a year ago today i picked up my old podcast path to adland which to my surprise continues to get 400 downloads per month despite the fact that i havent updated it in a year and moved it on over to the creative career. ive been telling young people about the benefits of publishing a blog ever since. it takes a lot of time and work but its well worth the effort...... [Show More]
recently i unintentionally involved myself in a lengthy political debate with my mother.
a staunch conservative my mom is obviously voting republican. to this day she defends george bush despite his track record as the wpe aand she wastes no opportunity to forward me uplifting psas from decorated american soldiers behind the mccainpalin ticket or some article about hockey moms .
kudos to ...... [Show More]
for the love of blog Post Source: variableinterest.wordpress.com Posted: Aug 11 2008 03:05:25
v.i. started as a blog at work literally. when i was an intern back in novemba ohsix i was doing all the things that appar ently i was supposed to be doing at work i was reading penelope trunk i was researching specialities and i was even job searching on the side. i was only an intern after all.
now work and being there is not exciting in the same way. in fact its exciti...... [Show More]
ever since i discovered google custom search ive been using it to pinpoint the exact kind of awesome articles tips and tricks im looking for much quicker and to increase my efficiency and decrease the time it takes me to find answers or write up blog posts.
personally im a big fan of productivity lists howtos and life hacks so my custom search engine include...... [Show More]
the other day i got an email from a twentysomething who was absolutely fed up with people writing about generation y. more specifically young bloggers who consistently use the words we and us as if they have a godgiven right to be a spokesman for millions of individuals.
the funny thing is i could relate. i write about generation y all the time and its hard to do without sou...... [Show More]
im a frequent visitor to the onion and stumbled across this great video.
it reminded me how sometimes the trickiest thing to do is not to begin something but to let go and move on.
not so long ago i was coaching full time and working from home every day. my commute was from my bedroom down the hall into my home office. the only time i spoke with people was ordering my morning c...... [Show More]
heres a quick roundup of some of the most useful and insightful things ive found on the net recently all with a relevance to confidence and selfesteem
quote about truth
this is what i talk about with every client i work with so its crazy how i havent come across this quotation before.
a kick up the backside
nice and succinct love it.
dreaming...... [Show More]
theres a lot of talk out there about being professional and growing up. ryan healeys at it. ryan paughs at it. angela marinos talking about it and thats the tip of the iceberg.
sure as you go from college to the workplace and even as you get promoted theres a certain amount of growing up that needs to be done. work isnt optional unless youre pretty da...... [Show More]
generation why know Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: May 20 2008 23:38:00
mark bauerlein an english professor from emory university thinks millennials are stupid. bauerlein is the author of the dumbest generation how the digital age stupefies young americans and jeopardizes our future which argues that americans specifically those younger than 30 are squandering the numerous opportunities for knowledge and culture that are available today. this fi...... [Show More]
gen y is taking over. the generation of young adults thats composed of the children of boomers generation jones and even some gen xers is the biggest generation since the baby boomers and three times the size of gen x. as the boomers fade into retirement and gen y takes root in the workplace were going to see some big changes ahead not just at work but on the web as a wh...... [Show More]
i recently wrote a post for twenty set called four things every young professional should start doing right now . the most recent comment asks about how to deal with being a young person in business. i have been thinking about this for a while now and i was planning on writing a post about it. as someone who went to kindergarten at four started high school at 13 and was promoted twice by age ..... [Show More]
ive been meaning to add these to the directory but for those of you following gen y in the workplace issues here are a few blogs to bookmark
lisas generation relations blog by lisa orrell author of millennials incorporated
millennial leaders goes with the book by the same name
twenty set personal and professional development for millennials cre...... [Show More]
today i have a post on life before noon as part of the blogs weeks of wisdom series. rather than giving advice i decided to share experience. i talked to some friends about some of the best aspects of being out of college and some of the lessthanfun stuff and then compiled two lists based these discussions. ive pasted the lists below but be sure to check out the...... [Show More]
my favorite part about blogging is conversing with the naysayers. even the rude ones totally make my day. because as soon as they start cursing i know ive hit a topic thats worth talking about.
with that said there is a certain breed of haters out there that i could really do without the ones that think age and experience always trump a solid well thought opinion.
i think that m...... [Show More]
i love the myers briggs test. we have a little bit of an obsession with it here at brazen careerist. we often ask potential hires for their myers briggs score even before we ask for a resume . so it was only appropriate that we had rob toomey of speed reading people come to madison last week for an allday course on the art of reading personality types.
rob teaches you how to differentiate.... [Show More]
outsourcing is not just a business concept. its a life philosophy. divide delegate and conquer.
this attitude is why working professionals think about hiring help for cooking and cleaning or even for scheduling medical appointments .
after all why would do something yourself when you can get someone to do it for you our time is too valuable.
and yet there is a problem. outsourcing...... [Show More]
lately ive been feeling like a lot of all the customs involved with getting married in america are nothing short of a big pointless hassle consumerism at its most effective emotionallyclad best. internationally or unintentionally set in the way of wellintentioned brides to keep us from thinking deeply about the larger issues women face when preparing to enter the life and identi...... [Show More]
last night a parent asked how technology was impacting teen reading. alli has written about this before on ypulse books and there have been recent studies that show young people are reading less or at least less books. weve also heard lots of talk about how the reliance on virtual communication is hurting social skills and that texting or im lingo is creeping into teens school...... [Show More]
earlier in the week i invited a bunch of bloggers to engage in a posting roundtable. the subject was simple your best advice for being more attractive a subject near and dear to honey and i. we asked bloggers who ranged from personal development to dating coaches to relationship advice columnists. we were interested in engaging a range of perspectives and seeing what came out of it. i figured t..... [Show More]
blogger roundtable Post Source: justlivingthedream.wordpress.com Posted: Mar 05 2008 17:39:33
the authors ofa honeyandlance.com aill let you guess their names came up with the great idea of organizing a blogger roundtable to discuss what men and women can do to make themselves as attractive as possible and have asked me for my opinion on the matter.
one thing i wouldnt be surprised of in the least is if some of the same points of advice are made by more than one...... [Show More]
everyone talks about them companies strive to test for them but how do you actually improve the skills that you use to interact with people and influence groups interpersonal management skills often referred to as soft skills are not taught in mba programs nor are they taught in most undergraduate schools but they are sought after by almost every employer out there.
so...... [Show More]
lance turned me on to this post which i think for the most part is right on i take issue with the surround yourself with women bit because if the whole point is to be a little more gender blind i just cant get past it. of course its hard to read something like that without asking yourself what makes men and women attractive. now when i was in my early ...... [Show More]
as a young professional you have done your best to network. you hacked corporate happy hours volunteered joined meetup.com groups and even networked with other bloggers but how would you like a way to easily find events specifically geared towards young professionals
the globally distributed bloggers here at newly corporate have started group through yahoos upcoming service f...... [Show More]
...but then again following my last post theres so much positive to what im part of. yes it can be frustrating like watching an ongoing war on television or shoddy politics while theres nothing you can actively or immediately do about it . though here we sit in the middle of a workplace and life that has the potential to be progressive. i often f...... [Show More]
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