“Unbeing dead isn’t being alive” – E. E. Cummings How many times have you let being "unbeing dead" be good enough for you? It becomes easier to answer the question when you stop and realize that you can count the number of times that you felt truly alive - and the number is dangerously low. It is easy to slip into the state of unliving. So easy, in fact, some would call it the … [Read more...]
Careers For Creative People: When You Need Something Different Every Day
Have you noticed that you lean toward careers for creative people? Careers that are good fits for people who need something different every day? As a creative person (not necessarily artistic), you likely get bored when you're doing the same thing all the time. Instead of being afraid of it, you're stimulated by not knowing what's coming next, or at least having a variety of tasks that you … [Read more...]
Look To Socially Responsible Companies For Meaningful Work
If you're sick of an office that only measures one metric of success - profits, while ignoring everything else, you're far from alone. Socially responsible companies are everywhere today. In fact, the "new way" to do business is fast becoming the way to do business, and with good reason. Not only do these companies do good, they often outperform companies that do business in the old … [Read more...]
How Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone Can Save Your Life
I knew that I didn't have a ton of experience at that point, but still I was the expert in the room. It was true that I had more expertise than anyone else there, but I felt far from expert. I was way out of my comfort zone. I had been invited to speak for a job networking group. My business was brand new and I had never spoken in front of a group in my life. As I walked up on stage, I wondered … [Read more...]
Is It Important That You Love Work Or Should You Stop Wishing?
If you're reading this and dreading tomorrow - having to go back to an office job you don't love - then you probably intuitively believe that it it is important that you love work. After all, feeling stressed and unhappy about a place where you spend most of your waking hours [Read more...]
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