Personal development is not a linear process, it’s a step function. Moreover, it’s an emotional process, not an intellectual one, which means it unlocks unexpectedly. You’re just as likely to go from “understanding” a situation to “understanding” a situation—aka feeling it, “getting” it, or grokking it—while sitting at dinner or walking out of a movie [...]
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HR cannot build development/training programs because they focus on the wrong things. Here’s where HR should start if they want to clean up their act.
Dear Alex, the answer to your question about whether college is obsolete or not is, “Yes… it’ll just be a little time before the reality sinks in.” Alex, there’s a guy by the name of Clayton Christensen out there who is a really sharp guy. Harvard prof sharp. And in the book The Innovator’s Solution, [...]
If you want to (1) move forward, (2) grow, and (3) be happy, the only prerequisite is to accept what is. Plans made on the basis of what should be are doomed to fail. Judgment—in the form of phrases like “deserve,” “supposed to,” “should be,” and the granddaddy of them all, “if only,”—is nothing but a heart breaker.
Stop trying to find yourself, start trying to lose yourself. When you do, your passions will come find you.
As a follow up to yesterday’s post about career top 10 lists, and all cute/shocking titles aside, I wanted to point out the real danger in looking for career advice in top 10 lists.
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