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In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice. Not only is the cliché flawed — preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work — but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping.

After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Cal Newport | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Nobody really likes office politics. In fact, most of us try to avoid it all costs. But the reality is that companies are, by nature, political organizations, which means that if you want to survive and thrive at work, you can’t just sit out on the sidelines. If you want to make an impact in your own organization, like it or not, you’re going to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Dana Rousmaniere | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior

Successful bright people rarely experience failure, and so they don’t learn how to learn from that failure. They, instead, commit the fundamental attribution error, which is if something good happens, it’s because I’m a genius. If something bad happens, it’s because someone’s an idiot or I didn’t get the resources or the market moved.

Content: Quotation | Author: Laszlo Bock | Source: The New York Times | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

There are two components to getting off to a great start on a new job: what to avoid and what to accomplish. This post explains both components.

Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Experts could be our most powerful teachers—but often they’ve lost the ability to connect with novices. Research by Ting Zhang reveals how experts can rediscover the experience of inexperience.

Content: Article | Author: Carmen Nobel | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Knowledge Management, Personal Development

Whether you’re working from home full-time, living life as a road warrior, or simply working the occasional day away from the office, you’ll be most effective if you have the right digital infrastructure for remote work. What needs to be in that toolkit depends on the kind of work you do, your personal working style and your family life. Whatever the particular circumstances of your … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Alexandra Samuel | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Productivity / Work Tips

Marshall Goldsmith uses “The Wheel of Change” to help clients decide what to change and where to put their efforts. It illustrates the interchange of two dimensions that we need to sort out before we can become the person we want to be.

Content: Article | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

In the new world of deep interconnectivity, what we call the Social Age, leaders are confronted with challenges that constantly test ‘who they are’ while making each of these tests public with everyone able to comment. … Social Age leadership challenges … five areas of ‘who we are’ as leaders that most impact our leadership narrative. … There is no one right way to lead … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Frank Guglielmo, Sudhanshu Palsule | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Personal Development

We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers—but also family, friends, and in-laws—they all have “suggestions” for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development—but we dread it and often dismiss it.

That’s because receiving feedback sits at the junction of two conflicting human desires. We do want to learn and grow. And we also … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Careers involve numerous transitions when we “step up” into a new role, typically one with greater rewards, bigger responsibilities, and higher stakes. We’re well aware that these opportunities come as the result of effort and diligence in our previous role, but we can fail to appreciate how much hard work is required after we’ve made the transition to ensure that it’s a successful one. The … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Ed Batista | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Money is not wealth. Discretionary time is wealth. You can always make more money. You can’t make more time.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Career, Personal Development, Wisdom

There are 2 types of folks who make it: the lucky ones, and the persistent ones.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Achievement, Career, Luck, Personal Development, Success / Failure

What I learned is that burning out isn’t just about work load, it’s about work load being greater than the motivation to do work.

Content: Quotation | Author: Keith Yost | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Motivation, Organizational Behavior, Work

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

Content: Quotation | Author: John Ruskin | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Work

If you’ve been acting more like a worker and less like a leader, these 5 activities can put you firmly back in the driver’s seat of your small business.

Content: Article | Author: Anita Campbell | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Career, Management, Small Business

Self-promotion can be uncomfortable for many people. It’s a tricky prospect: how can you ensure that your talent is recognized without alienating your colleagues and looking like a jerk?

Content: Article | Author: Dorie Clark | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Here is an insider look at what goes through a hiring manager’s mind during an interview. In general, employers are looking for the best technical and cultural fit that their budgets will allow for. While these questions will all go through their minds, the questions they end up asking usually aren’t as direct. So, know that no matter how wacky or irrelevant the question might … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Lily Zhang | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Interviewing

The author of Give and Take explains why generosity in the workplace continues to be more effective than selfishness and why it is critical for personal fulfillment.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Adam Grant | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Career, Management, Organizational Behavior

If you don’t know how to effectively get people to see things your way, it’s time for a refresher course in the gentle art of persuasion.

Content: Article | Author: Bruna Martinuzzi | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

CEOs agree that there are some essential traits and competencies fundamental to success.

Content: Article | Author: Stanislav Shekshnia | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development