Money or Meaning?
Making all the money or doing meaningful work? Wait. Who says that we cannot have both? They are not mutually exclusive. They do not depend …
Career
Tips and Insights about your career.
Find Meaningful Work, Part 2
In the prior post, we said that the trick to finding meaningful work is to begin with what we think is meaningful. That may be …
Find Meaningful Work, Part 1
How does one find meaningful work? Start with knowing what is meaningful. We choose to give meaning to something by noticing and appreciating it. In …
Move to a New Field
Who says that you cannot move to a new field or industry because you only have experience in your current field? Plenty of people make …
What Does Success Look Like?
Success demands that you state what success for you (or your business) looks like. It must be clear, compelling, complete, and (for your business) commonly …
Purpose, meaning, significance, satisfaction
Purpose, meaning, significance, and satisfaction. These are what we all long for in our jobs. Yet most of us hold ourselves away from purpose, meaning, …
Your Loosely Organized Career
Sometimes we underplan our career. We float, wander, take the first offered opportunity, then take the next offered opportunity, etc. We end up feeling lost …
Job Fit
How can you tell if you are in the right job? It feels good. In particular: You regularly use your core talents (as opposed to …
Career “Shoulds”
“How does your resume look? Do you have an MBA? Did you have an overseas assignment? Do you have this qualification and that training? They …
You Need Not Struggle
We regularly struggle in jobs that have long ago stopped working for us. We get stuck because our day-to-day busy-ness takes all our time. And …