Virtually no one I know would answer that question positively without some humor or qualification. The reality is that life is about trade-offs we make to achieve what we want. It is about having clear, powerful goals and executing the activities that achieve them. But then why do we come up short? I could have...
You feel like you’ve done everything right, from putting in the extra hours to speaking up at meetings and even dropping not-so-subtle hints, so why is that promotion still just beyond your grasp? A recent survey by the jobsite CareerBuilder has revealed some of the most common things that prevent workers from getting promoted, and...
You’ve put in a lot of effort to master the “hard skills” that your job requires. Maybe you’re a pro when it comes to technical troubleshooting, or perhaps you’re a wizard with spreadsheets. Or maybe you can write a successful press release with one hand tied behind your back. “Hard skills” are technical or administrative...
Poor communication is the leading factor behind most of the complaints made within an organization. Communication is an expansive subject with several aspects to it. It is easy for a leader to get frustrated and baffled when he has been working hard to enhance communication at his organization and yet it is not working. Proper...
The character of a white-collar worker has to be perfectly suitable for an office setting. He/she needs to be organized, professional, polite, skillful, and agreeable at the same time. People who haven’t had direct contact with this profession think that white-collars are cold, stiff, and narrow-minded. Well, that couldn’t be further from the truth. A...
A few months before Albert Einstein unexpectedly passed away, William Miller, an editor for LIFE magazine paid the genius a visit on a personal errand. William’s son, Pat had recently become bogged down in a sort of “philosophical nihilism,” asking himself what significance there was to human endeavor if the universe was dying? Trying to...
Communication is at the top of the list of things humans spend a majority of their time engaged in, but it also tends to be one of our greatest weaknesses as well. A new book called Shut Up and Say Something by Karen Friedman delves into the most common mistakes people make when communicating...
Consider your current job for a minute. Is it the last one you'll ever have? Well, unless you hit the lottery or get hit by a bus tonight, the answer is likely no. Even if you're perfectly happy in your current job today, you're still probably going to leave it - someday. So, what are...
Statistically, you sit more than you sleep. As corporate director & author Nilofer Merchant explains in her TED Talk Got A Meeting? Take a Walk, we average 9.3 hours of sitting per day, which exceeds the 7.7 hours we sleep. She says it's killing us, stating that "sitting has become the smoking of this generation." And she proposes...
If you're not happy at work then it will be difficult to perform your day to day tasks and for you even to want to get out of bed to go to work in the morning. It is important to find happiness where you can at work in order to be a more proficient employee...
