Forging a Meaningful Career
Subconsciously, we cling to the belief that the game is pre-defined. We have no control over who we’re born to, where we’re brought up, our quality of education, and how often we’re at the right place at the right time. But that’s where we trip up: we begin to conflate our lack of control over starting conditions with a lack of control over... See more
where you begin is not where you end
How to Get a Job: A Practical Guide for Job Seekers
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Practical things you can do to make your text clearer.
Open two copies of the same document and put them side-by-side. Edit in one, while referring to the other.
Rewrite your first draft using this rule: no significant words from the first draft are allowed in the second draft.
If your sentence has more than two commas in it, it’s probably too long.
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Open two copies of the same document and put them side-by-side. Edit in one, while referring to the other.
Rewrite your first draft using this rule: no significant words from the first draft are allowed in the second draft.
If your sentence has more than two commas in it, it’s probably too long.
I... See more
gilest.org: Clarity hacks
Personal Career Advising | Probably Good
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3. It is very hard to change the world when you are broke. So don't apologize for chasing money.
4. Meet everyone. Say yes to everything. You narrow the field later.
5. Do it all. Because you’ll die eventually and life will make you slow down. But up until then, eat the world.
4. Meet everyone. Say yes to everything. You narrow the field later.
5. Do it all. Because you’ll die eventually and life will make you slow down. But up until then, eat the world.
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The Trouble with Passion also raises more existential questions about the prioritization of passion among career decision-makers.
What does it mean to center paid employment in one's self-reflexive project?
How does it perpetuate a culture of overwork and close off other meaning-making opportunities? And in what ways might the popularity of the
... See moreWhile I have always liked my career, I have way more fun with it now. I've got nothing to prove, and I don't care what the critics say. When I finish writing a book, I don't push myself to start the next one; I enjoy having just written one.
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are.
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are.