Whether it’s for a new job or that perfect partner, patience is both something that’s easy to loathe and hard to practice. It’s the boiled broccoli of virtues. Consider this month’s reader request: My job…
Tag: Career
A few days after the new year I felt a palpable weight. And, no, not necessarily from the extra holiday pie. I found myself double-backing on certain decisions with the itching thought, “I don’t want…
I have a lot of gratitude for spending nearly a decade working inside the entertainment industry. From intern to senior vice president, I saw it all. From angry audience emails to backstabbing co-workers to Matt…
It happens to the best of us. I worked with a programming executive whose solution to most everything was to eliminate people from meetings. He was convinced this was the source of leaks, which also…
Nearly 40% of our users work in technology. So I jumped at the chance to persuade Marjorie to join our mentor network. She is a former senior executive at Verizon where she developed, built, and…
Last week a reader asked, “What is change? Is it really good or bad? Or is it just a perception?” By way of background, this person just got restructured into a new sales position with…
There are so many reasons to quit a job: a micromanaging boss, boredom, burn-out, or all of the above and then some. Yet, as adults, we have a responsibility to take care of ourselves. So…
Over the years job and career have become interchangeable to many people. Although it’s important to distinguish the two, especially when faced with it a love-it-or-leave-it decision. Words matter. Writer Elizabeth Gilbert distills these definitions…
