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Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
This interpersonal skills example can happen any day at work or in life. It was our second day in Beijing. My cousin, my mom, and Isabel went to visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. It was majestic, fun, but a super long walk. By 1pm, we were all exhausted, hungry and decided to Uber back to the hotel. ...
Last weekend, my hubby suddenly asked me “Are you happy?” I didn’t know what to say, even after thinking about it.
I asked him, “What do you mean? Are you talking about work? Life? Us?”
He said, “No, just in general.”
I asked, “Are you happy?”, still not knowing what to say. ...
It’s never easy to say farewell to a company and a team. However, this will happen many times in your career, as most of us have at least 7 different jobs until we retire. While many farewell letters to coworkers are fairly standard and boring, it may serve you to take some time to craft a memorable one instead. ...
Mastering soft skills is critical to your career advancement. Louis Johnston, one of our executive authors, agrees. He shared in this interview how mastering certain soft skills helped him skyrocket his career and quadruple his compensation.
Louis started as an Online Marketing Associate, 10 years ago. He has since been promoted to Manager, Director, Senior Director, and now Head of Growth. This may sound like a straight-forward success story. It is not. He didn’t just happen to become super successful by working hard or hitting all his marketing numbers. On the contrary, he was hitting his numbers, but not getting much credit for it. Louis was stuck at the same level for awhile. ...
Two weeks ago, I ran in a 15K race in San Francisco. It was the Hot Chocolate Run. I didn’t run fast nor break any records. On the contrary, I didn’t train for it, had only two hours of sleep the night before, and almost didn’t make it to the race. This was not like me. This article is less about the race and more about the three lessons I unexpectedly learned along the way. ...
In part 1 and 2 of our talk with Executive Author, Jane Lin, we discussed the
In this final part, we migrated our conversation from job search to on the job success. We don’t always have the ideal job. Sometimes we have to take jobs just to make sure we can pay the mortgage or rent. In these cases, does this mean we put on career on hold until we find another job? Jane’s advice is no. Even with a less than ideal job, you have the power to make it more and progress your career. How? Go beyond your job description! ...
A big thank you to our Executive Author, Cindy Wong-Zarahn for writing this article
In the U.S., the national college basketball tournament affectionately known as “March Madness” mesmerizes much of the country for a few weeks in March. The latest tournament is recently behind us, and throughout the TV coverage I was reminded of one of the most inspirational speeches I have ever heard, from Coach Valvano back in 1993. ...