Do’s and Don’ts of Asking For a Raise
Everybody wants to get a fair paycheck for the accomplishments they have achieved. In the ideal scenario, your boss notices your achievements and gives you a raise. However, in the real world this is not really the case and you need to stand up for yourself and ask for a raise. Unfortunately, this is not …
Most Common Workplace Worries
We spent most of our daily time at work so ideally we want to feel comfortable there. Unfortunately, many of us feel stressful at work and always keep some worries at the back of our minds. Below are the most common workplace worries and how we can overcome them.
Getting fired: Anyone has the fear…
Work The Problem
In the movie and the book “The Martian“ the main character Mark Watney has a running monologue with himself where he says a lot of things to help us, the reader and viewer, to be able to follow along. He talks about being a Space Pirate and flying like Ironman and that space does not …
Upskill Your Career with Educational Online Platforms
Upskilling is for everyone. Whether you want to expand your skillset or change your career completely, you need to continue improving yourself and keep your skills up-to-date. Thanks to the internet, nowadays anyone can gain knowledge on any subject they wish. There are many great educational platforms for this. Below you can find 5 of …
Get Mad About The Right Things
Check yourself.
Ask yourself this one question and then take a moment to really think about your answer.
Are you getting mad about the right things?
Then take it two steps deeper with these follow-on questions.
Are you getting mad about things that you have control over? Are you getting mad about things you don’t…
5 Tips to Speed Up Your Writing Without Compromising Quality
All good writers know that quality is an essential component of success. Without fresh ideas, engaging content and grammatical rigor, nobody is going to want to read, share or publish your content. Good writing has unique opinions or information.
Most bloggers and content writers also understand the merits of maximizing quantity. The more guest posts …
Three Ways to Avoid Self Sabotage
There are times in our careers where we accidentally and sometimes intentionally set ourselves up for failure. At these moments of self sabotage there are a lot of reasons why you may be doing this: some may be psychological while others might have more deeply rooted issues related to them. I’m not going to try …
Soft Skills in the Age of Automation
For my first post of 2018 I wanted to start you off with three things that will help you more in your career than possibly anything else you’ve read in the past five years that I’ve been writing these posts.
Let’s talk about soft skills.
Soft Skills are critical for career success in the Age …
3 Simple Ways to Increase Empathy at Work
If you want to move up the career ladder, it is not enough to have great technical abilities or know how. You need to have personal skills as well. Think about a manager who is great at technical details but cannot get along with his/her team, then how can this manager manage a project if …
Three Things to Consider Before Saying Yes
Before you say yes and sign on the dotted line think about these three things
It’s the end of the year and for some companies it’s hiring season.
And yes … the smart companies do use this time to seek out great people. And, smart candidates use this time to seek enlightened companies.
Both the …