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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. He said, “Yes.” Not… ...
I went to a seminar last month and heard this saying “Life is Always just Beginning” from a 82 year-old lecturer, Bill McKeown. I have been thinking about these 5 little words ever since. It has helped me re-frame my perspective on life and my inner dialogue. Do you ever notice how much we… ...
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… ...
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… ...
I always liked Keanu Reeves’ movies (Matrix especially) but never knew much about him. Last week, my husband forwarded this article to me on Facebook – Keanu Reeves shares 5 Pieces of Wisdom on how to be happy in life. My first thought was “Really? Keanu Reeves? How deep can it be?” I stand corrected. I… ...
It was our team’s assistant who told me about the Paris terrorist attack on Friday afternoon. Right before, I was busy updating a presentation and worrying about something I don’t even remember now. I quickly halted both to follow what was going on in Paris and contacted our neighbor to find out if his daughter and… ...
In part 1 and 2 of our talk with Executive Author, Jane Lin, we discussed the Best Secret to Finding Your Dream Job. Negotiating Job Offer – What 70% of People Fail to Do In this final part, we migrated our conversation from job search to on the job success. We don’t always have… ...