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I loved my time speaking with J. Massey on the Cash Flow Diary. I hope this talk on entrepreneurship, career pivots, finding your purpose, lifelong education, and living life in “your zone” helps you on your journey! (Click here to hear the entire Podcast) For those who don’t know where to start on their career journey…
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Every year I start with a resolution to read some great books that will help me in my career. Admittedly this is not hard for me as one of my favorite ways to spend time is in my leather chair by the fireplace with some low key instrumental music playing in the background as I relax and…
Read More(Photo Credit: Reuters) It was a tech guy who was one of the first to raise the alarm about tech—specifically, about its impact on workers. In his January 2012 piece, “Race Against the Machine,”1 Erik Brynjolffson, director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, along with his associate director, Andrew McAfee, wrote that the labor…
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Life is so simplistic in our youth. Of course, we don’t realize it at the time. It is methodically organized by semesters and terms with an easy-to-follow routine from dawn to dusk. We are given preplanned course work and told if we follow the plan, it will result in a degree (high school and college).…
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Awhile back, I was attending a training seminar in Nashville with some friends. One night we decided to get dinner on Broadway and listen to some live music. As we walked down the street, a patron let us know the next band was getting ready to play at an establishment, so we walked in excited…
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Have you ever been in a challenging work-related situation? I think we all have. Maybe you got laid off. Or maybe you made a mistake that cost you your job. Whatever the situation, when we’re faced with challenges, our first reaction is typically negative. You can quickly become overwhelmed with negative emotions like fear, shame,…
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Are you at the end of your current job rope? Everyone gets restless at work from time to time. Whether you’re in the career of your dreams or working at a job you stumbled into, it’s not uncommon to hit a rut. But how do you distinguish a little restlessness from a surefire sign that…
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You’re on your way! You’ve done all the right things to prep for a career or at least your first real job. Your grades are excellent; you’ve talked to counselors and others you respect about possible careers; you even did a job shadowing with a friend from church. You know about the difference between hanging…
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Do you ever walk to your car after an especially brutal day of work thinking, “That’s it. I’m done”? As you commute home, do you think through all your possible options open to you if you were to leave your dysfunctional workplace? I’ve had days like that. In today’s stress-filled economy, this is a recurring…
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Pondering a career pivot but not sure how to get started? I’ve found myself in the same situation in my career quietly sitting alone and analyzing all the options and wishing I had a set of instructions like we had as kids with our games and toys. Building Lego sets was my favorite pastime as…
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