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Career Strategies
These 5 Books Could Help You Advance Your Career
By Martha C. White / Money
How to Write Emails That Will Land You a Job
By James M. Citrin
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By Martha C. White
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10 Scientific Steps to a Successful Career
Is your job not really doing it for you? Doesn’t have everything you need to feel satisfied, challenged and proud? Or are you job-hunting but the options don’t seem that appealing? You’re not alone. In...
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Culture Change: How to Improve Your Workplace Culture
When a bunch of people get together, everything changes. Different rules apply. I’ve posted about navigating office politics. Now what is all this talk about company culture? Does it mean anything? And how can you...
By Eric Barker
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The Leadership Secret Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg Have In Common
What You Can Learn About Leadership From Jobs And Zuckerberg Robert Sutton: We all have imperfections and surrounding yourself with people who can do things you can’t is really essential. If you just look at...
By Eric Barker
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The #1 Secret Astronauts, Samurai, Navy SEALs, and Psychopaths Can Teach You About Good Decision Making
We all make a lot of bad decisions. With careers: More than half of teachers quit their jobs within four years. In fact, one study in Philadelphia schools found that a teacher was almost two...
By Eric Barker
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How to Overcome Regret and Seize the Day — Scientifically
What hurts more than those pangs of regret? It’s one of the worst feelings in the world, right? But I’ve got a surprise for you — regret can be a good thing. In fact, sometimes...
By Eric Barker
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6 Things the Most Productive People Do Every Day
Ever feel like you’re just not getting enough done? Know how many days per week you’re actually productive? About 3: People work an average of 45 hours a week; they consider about 17 of those...
By Eric Barker
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10 Simple Ways to Make People Like You More
This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was originally published atInc.com. Have you noticed there are people who always seem...
By John Brandon
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4 Ways to Stop Procrastinating
Choices are never easy, especially when it comes to life's big ones. Phoebe, 39, came to see me one day, distraught after learning from a doctor that she might not be able to conceive. "How...
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11 Surefire Ways to Turn Your Dreams Into Reality
This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was originally published at Inc.com. By Brent Gleeson The loftiest goal I ever...
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This Is What's Actually Making You Horribly Unproductive
Talk about a silver lining: New research shows that crummy weather actually makes you more productive at work. Unfortunately, this means now that the long winter much of the country endured is finally over, your...
By Martha C. White
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Incorrectly Used Words That Can Make You Look Horrible
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By Jeff Haden
May 15, 2014
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5 Powerful Tips for Getting More Stuff Done
1) Know When You’re at Your Best And plan accordingly. To be a productivity ninja focus less on time management, and more on managing your energy. Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, used a...
May 2, 2014
How to Be More Confident: 5 Research-Backed Methods
No one doubts the value of confidence. In fact, research shows people often prefer confidence over actual expertise. G. Richard Shell teaches at the Wharton School, and his book Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for...
By Eric Barker
April 30, 2014
Get a Raise: 10 Steps for Getting Your Boss to Think You’re the Best
People always want to know how to ask for a raise. 99% of whether you get a raise has nothing to do with wording. The vast majority of the time the result of that negotiation...
By Eric Barker
April 28, 2014
Top 10 Best Cities to Start a New Career
New graduates with a choice may want to start their career in one of these fun and affordable cities.
By Dan Kadlec
April 22, 2014
This Is the No. 1 Thing That Holds Most People Back From Success
What’s the number one thing that holds most people back from success? It’s not intelligence or hard work. It’s your attitude. Sound like the drivel your parents told you when you were 16 that inspired...
By Eric Barker
April 22, 2014
How To Ace a Job Interview: 7 Research-Backed Tips
1) Be Similar to The Interviewer “Be yourself” can actually be a problem. If you want to know how to ace a job interview it’s important to note that study after study shows the key...
By Eric Barker
April 21, 2014
8 Things the Most Successful People Do That Make Them Great
There’s a right way to learn. Want to be more successful? Actually, that’s not ambitious enough — want to be the best? I do. So I called my friend Daniel Coyle, author of the best...
By Eric Barker
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The Two Words That Will Lead You To Success and Happiness
Seriously: Just Two Words Seems like this should be a very short post, right? Here’s the quick and dirty: The word “yes” leads to happiness. The word “no” leads to success. Here’s why. For Happiness...
By Eric Barker
April 9, 2014
Succeeding in Places for Which Your Past Hasn’t Prepared You
First-generation college students — undergraduates whose parents did not attend university — have reason to be proud. They’ve made it, against daunting odds. But once they get on campus, many of these individuals struggle. First-generation...
By Annie Murphy Paul
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How to Achieve Work-Life Balance in 5 Steps
Achieving work-life balance can look impossible. And, frankly, it seems like it’s getting harder. In the ten years from 1986 to 1996 work-life balance was mentioned in the media 32 times. In 2007 alone it...
By Eric Barker
April 2, 2014
How Can You Make Your Weekends More Awesome?
What’s the research have to say about making Friday through Sunday that much better…? For The Most Part, Don’t Trust Your Instincts Ever eat or drink too much, feel awful, then do it again… and...
By Eric Barker
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6 Hostage Negotiation Techniques That Will Get You What You Want
How does hostage negotiation get people to change their minds? The Behavioral Change Stairway Model was developed by the FBI’s hostage negotiation unit, and it shows the 5 steps to getting someone else to see...
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How To Fail at Almost Everything And Still Win Big
Scott Adams created a multimillion dollar empire. That empire is more commonly known as "Dilbert." I mentioned him on this blog before because he gave some of the simplest, most profound advice for getting along...
By Eric Barker
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Which Professions Have the Most Psychopaths? The Fewest?
CEO is the profession with the most psychopaths. But first off, psychopath doesn’t just mean someone who cuts you up with a chainsaw — though the majority of people who do things like that are...
By Eric Barker
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8 Ways to Say No Without Killing Your Reputation
This piece originally appeared on Adam Grant's LinkedIn Influencers page. If you want something done, ask a busy person. The old saying rings true, but it also spells doom for that busy person. When you...
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The Five Paths To Being the Best at Anything
I’ve posted a lot about becoming the best in your field. Looking back, what are the most successful methods for getting there? 10,000 Hours Let’s get the most famous one out of the way first:...
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Leaning In Won’t Fix the Gender Gap (Yet)
High-pressure job interviews favor the most competitive candidates – usually men – over the best ones. Until more women lean in, companies need to change how they recruit.
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March 10, 2014
How Much of Your Success Is Due to Dumb Luck?
Would you like the Mona Lisa if others didn’t? Would you still think Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony was good? Would you still think the songs of the Beatles were superior to those of, say, Justin Bieber?...
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By now, most of the Internet has heard about (and commented on) the bizarre response a self-professed "passionate advocate" for people looking for work gave a young job-seeker who had the nerve to contact her...
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When it comes to their jobs, more Americans these days are quitters — which can be a good thing. The Wall Street Journal last week said the “quit rate” — the percentage of people leaving...
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Global Internships: The New Key to Getting a Job
As if paying for college wasn't enough, now students are paying to get a high-value internship that will give them an edge in the job market.
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