Today's post is by guest author Leslie Collins - feel free to leave her a comment at the end. Thanks! Conventional wisdom tells us that the best path to job security is to make yourself indispensable to your employers. That's easy enough to say, but how do you actually go about it? Here are a...
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind." —Sir Winston Churchill What the mind can imagine, you can make happen. Your Powerful Imagination During a tour of duty in Vietnam, Major James Nesmeth was captured and held prisoner in a tiny cell for seven years. To keep sane, he mentally practiced his...
Working a repetitive job can sometimes be boring, but when you have carpal tunnel syndrome, it’s downright awful. If you frequently experience pain or numbness in the palm of your hand, and it moves up through the wrist into the arm, it’s likely you’re suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome. Unfortunately, many of us have jobs...
A few days ago I came across a simple yet striking visual for finding a career that will be fulfilling for the long haul. J. Wynia's exercise has helped him and others when it comes to making important career decisions. The diagram can help you sort out what passions would make a better hobby vs career,...
Hi there! Recognize the picture above? Last year, the photos went viral because the world thought it was cute to see a monkey smiling for the camera. But what if I were to tell you that picture and the ones below were actually taken by the monkey herself? "WHAT?!?! No!" It's true. The photographer who...
Many people pursue a career that provides a large paycheck. In some cases, this can be a very rewarding strategy. But sometimes we find out that the job may not be as fulfilling as we had originally hoped. And that big salary? It gets a bit lost in between the high stress and low job...
Editor's Note: Today's post comes from Mark Babbitt of YouTern. Every time I see yet another boomer blog bashing Millennials, I’m tempted to defend. The reality is, however, they don’t need me in that role. They do just fine by – and for – themselves. So let me take this in another direction and say,...
Are you constantly feeling stressed at work, getting more and more disillusioned by your job? Or are you feeling demotivated and find yourself dragging your feet to work each day? Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to enjoy the work you do and do well at it, without having to succumb to a never...
We like to think that every choice we make is based off of intelligent thought processes and beyond a doubt well chosen. Yet we may not be so aware of the irrational decisions we make quite freely. Dan Ariely is a Behavior Economist professor at Duke University. He found this idea of why we make...
