Tag Archive: success

Thin Lines Between Empowerment and Entitlement: Both are Necessary for a Good Career

Entitlement, frankly, is the other side of the empowerment coin.

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Thoughts on Gen Y, Innovation and Bucking the Trend

I think innovation will take on far more interesting and intricate meanings if it were approached this way.

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In Honor of My Last Day as an Unemployed Schlep (& How to Cope With the Shock of Employment)

Therefore, I have to distract myself with something else besides bemoaning all the Oprah I’ll miss and not being able to stay in bed until after 7 am.

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How to Use Your Talents for Evil

When you cannot present what you produce in a way that means something to you and the world – your talents are being used against you. This is evil.

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Self-Security is the New Entitlement

There’s limited resources and the illusion of limited resources. Whether or not the job market is as dire as everyone thinks, it won’t matter. Young people will stay at their jobs longer to hedge their bets by adding longevity to their job record.

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How to Tell if Your Long-Term Unemployment is Affecting Your Long-Term Relationship

I am sure that long-term anything affects a relationship. It reflects within the relationship, too. If unemployment has changed me for the worse, I assume I’ve become less courageous.

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How Firing Builds Character, Pt. 3

There is a superficial sincerity that blooms when it comes to treating coworkers well and doing a job to the best of our ability.

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How Firing Builds Character, Pt. 2

We are all in the game of wanting to feel useful and needed and wanted.

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