How much are you worth? If you’re in the midst of a job search, you have a product to offer: yourself. Prospective employers are your customers, and you truly have to sell yourself to them. Think of a labor market as a true market. You need a competitive advantage. As Reid Hoffman writes in his book The Startup of You (a great title): “You … [Read more...]
The Power of Overcoming Adversity
Do you know the fable of the butterfly who didn’t get to struggle? It goes something like this: A man finds a cocoon and waits for the butterfly to emerge. But once a hole appears, he notices that the butterfly seems to get “stuck.” Trying to be helpful, the man uses scissors to enlarge the opening. The butterfly crawls out easily. Here’s … [Read more...]
Microsoft Study Reveals Top Three In-demand Skills
Robots might be great at crunching numbers quickly, but they don’t do empathy. In a world where automation can accomplish an increasing range of tasks, soft skills and other talents that only humans can provide are more and more important. Interestingly, the most in-demand, on-the-rise skill, according to World Economic Forum, … [Read more...]
Success and How to Get It
Do you want to know the secret to success? Richard St. John was asked this question once by a little girl, and he ran with it. Over the years, he interviewed 500 successful TED speakers — the crème de la crème of experts. And here’s the list they came up with: PASSION GOOD IDEAS PRACTICE FOCUS HARD WORK PERSISTENCE SERVICE The last … [Read more...]
Using Failure to Push You Forward
They say the light-bulb was Thomas Edison’s 1,001st experiment. The first 1,000 were duds. Whether or not this is literal fact or legend, it makes a good point we can all stand to be reminded of: It’s okay to fail. Or, as Denzel Washington said in his 2011 commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania, “fall forward.” We've all … [Read more...]
Improve Your Critical Thinking at Work
How often do we question the status quo? You might assume critical thinking comes naturally to most people, but you’d be wrong. There’s an art to it. Helen Lee Bouygues, found of the Reboot Foundation, has helped a lot of companies through dicey transitions. In her experience, when things go sideways for a company, it’s almost always because … [Read more...]
Is Fear Holding you Back from Achieving Success?
Fear is a villain that’s often found lurking in the back of our minds, and many of us are completely unaware of its existence! If left unchecked, fear will turn into a nemesis and hold us back from achieving success. Even the most superlative and accomplished individuals have things that they are afraid of. Many of these people appear to be … [Read more...]