The Institute of Social and Economic Research recently published a study about the connection between popularity in high school and earning power later in life. New York magazine, information source to the rich and popular, summarized the study like this: "This study may seem to burst our Revenge of the Nerds fantasies, but it's logical [...]
Browsing category "Self-management"Good grammar might derail your career
Posted to: Journalism | Self-management
May 19th, 2009
I love grammar. I can remember in sixth grade when we spent weeks parsing sentences. There was a moment of self-awareness when I thought to myself, “If I let anyone see how much I like this, I'll never get invited to good parties.” Three times you should lie at work
May 11th, 2009
Everyone thinks transparency and authenticity are great. But sometimes you need to rein them in. I’ve talked about how I do this with my blog, which is really an example of how I rein myself in at work. There are times we each have to do this at work, and in some cases, we need [...] Gold digging Web 2.0 style
April 16th, 2009
The guy I’m sort of dating asks me, “Do you know Glenda Bautista?” Twentysomething: Gen Y is better than everyone else at marketing themselves
Posted to: Promoting yourself | Self-management
April 7th, 2009
This is a guest post from Dan Schawbel. He is 25 years old and already, the New York Times has called him a "personal branding guru." Dan's book is Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and it just came out today. How to shift between work and dating
January 23rd, 2009
Here is a map of where all the single men are: Change how you walk to change your life
Posted to: Self-management
January 22nd, 2009
We all know that people judge each other in the first five seconds they see each other. We talk about clothes, and weight , and tone of voice. But you can also judge someone by their walk. Focus on learning in the face of recession
December 3rd, 2008
I announced last week that I'll be running a poll on my sidebar each week. I’m aiming for a new one every Tuesday. 3 Ways work will change when Gen Y is in charge
Posted to: Self-management
October 23rd, 2008
Part of knowing where to steer your career is knowing what is changing in the landscape. In ten years, Gen Y will have taken over middle management. Maybe in five years, if my own office is any indication. But I am sure that Gen Y will run the show differently. And no matter your age, [...] Self-sabotage is never limited to just one part of your life
Posted to: Self-management
October 20th, 2008
At the start of our road trip to his cousin's wedding in Illinois, the farmer says, "I have a present for you." Intentional non-productivity is a productivity tool
Posted to: Productivity | Self-management
October 1st, 2008
Almost 95% of Jews do something to observe Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I want my kids to be part of this when they grow up, so the only way to do that is to model it for them now. Because it's completely clear to me that people who believe in God are fundamentally more [...] Stop blaming your Blackberry for your lack of self-discipline
Posted to: Productivity | Self-management
July 1st, 2008
Are you thinking your Blackberry use is out of control and you need to turn it off? Forget it. The problem is not the Blackberry, it's you. Keeping an eye on my career while I go through a divorce
Posted to: Blogging | Self-management
May 22nd, 2008
Let me first say that my lawyer is not happy when I blog about my divorce. But now that I've been in a front-page article of the New York Times for blogging about the divorce, I think we've passed the point of discretion. Plastic surgery is the next must-have career tool. Maybe
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Self-management
April 8th, 2008
Brace yourself for the most thorough compendium of research I've seen about how good-looking people get more of everything. The book is Looks: Why They Matter More than You Ever Imagined, by Gordon Patzer, professor at Roosevelt University in Chicago and former dean at California State University. Career Lessons from Eliot Spitzer’s Call Girl, Ashley Dupre
Posted to: Money | Self-management
March 24th, 2008
In the train wreck of Eliot Spitzer’s political career, there are many workplace lessons. And lots of people are talking about Spitzer’s career. But what about the call girl? Secrets of an obsesssive note taker gone bad
Posted to: Self-management
March 14th, 2008
Here's the scene: Ryan Healy and I are going through all the stuff we need to change on our new site. We have ideas to spruce things up. And also we're sick of all the stuff we do by hand. We need more automation. And we look over at Ryan Paugh, and he's not taking [...] Quick fixes for image problems
Posted to: Promoting yourself | Self-management
January 30th, 2008
You know that people make snap judgments about you based on your appearance. But it turns out that most of those judgments are right. In a study where people viewed photos of CEOs, the people were able to guess the personalities of the CEOs accurately just by looking at their photo. (Hat tip: Recruiting Animal) How to get a job you're not qualified for
Posted to: Job hunt | Self-management
January 29th, 2008
Getting hired even when you're not qualified is one of the most important skills to have if you want to keep your work life interesting. Because if you are always taking jobs you're qualified for, then your learning curve is really flat, and your work life is really boring. Maybe there will be a recession. Here's what to do just in case
Posted to: Managing up | Self-management
January 21st, 2008
The debate continues about whether and when a recession is coming, and what the markers would be. Most of us are in no position to do the analysis ourselves, but you don't need to be an economist to know that if people are talking about recession, you should do some thinking about what you would [...] How to figure out which tasks you can ignore
December 17th, 2007
This week is the one-year anniversary of the week that I became so overwhelmed with my workload that I started to act like a crazy person. |
The farmer wants to start a blog with me. He wants to call it breadnbutter. I hear: me spread all over him. He hears: wheat and dairy cows. 2 days ago
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