Category: Career Advice
Sharing the best advice and insights we’ve gleaned from successful people to help you take your career to the next level (or unlock what you’re meant to do)
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5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Setting A New Goal
I eschewed normal resolutions, giving myself an extra week to reflect and reset before designing this year’s goals printable. It sparked a few questions that I hope are helpful for you, too.
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Shauna Niequist: Uncovering The ‘Pain Points’ In Your Everyday Life
Writer and author Shauna Niequist challenges us: What walls are you putting up? What’s keeping you from connecting with other people? What same mistakes or problems seem to be bubbling up in your life over and over again?
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Tuesday Takeaway: Liz Gilbert and the Sh*t Sandwich
‘Big Magic’ author Liz Gilbert challenges us all: “The question is not, ‘What do I love?’ The question is, ‘What do I love so much that I don’t mind eating the sh*t sandwich that comes along with doing that thing?'”
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The One Thing You Must Stop Doing During Vacation
Thirty-four percent of millennials work every single day of their vacations. Yup, that’s one out of every three people, and what’s just as awful is that they return to work feeling even less productive than before they left, according to a June 2015 study by Alamo Rent A Car. It makes sense, in a warped way:…
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What ‘Pinch of Yum’ Can Teach You About Running a Successful Blog
If you’re interested in running any kind of blog, you have to check out Pinch of Yum and Food Blogger Pro. Though the sites are very food-focused, the business/marketing/life-leveling-up lessons the sites share can apply well beyond people who like to Instagram (and write about) their lunch. (Guilty, as you all know.) We’re still working…
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Katy Perry: Creative? Why You Can’t Sell Yourself Short
Just because you’re creative doesn’t mean you can’t think strategically. That’s something Katy Perry proves with every hit single, every sold-out tour, and every buzzed-about fragrance launch. In her recent cover story on Forbes, the “California Gurls” singer discussed how she views herself as an entrepreneur, explaining how she doesn’t just write about whatever’s on…
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How to Write an Out-of-Office Message That Will Let You Truly Unplug
Going on vacation doesn’t count as much of a getaway if people keep emailing, texting and sending smoke signals your way. (Who can understand smoke signals, anyway?!) An out-of-office autoreply on your email, and a voicemail message indicating the dates you’ll be out can be crucial for getting people off your back — and avoiding…
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Working for (More Than) the Weekend
Two numbers: 5 & 2. 5 > 2… Every time. In many ways, this simple equation became the genesis for why Candace and I created LBW. I’ll let you in on a little secret that you already know: there are way more weekday days than weekend days. Every week, Scout’s honor! And if this equation has anything…
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How to Make Your Ideas Contagious
When you think of books you can devour in one flight, thrillers and other edge-of-your-seat pageturners immediately come to mind. Not necessarily research-driven nonfiction. But when I started reading Jonah Berger’s Contagious two years ago on a flight to Tennessee, I couldn’t put it down. Even when we reached our destination. It’s that compelling. The…
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How to Make Your Desk More Comfortable
You’ve heard all of the studies that show sitting all day is as bad for you as smoking, and you’ve felt your wrists or back ache after spending hours on end hunched over your computer at work. If you can’t get a standing desk, or magically change your job description to include hourly yoga breaks, what…
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Katherine Sabbath: The Work That Defines You
An insight from teacher-turned-baker Katherine Sabbath helped me re-evaluate how I look at the work that matters in my own life.
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Adam Braun: Never Take No from Someone Who Can’t Say Yes
Publishing our first cookbook was nerve-wracking for me—not the cooking, recipe-testing or food-photographing, but the part that happened once the book was live on Amazon: Actually announcing it to the world and, you know, selling it. [Insert full-body shudder here.] I hated asking for the sale, and I’d get so uncomfortable pitching our book to…
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