One of the biggest issues for writers today is how to move between print and online. The issue is really authority. For print people, moving online is difficult because their established offline authority has relatively little meaning online. Conversely people who are mostly online understand that there is a much more structured way to earn […]
I get a lot of email from people who want advice. I usually reply. Sometimes I get an email from someone who is clearly a pain but I’m impressed that he or she asked for help, so I answer. Sometimes I get such a good question from someone that I actually give him or her […]
By Ryan Healy — Most of my friends would love to run their own business some day. Me too. However, we believe the first logical step is to get a few years of work experience, make connections, and save money. A couple of months ago, my good friends from college, Matt, Cole and Adam, came […]
Here’s how I became a writer. I started writing when I was six and wrote nonstop, about things no one cared about. Nineteen years later I thought, I like to write, I should get paid for this. So I went to graduate school for writing, and the first day, the teacher said, “If any of […]
I am speaking at the American Society of Journalists and Authors in New York this Sunday. So I thought that in addition to regular posts, I’d do a little series this week on tips for writers. I have never done a series, but I’ve seen them done on other blogs, so I thought I’d try […]
Reviews of the Brazen Careerist book are starting to come in. Next week I’ll link to a bunch of reviews on blogs. This week, here are three of my favorite quotes: Guy Kawasaki author of The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything “Take everything you think you ‘know’ about […]
One of the most important career moves of the new millennium is getting out of paying dues. Paying one’s due is an antiquated idea in a workplace where few people aspire to climb the same corporate ladder for 45 years. Eve Tahmincioglu interviewed 55 leaders for her book, From the Sandbox to the Corner Office: […]
There is room to be true to yourself within the framework of a career. Today we have so many options that when we are not being true to ourselves we cannot really blame the system. We make our own choices and create our own lives. It’s very hard to know what we want, though. So […]
The first thing I did when I sat down to work today was do the easy stuff on my list that does not need to be done until the end of the week. Then, when I should have been going to bed, I started working on the stuff that has to be done today. I […]
One of the biggest complaints I hear from employees is that no one is listening to their ideas. In a large part this is not because the ideas are bad, but becuse most employees don’t sell their ideas to their company properly. Selling an idea to an organization requires that you understand how the decision […]