How to Provide Productive Criticism to the Participation Trophy Generation
Millennials are known as the participation trophy generation. In an effort to teach us that “winning isn’t everything,” we were all celebrated equally. Rather than being rewarded for working hard or winning, we were all given a prize for showing up, even when (if we’re honest with ourselves) we weren’t that good. While the…
Dealing with Missed Deadlines One Asana at a Time
I missed a deadline this week. Want to hear something even worse? This was the second deadline I’ve missed in thirty days. Thankfully the deadlines were for two separate projects and two separate clients, but sadly the mistakes were made by one single person — me. Recovering After Missed Deadlines Ever since the second missed deadline,…
Hit A Creative Roadblock? Break Through In 4 Steps
Guest Post by Jeff Kavanaugh Have you ever had an idea — a brilliant idea — that you couldn’t wait to dive into? And have you ever experienced the frustration of hitting a roadblock after pouring hours and hours into your brilliant idea? Everyone knows this feeling. The typical process looks like this: You have…
Work Is a Blessing
Work is the blessing. A challenging statement when we try to find the easy path or race to retirement. Life is work, and work is a blessing. A new mindset.
3 Manageable Preparation Ideas for the Non-Planner
I’m not a planner. Blame it on the “P” in my Myers-Briggs, but the idea of spending time developing a long-term plan for something a year down the road is draining. I’m naturally wired to discover the future one day at a time and prefer working on short-term projects rather than ongoing long-term endeavors. However,…
University to Corporation: Does It Need to Be One Way?
Alphabet just hired a computer scientist from Stanford University. Fei-Fei Li is more than a respected scientist; she also is the director of Stanford University’s artificial intelligence lab. No longer. From university to corporation, academic talent is being hired by different corporations. A recent Wall Street Journal article entitled “Tech Companies Tap New Talent From…
Undervalued: Why Preparation is Your Next Best Investment
Can you remember watching your dad shave when you were a little boy? Or watching your mom put her makeup on in the morning? I wanted to be like my dad, and I think I even had a little toy razor so I could imitate him. Admiring and even envying the achievements of others is…
Let Your Passion Inform Your Career
You’ve likely heard that passion is a key ingredient to success. What if you don’t know what your passion? How do you go about finding it?
Four Damaging Mentalities Millennials Must Break
Millennials can be pretty critical of older generations who seem stuck in their ways. “They just don’t get it anymore… that’s not how the world works.” “This isn’t the 1950’s anymore…” “How can they still think that is going to work?” These are all things I’ve heard Millennial co-workers say about our superiors. While Millennials…
The Necessity of a Quarter-Life and Mid-Life Crisis
A quarter-life crisis happens. A mid-life crisis unfolds. I have thought both are frauds or distractions. Just do your work, and all will be fine, I thought. But not all will be fine. A crisis may be an overstatement. Terminology throws us. Is struggling with where you are with your career a crisis? Is feeling…
5 Leadership Lessons I’ve Learned from 5 Jobs in 5 Years
I’m only twenty-eight. Since I finished college and started working, I have had about five years in the “real world” under my belt. However, a lot has happened in that five-year period. Like most people right out of college, I have held a couple of different positions since entering the workforce. I’ve worked in traditional…
How to Flourish as an Ideapreneur
To flourish as an Ideapreneur, embrace your natural enthusiasm and creativity; but it also might be necessary to redefine success.