Why do we call it a “Work-Life Balance” vs. “Life-Work Balance” … putting your personal life first? On average, we spend 11 hours per day on a job — commuting, working, problem-solving, agonizing — and only 6 hours per...
I’m an avid learner. Are you? I might be the odd kid but hated Summer breaks in elementary school because I couldn’t go to school and learn new concepts. I was bored. If I told my mom that I...
This past week I had an “oh, shiitake” moment when I realized a few consulting proposal responses had a glaring error on pricing. I pride myself on attention to detail. In the age of spell check algorithms plus cutting...
Enhance Your Tech Job Opps I just read something seriously stupid but humorous on LinkedIn. A 2017 study conducted by Microsoft found that the average human attention span is down to 8 seconds from 12 when it was originally...
One of the first things I ask my clients as a career advocate is: “Tell me about yourself.” It appears as an innocuous question but is usually met with a question back to me: “What do you mean?” The...