How To Use Experiences from your Love Life to Forward your Career
Everyone has up’s and down’s in their love lives, most commonly there are “those relationships” you’d rather forget, but should you forget them entirely? Why not use negative experiences from your love life to prevent you from making similar mistakes in your career? At least you’ll have something to show from those lousy relationships!
Although using a one-night-stand in your work environment isn’t recommended, there are some popular relationship problems which can be likened common career complaints. You can learn from these mistakes to resolve pressing issues in your career. Read the Rest of This Article »
3 Ways to Perfect Your Work-Life Balance
Whether you have just started in the world of work or a seasoned professional, establishing a successful work-life balance can prove difficult challenge. Having a good work life balance is a huge factor in your general happiness and well being. We all feel pressured to work and worry about work and we are all pressured to be out with friends or family every night. Pressure comes from all around you and before you know it you are stressed at work and not going out.
The outcome is that you will be unhappy and this will affect not just you but your friends and family. Achieving balance will mean you will be happy with your life as a whole and enjoy work and appreciate the time you have when it comes. So with that in mind, here are the three ways that can help you find your work life balance and feel better as a result.
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3 Ways To Be The Architect Of Your Own Life
Architects are skilled in planning, design, and oversight. Architecture isn’t just limited to the construction of buildings. For example, often visionaries are architects of their generations. When you look at the leaders of yesterday and today, such as Henry Ford, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs, they are architects of sorts. They planned, designed, and oversaw huge transitions that, in many cases, redefined how we function and process reality on a daily basis. Similarly, we can be the architects of our own lives.
Here are 3 ways to awaken your inner architect! Read the Rest of This Article »
5 Tips to Find the Perfect Career for You
These days job dissatisfaction is one of the most common problems among people.
Many people are either dissatisfied with their jobs, hate the tasks they are assigned or find it boring.
Just ask 10 people on a Sunday night how they feel and you will discover that the majority of them are feeling really bad because they will have to work the next morning.
Yes we all love to have fun and to wake up late but the reason many people hate Mondays is not that they want to rest but it’s because they hate what they are going to do on Monday.
In this post I will tell you about some tips that can help you find the perfect job for you. Read the Rest of This Article »
Hate Your Job? 3 Ways to Find a Better Job
What to do when you hate your job? You definitely can’t talk about it. Your spouse may commiserate with you but will ultimately tell you that you have to keep earning a living. Your friends will tell you to suck it up and to be happy you even have a job. And, of course, they are right. You’ve got to pay the bills and there are millions who are unemployed that would kill to have a job they hated. So what should you do? If you’re feeling particularly philosophical (or maybe nostalgic for early 80s pop music), you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?” Read the Rest of This Article »
5 Points on How the Art of Persuasion Brings About Peace of Mind
The act of persuasion is among the most important skills of any successful businessperson. A great idea is nothing if it can’t be sold. A great product is nothing if it isn’t used. We convince people of things every day – or they convince you. The person whose ideas are best is not the leader, but the person with the best ideas who gets their ideas adopted. This is important stuff, and of course this can be incredibly stressful.
But it’s easier than you think. Read the Rest of This Article »
7 Harsh Truths They Don’t Tell You About Following Your Passion
Do you want to follow your passion?
How is it going?
If you’re like most people, it’s not going so well.
Most of us expect a white knight to swoop down and lead us to glory once we’ve found our passion, but it doesn’t quite work that way.
Following your passion takes hard work, but it’s immensely rewarding. There are a lot of lies people tell about following your passion.
But in this article you’ll get nothing but the stone cold truth, so keep reading. Read the Rest of This Article »
11 Warning Signs That Your Job Owns You (Without You Knowing It)
Tell me if this sounds familiar.
You walk into work a couple minutes early and head straight to your desk. You open your inbox, take a look through your to-do list, and get ready to start the day. You try to plan your day as quickly as possible to insure you get everything finished early so you can meet friends for drinks after work.
You’re particularly motivated because you have plans, so you knock out your first three tasks in record time. Then all hell breaks loose.
All of a sudden you’re fielding emergency phone calls with one hand, answering emergency emails with the other, scheduling two hours worth of meetings and just like that you have to cancel your plans. Read the Rest of This Article »
Why You Should Pay Attention To Diversity
The reality of today’s work environment in not only North America but in many places around the world is that diversity is here to stay. As a result of immigration over the years, we are finding many of our communities more and more diverse each year, which of course is directly related to local businesses. Whether it’s inside offices, factories or on the outside with retail or corporate customers, you will likely encounter more people from different cultures than ever before. Arming yourself with some skills in the form of diversity exposure and education will definitely help you function better in today’s working world. In fact, here are two major benefits you can realize as a result. Read the Rest of This Article »
What I Learned From Being Fired
The day started just like any other day. I slowly dragged my tired body out of the bed, started complaining and began the process of getting ready for work. I had about 2 full hours of sleep due to the new born baby that was sharing a room with my wife and I in our one bedroom apartment. After drinking a full pot of coffee, which burned all taste buds from my tongue, I fired up my piece of crap car and began the journey to work. Read the Rest of This Article »
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