Month: October 2012
How to Be Productive in the Age of Distraction
Mobile phones, social media, college friends and colleagues – there are so many offline and online distractions that can stop you from doing what’s important and urgent. You’ll send a tweet, check out the tagged photos on Facebook, talk on the phone with your friend, before you know you’ve been distractedRead More
How to Make a Career Change
“What am I truly good at? What do I enjoy doing?” These are questions that many middle-aged adults wonder on a regular basis when they are unhappy with their current careers. In today’s society, it is not uncommon for individuals who want to go through a career change even thoughRead More
5 Tips for a Multicultural Work Environment
As a manager, you need to keep your employees motivated and cooperative consistently. If you’ve spent time in a workforce consisting of people coming from vastly different cultures and backgrounds, then you’ve probably also experienced confusion about how to accomplish those aims despite having little insight into what makes theseRead More
Getting More From Your Day: 5 Unexpected Ways You Can Save Time
I remember a time when I, as a harried new mom, would sit in front of a TV after the baby was asleep, watch whatever movie was on HBO, munch on a bowl of popcorn and do absolutely nothing other than immerse myself in a story which had absolutely nothingRead More
3 Ways to Improve your Employability as a Recent Grad
So you’ve just graduated from college, and you’re either looking for full-time work or you’ve found a job that’s far from your dream job. Either way, the development of your career will happen in small steps and giant leaps. Though it’ll all seem incredibly slow, understand that Rome was notRead More
From Minimum Wages to Millions
About a year ago, I was watching a television show that asked American multi-millionaires and billionaires how they became wealthy and climbed from minimum wages to millions. I remember being fascinated by this one house; it was a mansion in every sense of the word and was decked out withRead More
Walking the Tightrope: On Writing Epic Shit & Getting Visible
Call it what you will — exposure, traction, traffic, attention, validation, fame, the sacred YES we wish for and warrant — and measure it however you like — pageviews, downloads, adoring eyeballs, crescendos of comments, fan mail, love letters, media ops, onscreen time, on-air spots, bestseller nods, awards, bookmarks, re-tweets,Read More
What’s in Your Freelancers’ Digital Toolbox?
Becoming a freelancer after regular corporate job can feel very overwhelming. An army of IT support, Human Resources, Accounting and Sales are no longer within your reach. Suddenly, you begin wondering that the “insane bravery” for finally making the decision to work for yourself no longer looks like the smartest decision you ever made.But wait!Read More