Career Coach. Management Consultant. Writer. Marketer. Accountant.
“If you’re going to throw it, make it count.”
That’s advice I got during a sparring session with one of the black belt instructors at my Tae Kwon Do school.
Since I’m an adult and also… not small… I usually end up paired with an instructor instead of another student for sparring. You learn more but you pay for it with your pride… [Read more…]
I was walking down the street in San Francisco the other day when someone stuck this ad in front of my face.
I’m not even sure why I grabbed but I did, and only glanced at it before stuffing it into my pocket. I kept walking back to the office and then I took a closer look at it.
A couple of things jumped out, mainly being I wasn’t sure what they did. Is it a restaurant or is it food delivery or some other new thing someone cooked up?
Funny enough, when I went to get lunch later I saw the same MealPal logo in the restaurant and that’s what made me even come back to this ad to give it another thought.
Here’s why I bring this up. If you’re running your own business you can take this lesson and apply to your own marketing. [Read more…]
There’s an internet meme floating around that makes me laugh every time I see it. It’s not quite true for me but I know SO many people that this describes perfectly.
If what I regularly see out in the wild, you’re probably making a major mistake on your resume but before I tell you what it is, I want to ask you a question.
Let’s talk about resume bullets and why they’re the most important part of the resume. The bullets are where you have you have a chance to shine and get the reader to say “This person gets it. We should bring them in to have a conversation.”
Writing attention-grabbing bullets not only provides clarity about what you did in a role or on a project but it does something else too, which may or may not even show up in the job description… [Read more…]
A few days ago, I sent a note about a recession coming. I don’t know if it’s true or not but if you read the links, you can see people — who I imagine get paid to follow this sort of thing — think a recession is coming. But guess what?
If you’re focused on that, you missed the main point. So what was the point?
The point is it’s in your best interest to always be ready.
I heard Will Smith (formerly known as the Fresh Prince) say, “if you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready.” That’s one of the most useful pieces of advice I’ve heard from anyone. Read it again.
So do you want to know what you can do right now to stay ready? [Read more…]
