The mood you come to work with sets the mood for your workday. This is the conclusion of a study by Wharton professor Nancy Rothbard. (Shout out to Wendy for sending this link to me.) This study is a rallying cry for personal responsibility. Rothbard challenges you to stop blaming your boss or your co-workers […]
The way you talk about yourself is very powerful. Whether or not you are conscious of it, the way you tell stories of your life frames how people see you, and how you see yourself. So you may as well do this consciously, and also be conscious that people get the most tripped up in […]
The odds are that you will probably consider self-employment at some point: Eighty-nine percent of people in the United States who make more than $50,000 a year are self-employed, according to Entrepreneur magazine. As with all decision points, the way to make the best choice is to know yourself. If you get bored easily, do […]
If I had a dollar for every time I checked the traffic on my blog, I would have a decent income from this thing. The software I’m using is Performancing Metrics, and I adore all the ways it can slice and dice my numbers. Last week I had uneven traffic, and my overblown analysis of […]
The current issue of Psychology Today asks: Are you too sexy for your job? This article has good information about managing your image. Here are the nuggets I liked best: 1. Wear short, low-maintenance hair. “Both sexes perceive women with long, straight, blond hair as being sexy and those who have short, highlighted hair as […]
The idea of having a perfect online identity is not realistic. Instead, maybe you should focus on making your offline identity one that you’re proud of. First of all, no one is getting away with anything online. Today recruiters are expert and tireless Internet researchers when it comes to scoping out candidates. I just read […]
The best thing you can do if you want a flexible schedule is ask for it. Younger workers are finding more and more success when they ask, which should give everyone encouragement to request flextime if they want it. Laurie Young is a founder of Flexible Resources, a company that specializes in finding flextime jobs […]
Here’s some advice for those of you who don’t like your job: Maybe your job is not your problem. Maybe it’s that you are not trying hard enough to make friends at work. People with one friend at work are much more likely to find their work interesting. And people with three friends at work […]
One of the best ways to get what you want is to be an extraordinary performer at work. Stars get more training, more mentoring, better projects and greater flexibility. Fortunately, you don’t need the perfect job situation in order to be a star, because most star qualities come from you — from taking your basically […]
Since you know you are going to have multiple careers in your life, changing is not high stakes. Don’t make a huge deal about it and don’t spend five years searching your soul. Just start testing the waters — put a toe in the current to see how it feels. Then take a leap, and […]