Everywhere you look these days, you can find articles sharing why focusing on your strengths is more valuable than improving your weaknesses. Using your signature strengths in your role means you can be energized instead of drained, engaged instead of bored, and...
Ball with Allen Iverson, Movie-making with Hollywood Elite, and Signing Contracts with Jay-Z My friend Mo claims he’s worked a lot of dream jobs in his lifetime. In his first role post-college—at Reebok HQ—he spent his time playing company basketball games at...
Have you ever watched the show Suits? Surely you heard mention of this USA Network series in the midst of the Royal Wedding this past May. Infamous royal Meghan Markle played the role of Rachel Zane in this drama about a New York-based corporate law firm. The two main...
We’ve observed over the years that Top Performers ask for help completely differently than other people. They do it in a way that causes their boss to love them, friends to always want to help, and colleagues to enjoy lending a hand. What is this massive difference in...
A New 80/20 Rule Did you know Google gives its employees 20% of work time to pursue their own passion projects? Sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? Google employees get an entire day per week to: focus on work they are intrinsically motivated toward collaborate...
Robert was in a VP level role, earning great money and enjoying life and work. He was well known around his industry. He was great at what he did. Things were pretty good overall… Until they weren’t! Robert got laid off. No big deal right. A great opportunity to...
Why do you need a resume in the first place? Most people never ask this question… They just assume the answer is obvious. But if you really evaluate the question the answers that most people give don’t really hold up. Here are many of the answers that have been thrown...
Take a step back, and think about your last 3 days at work. Try to answer this question: How have you spent the majority of your time? Maybe you’ve been frustrated with your co-workers. Or maybe, you’re stressed out that your calendar is filled with pointless...
Your palms are sweating. Your heart is racing. Heck, you even forgot your name. Until someone shouts it out loud, walking towards you with their hand outstretched. As you greet this person, you try to keep your hand steady…but it feels like they can see right...
Think back to the day of your high school graduation. Remember the heat. Remember the squirming. Remember the excitement to get out of that place, and move on to something better. But, for a second think back to the speeches that day. Whether it was your Principal or...
