So says Penelope Trunk, aka “The Brazen Careerist” in this excellent post. I found #2 - “Stay the most focused when things look the most difficult” - to be exquisitely helpful (not to mention timely). Launching your own solo practice is hard work, there’s no question, and things can be tough going at first. For […]

As this article from CareerBuilder.com (via CNN) clearly shows, there are multiple downsides to the repetitive long hours many self-confessed workaholics put in regularly.
Rachel Weingarten, the marketing consultant profiled in the piece, seems like a poster child for the evils of workaholism. She says it’s been “over eight years” since her last vacation; she […]

Here’s a list of 20 tips that might help you keep the boss happy. I especially like these two:

Understand how you’ll be evaluated. That includes not only formal evaluation procedures but also your boss’s more informal expectations.
Project positive energy. That’s a no-brainer in my book, but I’m constantly surprised how many people think they can […]