Even if you do start out the day with plenty of fuel, you may eventually feel that energy slipping away. You can be zipping along just fine, then—Boom!—you hit what sports enthusiasts call “the wall.” How well you handle your energy budget will determine whether you break through the wall and move on to the rest of your day—or just bounce off and slog through the mental mud.
Through the Millennial Leaders book project, we discovered a gold mine of Generation Y entrepreneurs and careerists whose insight inspired us so much we saw the need to share it with the world. This article includes the best pearls of wisdom from ten of the world’s most forward thinking Generation Y biz leaders.
When people say office romances are disruptive to the workplace, most of the time they are not talking about the actual relationship, but about the break-up. Who hasn’t heard the horror stories? Ex couples arguing in the office, jilt-ees weeping at their desks. Better not to go there, common sense says. Nonetheless, survey after survey has found that about half of us will, at some point […]
It’s that time of year again, when millions of diploma-holding grads will get their first taste of CAREEREALISM. Like having buckets of water dumped on their heads, the reality of job search and career development hits many new grads like a tidal wave…and nobody’s there handing out towels.
Your boss is a control freak and you don’t know how to deal. Don’t worry—it’s not that difficult—you just need to understand where they are coming from. Control freaks are not born, they are made. Something or someone in their life has created uncertainty, so they have resorted to believing that the only way to ensure results or success is to take full control […]
What do Apple, Southwest Airlines and Coca-Cola have in common?
They’re all widely recognized brands that tell the world what to expect about their products. When you pop open a can of Coke, you can be sure you’re about to imbibe a sweet, carbonated beverage. Apple is synonymous with user-friendly personal technology. Likewise, Southwest Airlines is known for its […]
The terms “tech-savvy” and “Millennial” seem joined at the hip, like “hopeless romantic” or “out-of-control pop diva.” Of course, many romantics are nothing if not hopeful, some pop divas are models of good behavior, and not all Millennials are tech wizards - but we tend to hear much more about the stereotype than the exception. However, even Millennials […]
Want to score with your dream company? So does everyone else. Getting past first base isn’t something that just happens—you have to outwork the competition so you’re more attractive than any other candidate they’re considering. Your appearance, professional presence, and what you say (or all too often don’t say), will determine whether you’re going to get […]
Maybe you’ve seen them in the commercials for mutual fund companies where they’re usually pictured sipping wine in Tuscany. Or you might have caught them baring their souls in magazines talking about how they gave up the corner office and the six-figure bonus because their dream was to go to clown school. The baby boomers have discovered that there is […]
That’s right.You want to be a control freak–the good kind, that is. Yes, there’s a difference between a freaky control freak (the bad kind) and a funky control freak (the good kind). Here are 5 reasons why being a funky control freak is a good thing for you and your career: 1. It’s about being positive. Highly successful leaders and those who aspire to leadership have learned the art of […]
