Soft Skills - Ask a Wharton MBA
Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
Lots of people love the idea of working from home. With the daily 9-5 routine at a corporate cubicle, the luxury of working from home on your own business definitely represents “greener grass.” Well, before you decide to do it, you may want to hear my story. This story will also apply to those… ...
What annual salary do you need to be happy? $1 million? $200K? $100K+?. Well the answer according to a wide range of research is even lower – around $40K to $75K a year. Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard University, says once you have enough money to meet basic needs – food, shelter, but… ...
We are paid to think – literally. Companies pay us thousand of dollars for our ability to think and solve problems. So naturally our brain is wired to think, evaluate, compare, devise solutions. It’s a blessing and a curse. I realize at times, I forget to turn off my brain and also think, analyze, and… ...
The last few weeks have been stressful. I have been juggling five projects/initiatives at the same time on a 32 hours a week schedule. Unexpected project issues are coming up left and right; requirements are misunderstood; customer experience risks are newly uncovered, etc… The end result is I have been taking my stress home after… ...
What is your reaction when you see this post title? Is your response “of course, I have a very good work life balance”? Or is your response “I wish I could, but I have to work a lot to make money, get ahead, take care of family. I have to wait to enjoy life later. …
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In the baby boomer era, the myth was “if you are loyal to a company, the company will take care of you.” Many believed that until they were laid off at 55 after 20 years of service with no good prospect to find work again. Then for Generation X (people in our late 20s to…
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I was taught the definition of success in business school. We just finished 4 weeks of pre-term (refresher courses on math, accounting etc..) before my official 1st year at Wharton began. My accounting professor used most of the time in our last class to give us a lecture on success and what it means. He… ...