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Meet Rebecca. Google her name and you will quickly learn that she’s a fellow strategic job hopper. (long live!)
Her career started with a job in environmental consulting after she graduated from college with a BA in Interior Design and Environmental Studies. Then she [...]
I’ve felt my heart sink quite a few times in the past few weeks. More and more, I’m reading about people who admit to either feeling forced to go back to work; or feeling that they have to take any job offer that comes their way; or feeling that they must stay at a job [...]
The world needs more people like Jacqueline Novogratz, the founder and CEO of Acumen Fund.
Here’s why.
“Part of the journey that those of us who are privileged, which is pretty much everyone in this country, has to make is not being embarrassed by privilege or guilty for privilege or confused by privilege, but to start from [...]
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It’s time for you to meet Jo. Jo’s lead is quite interesting to follow. Had you met Jo a few years ago, most probably it would have been at a hospital and she would’ve introduced herself to you as ‘Dr. Martin’. Had you [...]
In the 6th century BC, Lao Tzu, the Chinese philosopher and central figure of Taoism, said:
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
To Lao’s words I’d like to add:
”That journey is completed a (baby) step at a time.”
(shame Lao didn’t get to see Bill Murray starring in “What About Bob?”)
History lesson aside, [...]
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Meet Victor. For twenty years Victor was an entrepreneur. Now, after he switched career lanes, he works with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD as part of the team of computer engineers that is responsible for developing software for flight [...]
It’s true that being in the now has its benefits. You’ll know what I mean if you’ve ever been in the zone and experienced flow while doing something. You’ll know that in the zone is where you reach your optimum performance. Out of simple and effortless doing come our best results.
Professional athletes know this. Next [...]
(Networking for Loners revisited)
Shawn Graham’s post about networking over at Courting Your Career got me thinking about – well, networking. Admittedly he makes a valid point about how following sports is a great strategy to break the ice particularly with people from different backgrounds. I agree that as a Latin American if I were a [...]
Picture shot at Tropfest 2009, the world’s largest short film festival.
Last night over 150,000 people gathered at outdoor venues across Australia to watch 16 short films.
And what do all those thousands of people have in common?
A love for all things short – as in brief.
Note to self: One of the most effective ways to get [...]
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 [...]
It's usually twists and turns that lead to the top. So stop following a straight line.
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