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And how to overcome it
One of the worst jobs I’ve ever had was, on the face of it, a perfectly good job. Small agency, small but dedicated team, standard clients, ok salary, decent job title, work I was perfectly capable of doing.
And it left me a complete wreck.
I don’t mean that lightly…
3 steps to change your working life forever
For most of my working life, I’ve earned very little money. Not because I didn’t work hard enough — I’ve done more than my fair share of long days and nights — but because I chose to start a business and build something from nothing.
Forget about 5-year career blocks. Job hopping equals career growth
Why are job hoppers not considered the high priests of the economy?
I have a naughty confession: I am a job hopper. As soon as I get a new job, I’m already on the hunt for the next one. A job is an experiment for me. I like to learn…
You don’t need a traditional job anymore.
We can’t take it anymore. We’re tired of business as usual. I know so many people who watched their parents work long hours and finally drift into divorce. I also know people who made tons of money and bought loads of crap at the expense of their own health and…
A candid look at Amazon’s direct communication style
“No, no, no! This is not at all what I wanted!!!” Frowning, X put my whitepaper face down on the table, refusing to read it past the first page.
I had worked on it for months, done hours and hours of research and data gathering, and solicited feedback from dozens…
Yet I can’t seem to break away from this toxic cycle
My fingers ran through the edges of the envelope for the umpteenth time that day. My legs pushed my body to take another turn on my chair, and the empty office came into my view. Apart from my cubicle, everything else was clean, spotless, and silent. For once, no telephones…
My revelations might get you moving too
“There is a talent exodus,” Seth Morales tells us. If you’re living and working in 2021, you are no doubt aware he’s talking about Anthony Klotz’s concept of The Great Resignation.
According to Gallup, nearly half of American workers are “actively job searching or watching for opportunities.”
As I waded…
Quitting my 9–5 enabled me to *live* each day.
I quit my job at 25 to become a self-employed writer and creative entrepreneur. Some might say that 25 is too early to judge the corporate sector; I knew I had more potential and didn’t want to waste time doing things I don’t enjoy.
It wasn’t easy. I planned it…
You get what you pay for, and the corporate world hasn’t been paying much.
I don’t know what kind of schedule your company operates on, but mine likes to make corporate swag around December.
Every year, they ruin perfectly good sweaters, t-shirts, hats, keychains, and pens with their overblown company logo slapped atop them. They gift it to us in beautiful boxes with our…
A case study for ‘find it in your 20s and build it in your 30s’
Aimless.
That’s how I spent a lot of my 20s. I stumbled around and often got lost. I was working minimum wage jobs, slowly becoming too comfortable in mediocrity, in danger of floundering forever. While no one ever called me out, I felt their judgment. I understood it; I was…
Index
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