Today’s New York Times magazine included an interesting article on an extreme danger sport – base jumping. People wear special flight suits as they leap off a cliff, experiencing flight sensations for several minutes. You can read the article here. Be warned: it’s not the cheeriest article in the world. One small part of the […]
Career Advice and Opinions
Ready for a Career Change? 5 signs
I’ve just been reading a good book: The Myths of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky. I usually don’t like books about happiness because the measurement strikes me as odd: self-ratings of happiness don’t seem very robust. But this book was different. Like many other psychologists, Lyubomirsky points out that it’s human nature to adapt. We think […]
What is a career crisis?
We all have different definitions of a crisis. I know people who think a hangnail is a major crisis. One US White House social secretary told the press they were having a “tablecloth crisis.” I would define a crisis as an event that creates a “before” and an “after.” After the crisis happens, nothing will […]
Career Decision Making: Set A Tripwire
Career challenges often boil down to one thing: decisions. Today’s quote comes from the book, Decisive: How To Make Better Choices In Life And Work, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Heath and Heath say that pilots “are taught to pay careful attention to what are called ‘leemers,’ the feeling that something isn’t right… The […]
Job Search Tip: Will Your New Boss Be A Jerk? [Quote of the Week]
This week’s quote comes from a brand new book by Jake Breeden, Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Wok Habits that Masquerade as Virtues. Breeden identifies 7 “sacred cows” of corporate workplace life. These sacred cows are beliefs we’ve always held but they don’t do us any good in today’s corporate world. For example, many […]
Career Quote of the Week: How NOT To Choose Your Career Mentor
This week’s Quote comes from a book, Rebooting Work, by Maynard Webb. “We have to acknowledge that in the Age of Entrepreneurship, the onus of personal and professional development is on the individual, not the company. I hope that instead of fearing this new responsibility, you’ll see the many benefits it brings… “[For example,] there […]