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How To Use Experiences from your Love Life to Forward your Career

Written by Stephanie Staszko - 18 Comments
Categories: career, relationships, self improvement

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 »

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5 Tips to Find the Perfect Career for You

Written by Farouk Radwan - 35 Comments
Categories: career, self improvement


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 »

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7 Harsh Truths They Don’t Tell You About Following Your Passion

Written by Henri Junttila - 13 Comments
Categories: career, self improvement

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 »

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11 Warning Signs That Your Job Owns You (Without You Knowing It)

Written by Joey Weber - 11 Comments
Categories: career, self improvement

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 »

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The Secret of Financial Happiness

Written by Ali Luke - 13 Comments
Categories: money and finance, productivity tips, self improvement

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” (Mr. Micawber, in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – 1850)

You already know this secret, really.

But maybe you don’t like to think about it.

If you’re trying to improve your financial situation, you need to either:

  • Spend less
  • Earn more

Even in the post-credit-crunch world, it’s all too easy for us to put items on a credit card. It’s all too easy to run up thousands of dollars of debt – with our spending constantly outstripping our earning. Read the Rest of This Article »

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