Every company and department has an inner circle. It’s that group of people who are included on key decisions and know the whys and hows of any given initiative. Breaking into this special group not only offers you a higher profile, but it also infuses your career with new and relevant experience. But how to [...]
What kind of job can you get that allows you to have sex with a senator, bear his child, help ruin his marriage and then get a spread in a major publication? Journalist! I’ve got to fix my career.
The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards recently said she is helping him live “a life [...]
Read that again. “China Threatens Google” Google is now, formally recognized, as an international power, a global presence, an e-nation. You know it’s serious when the Chinese come after you.
A top (not tall, just top) Chinese minister warned “Google will have to bear the consequences” if it stops filtering its search results in China. This [...]
In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep plays a boss whose employees live in terror of her. Unfortunately, demon bosses aren’t just in the movies. Here are some thoughts from different sources on how to survive, and maybe even reform, a bad boss:
Start with your own performance.
Don’t be too quick to blame [...]
While Vice President Joe Biden is in Israel condemning the state for expanding housing in disputed areas, President Obama is getting hit by Chief Justice Roberts for comments made in full session. It’s odd, but it’s likely that we’re going to look back at this administration as one of “soggy diapers.”
Two things. First, when someone [...]
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Look quick! Everything’s changing, and the pace is faster than ever. To survive and thrive, the skill you need to master is resilience. Susan Dunn, a clinical psychologist, has observed that people who can bounce back after failure and confront new obstacles without losing their nerve generally do these essential things:
Learn from experience.
Resilient people [...]
According to a recent report in USA Today, all it takes is about $300.00, some basic computer skills and the stomach to commit crime and you can amass a bunch of data that you could probably sell to other criminals, make your initial investment back and lots more – all from your home.
Can you see [...]
My boss is a smoker and stinks everything up. He eats hundreds of breath mints and may even rub them on his clothes, but it doesn’t work and when we have to meet with him, or worse, ride an elevator with him, you just want to throw up. Ideas?
How gross! Sorry you have to go [...]
“They’re going to pull the plug tonight or tomorrow.”
Death is easier on the dying than on the survivors. To suggest that one can unplug a life, like a coffee machine, is something you hear more often before a death than after.
In the workplace, co-workers rarely seem to die while actually co-workers. More often, co-workers [...]
