Soft Skills - Ask a Wharton MBA
Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
I model myself after many people. This is because even the best role models will disappoint in one area or another and in fact I think it’s expecting too much when you model only after one person.
Instead, I think it’s important to have a board of advisors – chosing 5 to 8 people that can be your mentor or role model for different aspects of what your want to develop. For example , ...
“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.” This is one of my favorite quote from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I believe it 100%. Doesn’t it sound wonderful? Only one problem, do we know what we really desire? ...
Job search does not have to be all work. It can be fun too. There are plenty of things you can do for your job search while sitting at a cafe drinking a hot latte. Here is one of them.
Cafe Exercise: Dream Your Dream Job
Part 1: Go to a nice cafe and get your favorite drink. For the next 30 minutes, just write down a list of things that you would want in your next dream job. It can be 3 pages long, the more detailed the better. Don’t worry about how you will get this job. Assume you will find a Genie who will grant you whatever job you want, and just brainstorm all the characteristics of that job. Here is a sample brainstorm list ...
It’s a simple question, it seems. What is your answer? Most people’s answers are quite singular “I want to make more money at my next job;” “I want to maintain my income but work less;” “I want a chance to manage people.” All good answers but in my opinion not detailed enough. ...