Tag Archives: careers
How did younger-you become present-day-you?
It’s my birthday today! I thought up a rather fun way to spend some time celebrating. Here’s my game: Think of your age 10 years ago, 20 years ago, etc. and write down all the things you appreciate about the … Continue reading
What do you do when you hit epiphany halfway through your career?
Our final performance for Creating Cabaret: Storytelling Through Song was last night. My 1st time singing solo before an audience. The high F#s in my piece are well within my range, but they’re also just at the point where the … Continue reading
What are some rules and beliefs of organizational life?
Hi! For my book, I would like to gather a set of beliefs that govern how people operate in organizations. I’m especially looking for beliefs that really drive people’s behavior, decision-making, etc. Contradictions and alternate viewpoints welcome and encouraged. For … Continue reading
"Self-promoting w/o being a jerk" — good topic?
Today’s podcast is about how to be self-promoting without being a jerk about it. I think it’s one of my better podcasts. What do you think? Should this be expanded into a chapter (or part of a chapter) in the … Continue reading
Ten Cultural Career Lies v4 handout
Update the handout again to include a slightly reformatted Happy vs. Successful diagram and a list of my web resources: ten-cultural-career-lies-v4
How to Write a Good Cover Letter
People liked the “Ten Career Lies” so much that I’ve decided to share my “How to Write a Cover Letter” audio, “before” and “after” cover letter text. I created this page so I didn’t have to have the same cover … Continue reading
Ten Cultural Career Lies revised
Steve Mills pointed out that the Ten Cultural Career Lies handout was framed entirely in terms of limitations and negativity. I’ve revised it. See the attached ten-cultural-careers-and-success-lies-v3 See the article as a web page at: http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/ten-career-lies.htm. If you like it, … Continue reading
Ten Cultural Lies of Careers and Success
Based on reader feedback, I’ve update this. See the revised, better handouts here. I gave a talk at Harvard Business School about ten myths we have in our culture about careers and success. By popular demand, I’ve posted a copy … Continue reading
