A recession is typically a good time for graduate schools. Their application pool goes up because people see them as safe shelter from the storm. The scariest part of a down economy is the idea of having no income. Of course, graduate school does not solve for that. But graduate school does solve the second […]
This month I broke my record for the most traffic to my blog. Ever. About 375,000 page views. Hooray. Ironically, I spent most of the month garnering high-traffic by writing about what a hard time I’ve been having. So I want to take a day to pat myself on the back, because if I only […]
People ask me all the time, “What blogs do you read?” The answer is that I read different ones at different times. It’s a mood thing, I think. I could give you my favorite blogs for finding cool research, or my favorite blogs from my friends, or my favorite fashion blogs for when I don’t […]
I receive about fifty career questions each week. The questions have a predictable diversity, but not my answers. My answers are almost always the same advice: Know yourself better. Watch: Problem: My boss is a jerk. How can I fix it? Advice: Understand what you can do differently to make people act differently around you. […]
Here is a map of where all the single men are: http://creativeclass.typepad.com/thecreativityexchange/2007/04/the_singles_map.html I do not live near any single men. Well, I sort of do. My divorce lawyer has set me up with a few men in my hometown, Madison, Wisconsin. He told me that I am too focused on my work life. I need […]
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. Don't tell me this is shallow. You can't help but judge people by their gait. But the good […]
Ryan calls me from the office. I say, “Don’t talk to me now. I’m sulking.” He says, “Okay. What are we doing about the five-year sales projections?” I say, “I told you. I need ten minutes.” “Nothing is going to change in ten minutes,” “In ten minutes I'll be more pleasant on the phone.” “Okay.” […]
It's a big day, and I'm excited to take a pause from work with the rest of the country to watch Barack Obama give his inagural speech. In the meantime, I'm thinking about the day of service. How Obama wants the country to come together in the name of service. And I heard MTV declare, […]
Most of us set goals for ourselves to do things that are difficult for us to do. Instead, how about setting goals to work hard at something that is actually a pleasure? It’s clear that the deep, fulfilling experiences in life are when we are very focused at what we really enjoy doing. So goals […]
There is no other way to figure out where you belong than to make time to do it and give yourself space to fail, give yourself time to be lost. If you think you have to get it right the first time, you won’t have the space really to investigate, and you’ll convince yourself that […]