Stop Hiding Behind Compromise! by Suze Maclaine Pont, Monday, October 14, 2019 Hiding behind compromise won’t create a fulfilled life for you, no matter how hard you try! Somehow most people put on masks, whether we like it or not. We often don’t WANT to. We even resent ourselves, or worse, other people, for doing it. But we just can’t stop. It can even feel like these subpersonalities belong to us. It’s just the way we are in those circumstances. Read more...
[Masterclass Replay] Career Change Starts with Knowing Thyself by Robert Cugno, Sunday, October 6, 2019 Watch the replay of the Masterclass Webinar "Career Change Starts with Knowing Thyself" with Robert Cugno Read more...
Where in the World is Waldo (Your Career)? Part 3 of 3 by Cheryl Lynch Simpson, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 In the first part of this three-part blog post series, I described two critical phases of change, along with two important milestones to recognize. In part 2 of this post, I outlined the remaining phases of change and a key decision point that most of us come to sooner or later in our work lives. In this last installment, I will suggest helpful tips for whichever season of change you are currently experiencing. Read more...
Where in the World is Waldo (Your Career)? Part 2 of 3 by Cheryl Lynch Simpson, Monday, September 23, 2019 In the first part of this three-part blog post series, I described two critical phases of change, along with two important milestones to recognize. In part 2 of this post, I will give you a peek into the remaining phases of change, and in the last installment, I will suggest helpful tips for whichever season of change you are currently experiencing. Read more...
[Masterclass Replay] Dead on Delivery - 7 Resume Flaws You Must Avoid by Cheryl Lynch Simpson, Sunday, September 22, 2019 Watch the replay of the Masterclass Webinar "Dead on Delivery: 7 Resume Flaws You Must Avoid" with Cheryl Lynch Simpson, Master Resume Writer Read more...
Where in the World is Waldo (Your Career)? Part 1 of 3 by Cheryl Lynch Simpson, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Have you ever had your best-laid career plans derailed? Or wondered why you are fantasizing about a career change? Or found yourself dealing with the consequences of the poor judgment of your employer? If so, you glimpsed a portion of The Cycle of Career Change. The Cycle is a... Read more...
[Masterclass Replay] How to Manage Your Emotions in Times of Career Uncertainty and Change by Dan Newby, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Watch the replay of the Masterclass Webinar "How to Manage Your Emotions in Times of Career Change and Uncertainty" with Dan Newby, founder of the School of Emotions Read more...
Job Interview Got You Unnerved? A Little Emotional Clarity Can Help by Dan Newby, Thursday, August 29, 2019 To cross the threshold from unemployed to working, you need to travel through Interviewland. It can be a wild, disorienting place without direction markers. Some people go there and are never heard from again - at least that's what it can feel like that when you are there. Read more...
The ONE Question You Need to Ask Yourself to Avoid Being a Zombie by Peter Axtell, Friday, June 8, 2018 This question can help you avoid wasting years of your precious life that you can never get back. If you feel stuck in your life or job and want to make a change but are fearful of making a mistake, then this post is for you. This ONE question might help you clarify what is truly important and what you are willing to risk for the chance of a life worth living. Read more...
Exit Strategy: Dealing with Unethical Requests from Your Boss by Michelle Laurey, Friday, May 25, 2018 This circumstance is one of the most stressful ones you can experience at work. Maybe you have been lucky during your career to have had great leaders. They display themselves in situations such as treating Read more...
How to Be a Star at Work with this One Proven Strategy by Peter Axtell, Monday, May 14, 2018 Leave the whine country. I have seen this lesson work wonders on the first day I learned it. It is so simple and obvious as many profound ideas are. The bad news is that people who are unaware of this strategy will drive you crazy. Read more...
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying and What We Can Learn from Them by Peter Axtell, Monday, May 14, 2018 Minimize regrets at the end of your life. In this post, I'm going to take on a weighty subject that most people don't want to face and that is the fact of our mortality. Read more...
7 Startling Reasons Why You're Unhappy and What You Can Do About It by Peter Axtell, Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Awareness is the Key. In this post, we'll explore seven reasons why so many people are unhappy and unfulfilled in today's world. Imagine you are driving your car and it just isn't working right. The wheel is pulling to the left, the engine is making a strange sound, and there's some power lacking. Read more...
Don't Like Your Life Story? Change it! by Peter Axtell, Tuesday, April 10, 2018 You were born innately healthy…then what happened? You developed early in life what Transactional Analysist Claude Steiner calls your "life script". The content of your life script comes from the negative and positive messages you received from the people close to you. To survive, you arrived at an early decision. Read more...
What Would You Do for Free? by Peter Axtell, Thursday, March 29, 2018 How to align your true self with what you love to do by knowing your basic nature and your signature traits. In this post we're going to unpack what It means to live in alignment with who you are and what you love to do. We'll describe what signature traits are and what your basic nature means. Read more...
Save Half a Million Dollars by Using This Strategy to Lead You to Fulfilling Work by Peter Axtell, Friday, March 23, 2018 Knowing your motives and your basic nature are the keys to finding fulfilling work. In this post, we're going to explore the correlation between a person's motives and their basic nature and how that can be a huge insight into finding work you love and avoiding time wasted and incurring the chains of student debt. Read more...
Your Current and Your Unlived Life by Peter Axtell, Monday, March 19, 2018 You can never get back the time and the opportunities you've wasted playing it safe listening to resistance. Read more...
The Jedi is Wrong - May the Force NOT Be with You by Peter Axtell, Thursday, March 8, 2018 Force is draining your motivation and you don't even know it. The seemingly current worldview is that the way to make things happen is by force. Force comes in many forms. Manipulation by social media, psychological force, economic force, physical force, unethical marketing force and so on. Read more...
Purpose: The Foundation of Motivation (Part Four) by Peter Axtell, Monday, March 5, 2018 Technically speaking, Purpose is not considered a Motive per se. We would argue that It's a sustained life of motivation and have included it as a foundation of motivation. One of the most potent examples of Purpose is Viktor Frankl's horrific experiences in four Nazi Concentration camps. His purpose was what kept him motivated. Read more...
Connection: The Foundation of Motivation (Part Three) by Peter Axtell, Thursday, February 22, 2018 Critical parts you need to know to determine what will motivate you. In this post, we're going to explore how Connection or Relatedness is the third pillar of Motivation and how it ties into the previous two of Autonomy and Mastery. Read more...
Mastery: The Foundation of Motivation (Part Two) by Peter Axtell, Thursday, February 15, 2018 Discover how mastery is a critical part of motivation. In this post we'll cover how and why Mastery (sometimes called Competence) is an essential element in Motivation. We'll describe the 5 keys on the path to Mastery and you'll understand how that builds our sense of Autonomy. Read more...
Autonomy: The Foundation of Motivation (Part One) by Peter Axtell, Thursday, February 8, 2018 Discover the critical parts you need to know to determine what will motivate you. The foundation of motivation begins with Autonomy. Let's face it; nobody does anything without motivation. Scientists, psychologists, and philosophers have been trying to answer this question for millennia: “How can I figure out what motivates me?” Read more...
Motivation: What Is It and Why Is It Important? by Peter Axtell, Thursday, February 1, 2018 Every action you take is dependent on motivation. Everyone is trying to figure out how to be successful. The foundational element of being successful is finding out what motivates you. Read more...
The Importance of Learning New Career Skills for Building a Career You Love by Scott Young, Monday, August 7, 2017 Being able to learn new skills quickly has always been useful. But, increasingly, it has become a necessity. In this essay, I'd like to outline some of the evidence that the economy is shifting in ways that are going to make being able to teach yourself hard skills an imperative. I'd like to argue why developing a skills-based perspective towards your career is the key to fulfillment and satisfaction. Finally, I'd like to tell you how you can develop the ability to learn hard things faster. Read more...
3 Questions You Must Ask Before Changing Jobs by Peter Axtell, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Is It the Job or Is It You? This article will help you figure out if you have a bad job or a miserable one and what you can do to improve your current situation. By answering three specific questions, you'll gain clarity and avoid unnecessary risk to yourself and your loved ones if you consider changing jobs. You might just find a way to love your current job again. Read more...