I asked my ezine readers this morning. Since my featured article was about blogging for careers, I thought I’d encourage everyone to come visit my blog.
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It’s always hard to give up a steady source of income. Experienced career counselors will caution, “Hang on to your job until you’ve got another opportunity lined up.” And you’ve heard the advice, “Don’t quit your job till you’ve got another one.”
Mostly that’s good advice. I say the same thingi when clients ask.
But sometimes […]

I just got a nice email from someone who saw my amazon review of Barbara Sher’s book, Refuse to Choose.
So I went back to the review and found a few comments, both pro and con. The review really expresses a lot of my philosophy of career change and coaching. I cover some myth of academic […]

Richard Florida introduced the notion of cultural creatives to the world. He tells us that tolerance of diverse population groups - old, young, gays, straights and more - predicts happiness with a community.
Now he introduced a new book, Who’s Your City. The premise of this book is that where you live matters. Most new college […]

I finally got around to reading How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill.
You can read my review on amazon if you click here.
Mostly I felt this book could inspire a lot of discussion.
Was Gill’s experience typical? Are most Starbucks managers as charismatic and competent as Crystal, the manager who hired him?
Which of the […]

In the Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper targeted to anyone even remotely connected to academia, Brandon Withrow ponders this question in an article “Not Your Father’s PhD.” You can read it here.
I would agree with those who say you’ll be better equipped to work with today’s students if you understand modern techo-tools. One of […]

Ususally I try to stay away from politics, but it’s hard to ignore the US Presidential election. Whether you support Clinton, Obama or McCain, you can’t help noticing what candidates have to go through to win elections.
If you’ve ever made a hiring decision based on interviews, you realize how tough it is to get to […]

I’ve been reading Debbie Ford’s newest book, Why Good People Do Bad Things. Ford argues that self-sabotage occurs when we try to conceal our “bad” selves, i.e., when we feel shame. I’ve reviewed the book here on amazon.
My review is rather long because I was the only reviewer (so far) to withhold a 5-star […]

Today’s New York Times included an article on willpower, written by two psychologists. You can read it here http://tinyurl.com/3pbwwp
The article, written by 2 reputable researchers, seems to suggest that willpower is like a muscle. As you get used to setting limits for yourself, self-discipline gets easier.
Researchers like to experiment with food. For example, […]

Today’s online New York Times includes an article about the increasing importance of career tests. Go here.
Reporter Lisa Belkin took batteries of tests with different testing companies. The results were generally consistent…except for one. One testing battery proclaimed her a non-self-starter.
Belkin pointed out that we could view the service as a missed diagnosis. After all, […]