Why Is Failure Such A Bad Thing?

Jun 5, 2010 | Life, Motivation

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about making college and career choices. It was a response to an email I received from a previous student resident of mine, asking my opinion about making college decisions, choosing a major, and building up a life plan. In my response,...

If (And When) Negativity Thoughts And Fear Pop Up

May 29, 2010 | Life, Motivation

Yesterday I felt my negative attitude — towards my job, my career stumbles, and my unfinished projects — slipping away. I had several days of negativity cloud me, follow me, and I couldn’t shake it. I was scared, I was worried, I was afraid. I felt...

The Last Lecture: Golden Gems from Randy Pausch

May 23, 2010 | Life, Motivation, Reading List

If you found out you only had 6 more months to live, what would you want your legacy to be? What would you tell your friends, your family, and your loved ones?  We all wonder what our memories will be, and what thoughts, values, and ideas we will leave behind should...

‘The Art of Choosing’: Too much choice?

May 6, 2010 | Reading List

“We all have dreams, big and small, about how our lives will unfold,” Psychologist Sheena Iyengar says, in describing her book The Art of Choosing. “What will I become, we each ask ourselves. What job will I have? What career will I choose?”...

If not you, then who?

May 3, 2010 | Motivation

Today was a typical day at the office. There is a challenging task ahead of me, a pile of work on the desk, an application to be put together and several meetings to attend. At home it’s the same story: there are several backlogs of articles needing to be...

(Don’t) work until you drop

Apr 18, 2010 | Crafting Your Career

A colleague of mine just sent me a quick email. She said, “I skipped lunch and now it’s 2pm and I’m just going to keep on crunching until 7 to just get this thing done and get home.”  I asked her what she was planning on doing once she arrived...

Budget sense: how much money does food cost me?

Apr 15, 2010 | Money + Finances

So you’ve graduated from college and you’re (hopefully) not living at your parents house anymore.  You have a job, and even though it’s not THE job that you eventually want, you’re on track to start making your way up the ladder and working...