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When One Career Isn’t Enough
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Karen Deans is an artist, illustrator and designer. Her online Portfolio shows some of her work, ranging from colorful posters to clever postcards, from fine art to business logos, magazine covers… Read More
How to be Happy at Work
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The most recent of bestselling author Dan Buettner’s insightful “Blue Zone” books shares lessons from healthy and thriving people around the world. In “The Blue Zones of Happiness,” Buettner summarizes… Read More
Overcome 7 Common Reasons You Don’t Network
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You already know that, for most professionals, a broad, diverse social network is vital to career success. Career support is just one of the benefits that tend to flow to… Read More
Praise Your Team in Ways That Work
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People like to be appreciated. In fact, we need it. If a friend or colleague offers us a warm and sincere “thank you,” we tend to feel acknowledged and validated…. Read More
Quit Saying “If Only”
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“If only I’d done more networking, I’d be able to find a new job.” “If only they’d stop bothering me with trivial meetings, I could finish this project.” “If only… Read More
8 Winning Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs
Tips from the ‘Think Bigger’ author and a successful female founder By Kerry Hannon, Next Avenue Lately, I’ve been devoting most of my Next Avenue posts to advice for women… Read More
Try This Recipe for Job Satisfaction
By: Beverly Jones
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I book my haircuts three months in advance because Jason Holloway, my hairdresser, has a full calendar and a long waitlist. Jason sometimes works just 4 days a week, and… Read More
Rural Homeless Vets: Hidden From View and Often Ignored
Homelessness often looks different for veterans living in rural communities: Rather than living in the streets, they may be couch-surfacing, sleeping in their cars, or camping in the woods. Downtown… Read More
NPR’s Favorite TV Shows Of 2017
Gems like Game of Thrones and Master of None continued to glimmer in 2017, but don’t count out the broadcast networks — NBC’s The Good Place is the only show all three NPR critics agreed on.
How to Succeed By Treating Everybody Like a Somebody
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The Foster Harris House is a lovely little Inn and restaurant in the tiny, historic town of Washington, Virginia. For the new owner, Klaus Peters, running the House is a post-retirement… Read More
Quit Saying “If only”
By: Beverly Jones
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“If only I’d done more networking, I’d be able to find a new job.” “If only they’d stop bothering me with trivial meetings, I could finish this project.” “If only… Read More
Overcome 7 Common Reasons You Don’t Network
By: Beverly Jones
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You already know that, for most professionals, a broad, diverse social network is vital to career success. How to move beyond your excuses for not networking. Career support is just… Read More
When “Working Hard” Isn’t Enough – Refocus
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Like most successful professionals, you probably respect the power of hard work. But are you always “working hard” in the smartest way? When things aren’t going well, it’s tempting to… Read More
Eclipse Day: NPR Live Blog
It is indeed dark during the day as a total solar eclipse makes its way from Oregon to South Carolina. Eleven states are in the path of total darkness. Follow… Read More
Loneliness Adds to Career Burnout
By: Beverly Jones
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Millions of Americans often feel alone, and it’s making them ill. In 2016, Dr. Vivek Murthy, then U.S. Surgeon General, sounded an alarm. “Despite the ubiquity of social media, we… Read More
How to Bounce Back When Work is a Drag
By: Beverly Jones
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Most of us have periods of misery, when it seems like our careers are caught in a downward spiral. Sometimes the trigger is big and in-your-face, like the arrival of… Read More
8 Keys to Career Resilience
By: Beverly Jones
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It’s been almost a year since Career Press published my book on creating career resilience, Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO. Being a first-time author has been an… Read More
How AltSchool Is Personalizing Education By Collecting Loads of Data on Its Students
By: Randy Rieland
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Max Ventilla is a great believer in using technology and data to zero in on what attracts and motivates people, and in identifying their comfort zones. That, after all, was… Read More
If Political Talk at Work Is Making You Crazy
By: Beverly Jones
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We’ve all heard that it’s not smart to talk about contentious issues, like politics or religion, at the office. Some companies even have rules against discussing political and other potentially… Read More
Your Free Time Activities Can Energize Your Career
By: Beverly Jones
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Because energetic, enthusiastic employees get more done, today’s managers are exploring many ways to stimulate employee engagement. Some programs work better than others, but one point seems clear: it’s difficult… Read More
Ideas for Recreating Your Life
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In “Life Reimagined – The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife,” NPR reporter Barbara Bradley Hagerty shares the story of her own middle age challenges. She writes with humor and… Read More
You May Soon Be Able to Scan a Piece of Fruit to Check Its Nutritional Value
By: Randy Rieland
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There’s so much about an apple you don’t know. For starters, you have no idea when it was picked. (It likely was much longer ago than you think. In the U.S.,… Read More
How to Help Promote a Book
By: Beverly Jones
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When I began work on my recent book, “Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO,” I thought the big challenges would be completing the manuscript and finding a publisher…. Read More
8 Tips for Inspiring Employee Engagement
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It’s well understood that upbeat and highly motivated employees achieve more than their negative, disgruntled peers. Recognizing the link between attitude and job performance, human resources experts used to talk… Read More
Customer Service is a Key Part of Your Job
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Because I spend long hours talking with clients on the phone, good quality, comfortable headsets are among my most valued tools. A few months ago I needed new ones, but… Read More