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Do you want to find any job or your dream job? The focus of this post and podcast is for all those who want the latter – a dream job! Finding any job requires many of the same things – a great resume, good interview and networking skills, and a relentless effort to keep applying. However, there is one difference in finding a dream job – a secret shared by Jane Lin, our newest Executive Author to the Soft Skills Gym. ...
I know it’s well into the New Year, but I am still pondering what to do differently this year to take my life to the next level. Here is one idea I am implementing – Say Yes, when I usually say no.
I am realizing, if I want to grow in life and at work.
Why? Because the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Even with that understanding, many of us have a harder and harder time saying yes to new experiences. We have so many bad concepts in our head like ...
I can’t stop watching this video. It just make me feel so good about life and people. My husband showed it to us a few weeks ago. Now my kids and I watch it almost every day and dance to it in pure joy.
So why am I share this on my career blog? Well, it made think about the true meaning of success and a challenge for all of you. ...
Lei: I am excited to introduce a new Executive Author to our Soft Skills Gym – Cindy Wong-Zarahn. I only met Cindy last year but feel like we have been old friends for years. She has close to 20 years of experience in the corporate world with plenty of battle scars as well as very sage advice. I already personally benefited from her advice for my own career. Click here to read her bio and why she wants to join our community. You can also follow Cindy on twitter @CZarahn ...
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a great holiday or at least one that was better than mine. I can’t believe it’s 2015. Usually I love holidays as it gives me time to relax, regroup, and faced the new year with renewed energy. I didn’t have such luck this holiday season. Work was super stressful and I didn’t have as much time with the family as I would have liked. ...
Wow, it’s already Christmas week and I barely had any time to enjoy it. I have been rushing around for the last few weeks – so much to do and so little time. Do you know the feeling? Well, I am realizing it’s self-imposed. I want to do everything and fit it all in. In the meantime, I am forgetting to enjoy any of it. ...
Effective communication with your boss is essential to your career success. One of the things your boss will always want is proactive communication of your work status & progress. It will show that you are on top of your work and you respect him enough to keep him informed.
This not always easy. Below is a situation a Soft Skills Gym member faced. What would you do if you were him? Share your comments below. He agreed to let me share it in case his situation and my advice can help you learn how to better communicate work status with your boss. ...