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Jan 15
How to Ask for a Raise: A Step By Step Guide
Asking for a raise can be one of the most nerve-wracking conversations to have in your career. However, with proper preparation...
Jan 2
How to Build a Wonderful Life
As we learned about George, building social capital can take work and sometimes sacrifice, and it builds slowly over time.
Jun 27, 2024
12 Signs a Job Opportunity is a Scam
Staying vigilant and doing thorough research can help you avoid falling victim to job scams.Â
Nov 1, 2021
How Dare You
(Trigger warning: MASSIVE GUILT TRIP AHEAD...and some minor swearing) Did you wake up with a plan decide to give your best today...to...
Oct 25, 2021
Kick(start) the Habit
There are good habits like exercise. Bad habits, like not getting enough sleep or worse, addictions. Some are conscious efforts (like...
Oct 18, 2021
Failure IS an Option
Thomas Edison famously tried over 10,000 prototypes when inventing the lightbulb. Now, the lightbulb is synonymous with new ideas and...
Sep 28, 2021
The One That Got Away
Sometimes the jobs you don’t get is the best thing for you and your career. Finding a job never an easy process. The convoluted path to...
Sep 27, 2021
One Step at a Time
One of the least popular places to live in the world is the present. So many of us spend time either in the past, swimming either in...
Sep 20, 2021
Banish the Sunday Scaries
Have you ever been sitting at home on a Sunday, with a growing feeling of dread for Monday? You are not alone. The "Sunday Scaries" can...
Aug 30, 2021
Monday Motivation
I often get asked for advice on "the best time to..." find a job, start graduate school, change careers, start a business, ask for a...
Aug 23, 2021
Monday Motivation
My first real experience in gardening was after my first year of university. I stuck around for a week after classes let out, and helped...
Aug 16, 2021
Monday Motivation
Back to school season is upon us. As a kid, I was always excited for the new school year to start. To learn new things, to move...
Jun 7, 2021
Monday Motivation
We have come to take for granted from movies over the past 70+ years that the US Military will win the day. We believe that John Wayne...
May 24, 2021
Monday Motivation
I've been having a recurring dream since the pandemic started - I'm going on a trip (or coming home from one) and I am just not ready. I...
May 17, 2021
Monday Motivation
This time of year is full of so much energy - everything is green and growing, and not just trees and cicadas. My social feeds are full...
Apr 26, 2021
Monday Motivation
I would like to try surfing one day. As a kid growing up in the mountains, there has not been much opportunity to try it. But it looks...
Feb 4, 2021
The Third Act for your Career
In movies and stage plays, Act 3 is where the climax and resolution of the first two acts happens. Romeo and Juliet die. Tom Hanks...
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