Balance Work and Life Better with the Right Support Strategy
When creating a plan to balance work and life, we can easily forget that we don’t live in a bubble. Inc. suggests coming up with a plan to lean on certain people to help...
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4 Realistic Ways To Follow Your Passion
Many books/blogs of the finding-yourself genre are little more than superficial, follow-your-dreams mush with no teeth. They are lightweight on reality, rational thinking, and right action. Typically they don’t have chapters called “a well conceived plan to get...
The 20 Best Internships In America
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn make Google’s internship look pretty fun in “The Internship,” which opened on Friday, and the movie is surprisingly accurate. Google remains the best internship program in America, according...
Should You have a Close Friend at Work?
As we talk about innovative leadership, many people are likely wondering what this really means in concrete examples, not some theory. One concrete example is the shift from the view that good leaders and...
How Thinking Small Can Lead to Big Success
Most of us have seen enough James Bond movies to recognize a seduction when we see it; few of us, however, recognize the seduction process. A seduction process is a series of small steps...
How To Stop Work Overload With a Few Simple Boundaries
Why is it that when your friends, family, and significant other tell you, “You need to stop working so much!”—you hesitate? On the one hand, you know they have a point. It’s unsustainable to...
Ask Yourself These Two Questions to Prioritize Your Tasks
Trying to determine which tasks need to be done and in what order can get complex. Productivity blog GTD Times recommends simplifying the process down to two simple questions. As the author puts it:...
There’s A Big Difference Between ‘H.R.’ And ‘High Performance’ Happiness At Work
Whether it’s perks like free food and awesome campuses, or data-based efforts to figure out what makes employees tick, there’s an increasing focus on making employees happier at work, hoping that it will pay...
How To Be A Great Parent To An Aspiring Entrepreneur
My parents are finally able to talk fondly of the first phone call I made home during freshman orientation in college. Three days into my time at Duke, I didn’t call to talk about...
What Eating Lunch At Your Desk Every Day Does To Your Body
Playing Scrabble online with friends or stalking an old flame on Facebook can be totally addicting. But recent research suggests zoning out in front of the computer during lunch might actually lead to overeating [1]. So stop...
