I feel like I need to re-learn this lesson every week.
We send emails or leave voice messages, fingers crossed, and hope that this is it, the next great job, the next big client, the next contact who will open doors for us. And then we don’t hear back. Life intervenes, we get busy, a few
When I first started working for myself, networking was my stumbling block. I hated meeting and talking to strangers. By nature and nurture, I was a self-declared introvert. (I tend to take after my dad, who famously declared on a hiking trip in Denali National Park, “There are too many people here,” and stomped away.
When Felix Frankfurter, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1939 to 1962, was asked how he became successful, he is said to have replied that it was “luck.” Similarly, Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice appointed to the Supreme Court, averred that her appointment to the bench was a “classic example of being the
Check out My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire and The Anti 9-To-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube by Michelle Goodman.
Anyone who is thinking about working freelance or shaking up the normal paradigm of work in this country, or has already
I’m re-posting a fabulous article by career coach Alexia Vernon, owner of Catalyst in Action, on how to make the most of informational interviewing. A few tidbits:
Informational Interview Step 1: Scoring Face Time
You explain succinctly and dynamically who you are, what results you have achieved, and why this person should give you the time to discuss
Every Friday night, I have a date with my yoga mat at my favorite yoga class. It’s a great way to relieve the stress from the work week and start fresh and rejuvenated for the weekend. I’ve been doing yoga on and off for about six years, but my Friday night class has been a
On a recent episode of 30 Rock, NBC’s hit sitcom written by Tina Fey, the show featured a sub-plot about four new male interns: recent college graduates who formerly worked on Wall Street and now left without a job. Overly qualified and full of frat boy sensibilities, the interns persuade the character, Tracy Jordan, into partying with them every night.
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