As a writer and career strategist, one of the opportunities I enjoy most is when people I meet involve me in their process of discovering what they would like to do for work.
It’s been refreshing to see that even during these unstable economic times, there are people out there who are not willing to continue [...]
(Post inspired by Bill Gate’s talk at TED 09.)
In his talk at TED this past week-end, one of the questions that Bill Gates explored was:
How do you make a teacher great?
It is worth paying attention because our careers stand to benefit from his answer.
Monkey see, monkey improve.
As Bill explained, it’s not that easy to answer [...]
This is a big leap of faith for me.
For the very first time since this blog was launched I’ve reached out to ask a reader to write a guest post. This reader is one of those highly talented but unassuming people who likes to fly below the radar. That’s why he has asked me [...]
Even during an economic downturn, finding meaning in our lives is not a privilege reserved only for a select few – it’s everyone’s responsibility.
At the risk of sounding too preachy, I’ll borrow some insight from Jewish wisdom that says: ”The day that you were born was the day that G-d decided that the world could no [...]
According to Jewish Mysticism (a.k.a. Kabbalah) the number 9 represents truth*. Since it’s 2009, I’ve taken the liberty to declare this my year of finding my own truth.
Part of my commitment has been to discover what gives meaning to my life. That includes finding meaningful work. Those things that bring meaning to my life [...]
On my latest trip to South America I met a remarkable woman who I’ll call Maria.
Maria took care of my grandfather for many years until the second that life left him a week ago at age 96.* As thankful as I am for her unconditional support and care for grandpa Pipo during his last years, [...]
This time last year I was in the middle of making an important decision for my career and life. I had to decide whether or not I would resign from a corporate job that looked fabulous on the outside to write on a full time basis. To begin with I had national management responsibilities and [...]
Even if I may not always agree with what Dr. Sullivan has to say over at ere.net (like what he wrote about talent swapping), his out-of-the-box thinking is quite refreshing. Recently he wrote an article about proximity recruiting. Proximity recruiting is about finding candidates through face-to-face interactions – as opposed to non-physical recruiting including job [...]
It has been an active end of year.
My first book is in the editing stage, my posts are appearing on more and more places in the blogoshpere (thanks everyone for your support!) and I’ve been invited to contribute to a number of blogging communities.
As I shared with you earlier, I’m now part of the Women [...]
In an earlier post I shared with you my positive experiences while working in my mom’s business.
To give you the full story, here are some of the major downsides of working with your family:
‘Mommy’s little girl’ syndrome: Although it’s possible that you’ll achieve almost instant trust with your family, you might have to [...]
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