Meet Mitchell*. At 30 years old, he has a successful career in sales at a large technology company. He likes his co-workers and clients, and his bosses have put him on the fast track for promotions. Despite the success, he[...]
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Personal Vision Examples
Your personal vision is how you commit to living your life. It influences all areas including family, spirituality, physical well-being, leisure, and work. A clear personal vision statement is an integration of your abilities, interests, personality, values, goals, skills/experience, family[...]
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12 Career Quotes and Sayings
There is no shortage of career quotes and sayings, which we love. In fact, we make it a practice to share the most insightful, most inspiring career quotes, especially those that are in line with our mission to assist you[...]
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Find Out What Fascinates You and Use That Passion At Work
Can people really love what they are doing at work? Can executives, managers, and those punching the clock actually be passionate about what they do? Of course, they can find passion at work! You can get up in the morning[...]
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Emotional Intelligence and Your Career
An article in Fortune described many of the issues individuals need to think about when managing their own careers. According to the article, there is a great deal of anxiety in the workplace. Of more than 100,000 managers polled by[...]
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Highlands Whole Person Model and Your Personal Vision
The Highlands Whole Person Model is the wheel made up of colorful arrows that represent the eight career decision factors we have identified -- abilities, skills, interests, personal style, family, values, vision, goals, and stage of career development. All the[...]
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Find What Values Give Meaning to Your Work
Most of us don't think about our careers in terms of the values we hold dear. Sure, we value money and prestige on the job, but we don't really stop to think why. In and of itself, money is not[...]
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Executive Women in the Corporate World
"Fed Up! - Executive Women Confront Mid-Life" The headline above comes from a Fortune Magazine article about women and their struggles to find meaning in the corporate world, but most of the issues facing women apply to men as well. The study was[...]
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The Six Turning Points
A Turning Point is a critical time in your life where big decisions could lead to big change, both in work and in life. A Turning Point typically shows up about every 10 years of adult life between ages 18[...]
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