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. If you’re an ezine subscriber, or you’ve got a question I can answer via blog, just post a comment. You can comment on this post of any other post. […]
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Relocation Reviewed: Richard Florida and Who’s Your City
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 […]
From ad exec to Starbucks barista with lessons learned
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 […]
Can blogging help or hurt your career?
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 […]
Willpower : Myth or reality?
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, […]
Aargh…Career Tests Take Over the World
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. […]