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 To Thrive As A Multipotentialite
Are you a multipotentialite? A multipotentialite has been defined as a person who has many different interests and creative pursuits in life. Multipotentialites don't have “one true calling." Having potential in multiple areas might sound like a blessing, but in a world that rewards us for discipline, hard work, and [Read more...]
Never Give Up Your Dreams: Pivotal Moments Change Everything
A young writer pounds away at a beat up old typewriter crammed tightly in his laundry room. The year is 1973. He works three jobs - one as a full time teacher, and the others in the summer doing industrial laundry and pumping gas. These jobs, along with his wife's, barely keep his family - a toddler and a newborn - off of welfare. For most people, finding time to write would be the last … [Read more...]
Why Rewarding Careers Are Critical In The Future
Right now, you're probably wishing for a rewarding career - one that gives you great work/life balance, gives you work that challenges you in all the right ways, and gives you a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment - and thinking it's not really possible for you. Am I right? Or, if you do think it's possible, you're not sure how to make it happen. And then, in your very next thought you … [Read more...]
Is It Really Possible To Love Your Work?
We all want to love what we do. But is it just impractical to think we can have work we love? I mean, maybe dream jobs and amazing businesses are just for the lucky few? I don't think so. You can have work you love too, but there's a trick to how you go about looking for it. A formula even. . . But what do you need to be aware of? What do … [Read more...]