When Researching Careers, Know When Enough’s Enough

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I love collecting information. I have a file cabinet in my office, where I keep newspaper clippings and notes in brightly-colored file folders. Everything else I gather into folders on my computer – articles, reports, ebooks, ideas, and mind-maps. I adore programs like Evernote and OneNote, which allow me to quickly clip and store information [...]

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Balancing Life and Work: Choosing What Matters to You

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Balancing life and work… is it even possible? Until two months ago, when I had my wake-up call, I didn’t think too much about living a balanced life. It took some rather frightening physical symptoms to make me finally realize that I was letting my work take precedence over other things that matter in my [...]

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Creating New Year’s Intentions… Not Resolutions

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I’m not very good at keeping New Year’s resolutions. But I guess I’m in good company. Apparently, more than a third of New Year’s resolutions are broken by the end of January. Only 23% of people actually stick to their resolutions. What does work for me is creating New Year’s intentions. Intentions aren’t the same [...]

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Brené Brown on Wholehearted Living

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A friend passed this video on to me, and I’m so glad she did. In it, Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, talks about the importance of “wholehearted living,” and how shame and fear can keep us from living authentically. I wanted to share this with [...]

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How to Gain Work Experience When You Don’t Have Any

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How do you get work experience for the new career you want? Depending on the type of work you’re interested in, you may be able to show on your résumé how your current accomplishments and skills are transferable to that new career. In some cases, though, it can be difficult to change career direction without [...]

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Do You Really Need a Wake-up Call?

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Sometimes it takes a wake-up call to shake things up. A couple of weeks ago I lost some of the vision in my left eye. Apparently it’s related to high blood pressure, which I’ve never had before. My wake-up call wasn’t really a shock, though. There were plenty of hints along the way, which I [...]

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Finding Life-Work Balance in Retirement

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Achieving life-work balance might have been difficult for you earlier in your career. But it is a possibility now, as you transition into retirement. You face challenges to life-work balance throughout all the stages in your life. First, you take care of your children, then your parents need assistance. Health problems can occur at any [...]

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100 Best Career Books of All Time

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If you’re looking for resources to help you with your career change or job search, check out this excellent list – 100 Best Career Books of All Time. Although some of the books on the list are targeted to new grads, most are relevant for any age. Books have often served me as companions, guides, [...]

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