How To Start A Passion Project One Day At A Time
“The easiest way to start is to forget all the best practices, all the make-pretend to-dos and just do the thing, the actual activity, the crucial part of what ...
Category: Career Growth
5 Bits Of Advice For Recent Graduates
“When you find something you really love — a painting, or a book, or a movie — spend as much time as you can studying it. Stand in front of a painting for 2 hou...
Why Valedictorians Don’t Change The World
“It seems that the traits that set one up for exceptional success in high school and college — ‘self-discipline, conscientiousness and the ability to comply wit...
5 Things You May Have To Give Up To Be Successful
“There’s an opportunity cost to everything worthwhile in life. No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, you’ll have to give up something in order to make it ...
The Curse Of Being Talented
“Aspiring leaders work hard to live up to others’ expectations, and so the qualities that made them special to begin with — those that helped them excel and fee...
9 Surprising Things Most Employees Believe
“67% of employees said, ‘Yes, I’m afraid of something at work.’ 78% of employees said, ‘Yes, there’s something we should measure in the company that we currentl...
How To Master Networking Without “Networking”
“Networking is beyond a buzzword. It almost carries a negative connotation. Formalizing human connection often has the opposite effect than the one intended. A ...
How To Keep Growing While Staying In The Same Job
“The key to growing while staying in the same job is setting new challenges for yourself. Expect more of yourself than anyone else does.”
I Owe 20 Years Of Career Success To This One-Sentence Belief
I’d never met him, but I used to be him. He was fresh out of college, had just moved to Los Angeles to chase entertainment industry dreams, and had no idea what...
The Two Things You Need To Get Rich
“You need to be in a position where your performance can be measured, or there is no way to get paid more by doing more.”