Amid life’s frenzy, many people pass through their days without
having consciously selected their foundational principles, those on
which their life’s major decisions should based.
In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer questions that may help you develop yours. They’re from my new book, Careers for Dummies.
Saturday, June 30, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Interviewing in the Media: Landing an interview and doing well.
Being interviewed is among the easier ways to share your expertise
with many others while benefiting yourself: It casts you as an expert
and sharpens your expertise—Knowing you’ll be interviewed motivates you
to think hard about what ideas are most worth promulgating.
Having been interviewed everywhere from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show to The Daily Show, I’ve learned a few things about getting interviewed. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer ideas adapted from my just-published book, Careers for Dummies.
Having been interviewed everywhere from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show to The Daily Show, I’ve learned a few things about getting interviewed. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer ideas adapted from my just-published book, Careers for Dummies.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Making a Radical Career Change
You know that a career
tweak won’t do—It’s time for a radical career change. But it’s scary.
After all, you’ll have to convince an employer to hire you for a better
job without a significant pay cut even though s/he likely has many
applicants with experience. Plus, you probably don’t have the time or
money for a long back-to-school stint. Yes, it’s difficult but often done.
My PsychologyToday.com article today offers tactics derived from a chapter of my new book Careers for Dummies.
My PsychologyToday.com article today offers tactics derived from a chapter of my new book Careers for Dummies.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
7 Unspoken Rules for Workplace Success
You may wonder why people less competent than you get ahead while you languish. True, it could be appearance, race, or gender but often, more malleable factors are at play.
As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer seven unspoken rules for workplace success. They derive from my new book, Careers for Dummies.
As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer seven unspoken rules for workplace success. They derive from my new book, Careers for Dummies.
Monday, June 25, 2018
Figuring Out What Makes You Special
No one wants to feel ordinary: a replaceable part in society, the workplace, or in relationships.
Fortunately, even identical twins aren’t completely identical. So there probably are myriad ways you different from The Norm. But how do you figure out what makes you special, and more challenging, how you might better use your specialness to enhance your place in the world?
My PsychologyToday.com article today offers 11 questions derived from a chapter in my just-published book, Careers for Dummies that may help:
Fortunately, even identical twins aren’t completely identical. So there probably are myriad ways you different from The Norm. But how do you figure out what makes you special, and more challenging, how you might better use your specialness to enhance your place in the world?
My PsychologyToday.com article today offers 11 questions derived from a chapter in my just-published book, Careers for Dummies that may help:
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Curing Career Fear
Even competent people can suffer from career fear:
the imposter syndrome, fear of failure, and/or the Peter Pan syndrome,
the fear of growing up. Of course, there are no magic pills but in my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer the tactics that have most often helped my clients.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
The scoop on my new book, Careers for Dummies
I just saw, for the first time, my just-published book,
Careers for Dummies. Even thought it's my 11th book, it's a good feeling.
It's particularly aimed at people just starting out but as you'll see it's well-worth buying for any career-minded person, for example, those worried about losing their job, those trying to move up, or change careers.
While you may find it at your local bookstore, the surest (and discounted) way to get the book is on Amazon at THIS link.
Careers for Dummies. Even thought it's my 11th book, it's a good feeling.
It's particularly aimed at people just starting out but as you'll see it's well-worth buying for any career-minded person, for example, those worried about losing their job, those trying to move up, or change careers.
- pleasant-to-read but authoritative introductions to 340 careers, all the popular ones plus many that are under-the-radar, including low-risk/high-payoff self-employment ideas.
- ahead-of-the-pack tactics for landing a job, a good job. This includes advice for people for whom networking hasn't worked, and smart ways to make your application rise to the top of the pack.
- succeeding on the job, maybe even becoming beloved. Fresh ideas on office politics, procrastination, stress-management, managing people, public speaking without (too much) fear, even how to develop charisma.
Sample from my new book, Careers for Dummies, published today.
My new book, Careers for Dummies was published today. Here's a sample:
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
15 Good Under-the-Radar Careers
A core feature of my just-published book Careers for Dummies
is dossiers on 340 careers, popular and under-the-radar. As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I selected 15 under-the-radar ones.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Thought Stopping: A potent tool for getting unstuck
At least with my career counseling
clients, among the most potent tactics for keeping them moving forward
rather than stayed mired in, for example, “No one will hire me,” “I’m
so angry at...” or “I’m an imposter” is thought stopping: As soon as you
become aware of an unproductive thought, literally say “Stop!” and ask
yourself, “What constructive task could I turn my attention to? What’s
the first one-second baby step on that task?”
I flesh that out in my PsychologyToday.com article today.
I flesh that out in my PsychologyToday.com article today.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Be an Autodidact?
Courses are often required, for example, for legal certification. But
sometimes you can avoid courses, which are often costly, inconvenient,
and larded with masses of material you’ll never use or have forgotten or
become obsolete by the time you need it.
For many people and for many things you’ll want to learn, a wonderful way to learn is be an autodidact, teaching yourself. It may be best explained by examples. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers three from my life.
For many people and for many things you’ll want to learn, a wonderful way to learn is be an autodidact, teaching yourself. It may be best explained by examples. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers three from my life.
Monday, June 11, 2018
14 Tech Tools to Help Your Career
It was just a year ago that I wrote an article on this topic but there
have been enough changes to offer the current crop of the best
career-enhancing tools. They can ease your search for a career, landing a
good job, and succeeding at it. That's my PsychologyToday.com article today.