How not to get a job
I’ve been to several how-to-get-a-job-in-a-tough-market seminars, and it always amazes me how elementary some of the information is: Know the name of the person to whom you’re sending your résumé. Spell her name correctly. Avoid signing your cover letter with pink ink. So I was fascinated by this article by Anne Kadet at the Wall Street [...]
Read it and win: ‘I Lost My Job and I Liked It’
Lilou Mace, a dual citizen of France and the United States, got the same bad news so many earnest, hardworking folk have gotten recently: You’re being laid off. Her reaction was to fend off a serious funk and turn things to her advantage by using the Law of Attraction. She kept a 30-day journal of [...]
Read and Win: Turn your concepts into cash in 16 weeks
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Achieve your dream: An Olympic gold medalist shows you how to do it
Sticking Your Neck Out: Discover the Top 7 Ways to Reach Your Peak Performance By Nikki Stone Author of When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How To Stick Their Necks Out As a motivational speaker for Fortune 500 companies and an Olympic gold medalist, I have seen what makes an individual most successful in [...]
Affirmations: Hokey Pokey Bullshit?
Affirmations. That’s a bunch of hokey pokey bullshit. Or is it? An affirmation is a statement that expresses – or affirms – your intent to create a desired change in your life, either personally or professionally. Many great teachers (like Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Susan Jeffers, Louise Hay) swear by the power of affirmations. When [...]
Resolutions we can actually keep
Almost every year until this one, I’d dedicate an entire day to scribbling pages of life-altering resolutions. I managed to keep a few of of them (I stopped smoking in 1993, lost weight in 1997, wrote novels in 2000 and 2008), but I blew others (I didn’t find an agent, publish a novel, or double [...]
David Letterman admits to sex with staffers
Last night, David Letterman revealed he was blackmailed by a CBS producer who knew he’d had sex with staffers from his show. My first reaction to the sex part was, “Big deal.” I mean, I’ve worked in places where even married coworkers had affairs. It wouldn’t be my thing, but I understand that some people [...]
You don’t have to be over 40 to reinvent yourself
In the dentist’s office the other day, I came across the October issue of More, which featured a helpful article about women who left dull careers to strike out on their own. More is really pushing “reinventing yourself” these days, and even though the pub targets the over-40 crowd, you certainly don’t have to wait [...]
Tweet your way to your next job?
Acccording to the Wall Street Journal‘s Sarah E. Needleman, Twitter is more than just a means of being continually informed of Ashton Kutcher’s activities. The site is also emerging as a tool for companies with positions to fill. Needleman writes: With so many people looking for jobs now, some employers say they like that Twitter [...]
Free online workshop on love, achievement, and happiness
I’m a big fan of Karen Salmansohn, author of The Prince Harming Syndrome and Even God is Single So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time, and her method for taking life by the horns and being happy no matter what. (Read my review of her book, Enough Dammit: A Cynic’s Guide to Finally Getting What [...]
‘Everybody loves a bitch’
So says an woman who came out to see Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, who appeared at the opening of a new documentary that takes viewers behind closed doors of the fabled fashion magazine. And I’d say that’s certainly encouraging for women who stumble through their careers afraid to take a stand (“Don’t make waves,” my first boss, a man, warned me). [...]
‘American Idol’ should’ve shown Paula the money
I don’t have strong feelings about the occasionally seemingly disoriented American Idol judge, Paula Abdul, but I know one thing: She got people talking. While much of the audience tuned in simply to watch a singing competition, a segment watched the show simply to see what nutty thing she might come out with. And, then, [...]
Blogs to fatten your wallet
The other day, the Wall Street Journal ran Nikki Waller’s roundup of “worthwhile blogs to help improve your financial life — from your investment portfolio to your grocery bill.” Already I’m enjoying Bargaineering, which covers subjects from frugal dating to making your own wiper fluid (one of my favorite posts offers a lively discussion about whether you can [...]
How not to make friends and influence people
Ever play this game? You say, “I got two hours’ sleep last night.” And your friend says, “I only got one hour, and I haven’t eaten since breakfast.” According to The Wall Street Journal, the game’s called Misery Poker, and it’s more popular than ever. Instead of sharing our misery, we seem to be using [...]
We’re scared. How about you?
This week, without discussing it with each other beforehand, Keysha and I made plans to take actions this week that terrify us. (Okay, well maybe not terrify like, “Why is this plane nosediving into a mountain?” More like, “Why are people snickering at me as if I have two heads?”) Keysha has taken a course in [...]
