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Feel the Pain, Then Make the Change

Photo by Ali. K (above) and Cruadinx (below).
I have a confession. I have a “good job” - it is with a respectable company, it pays reasonably well and there are excellent opportunities to advance further. But I feel unfulfilled. There you go, I said it. After months of people in my life asking about my [...]

A Simple Story About Remembering Your Value

Photo by Giampolo Macorig.
Recent events in my life have provided an important reminder: don’t let others determine your value.
As some readers will be aware, I have been looking for a job recently. As a recent immigrant to Canada, my situation is a bit different from your typical job seeker. Despite having a Bachelor degree and [...]

4 Life Lessons I Have Learned from Job Interviews

I really don’t enjoy job interviews. Perhaps, though, I have just had one too many over the past few weeks. In any case, I realized the other day that job interviews are actually a great way to learn about yourself and about life. They force you to think about the past (what you have done), [...]

A Recipe For Self-Hurt?

Is life a campaign? Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball, would like us to think so. Currently he is promoting his new book, Life’s a Campaign, in which he asserts we can learn some valuable life lessons from watching how politicians act in their political campaigns. If you are already feeling skeptical, don’t worry. You’re [...]

How To Model Yourself on a Billion Dollar Success Story

In my original article, The Google Story, I looked at some of the unique reasons for Google’s amazing success. So how can you be more like Google?
1. You Need a Greater Reason Than Money
Becoming rich is a worthy goal, but if it is your primary focus you may actually have a harder time attaining it. [...]

How A Career Journal Can Help You

If you read my article Why You Should Move Away, you will know that I am moving overseas in about 5-6 weeks. One of the challenges I will obviously face is finding a new job once I get there. Finding a new job means interviews. Interviews mean questions. And if there one particular [...]