and over. That’s pretty much what the media have been doing with “”Sully Sullenberger and his miracle landing of flight 1549.
If all you see is the miracle, you miss another story. It’s the story of how a boy from Denison, Texas became [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about HR secrets, productivity, figuring out what [...]
Several books and articles have recently appeared offering advice on how to achieve excellence. Others suggest that they will help you succeed in life.
My goal is more limited. I just want to give you a way to improve performance in an area that matters to you.
I do not offer something that takes no effort and [...]