I gave the advice “Fake it til you make it,” before. I did it happily, borderline smugly even. Usually, I follow it up with a classic career story of mine, which I will now tell to you (Lucky you; Please imagine me smoking a pipe in a mahogany office). Many moons ago, on the first […]
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How to Care Less About Work (and Why)
“How to Care Less About Work (and Why)” is an eye-opening guest post from Corrie Shanahan, the author of Do it, Mean it, Be it. The Keys to Achieve Success, Happiness and Everything You Deserve at Work and in Life (Career Press). I was speaking recently at a large financial institution that operates in Latin […]
3 Keys to Escalating Performance in the Workplace and in Everyday Life
We’re thrilled to feature this guest post from leadership expert and author Mark Sanborn! It is adapted from his new book “The Potential Principle.” Every day we “perform,” at work and at home, in ways big and small. Because we can’t (and shouldn’t) give every performance the same attention, it is easy to be lulled into […]
Stop Procrastinating, With Neon Index Cards
So how can index cards make you stop procrastinating? It sounds like a stretch, right? But it’s not, so long as you like colorful index cards. The point here isn’t the index cards themselves, though they often work for me. The point is that you can stop procrastination by switching up your tools. In my […]
How to Identify Toxic People, and Avoid Them
Toxic people, unfortunately, do not walk around the office with little plastic ID tags on their wrists or ankles, like a rare bird species being tracked by biologists in the wild. I wish they did, though. Toxic people can be hard to identify until it’s too late: until you’ve already bonded, or formed a friendship, […]
Anxiety Survival Guide: Long Trip on a Bus, Train, or Plane
If you’re already prone to panic attacks, knowing you are about to be confined to a small space for a set number of hours will set off some wicked circular logic: I am going to be on a plane for seven hours. What if I have a panic attack on the plane? Will I yell? […]