Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by: Jonathan Fields I was interested to read Jonathan Fields’ book, Uncertainty, because going through a career change or taking steps toward a dream involve dealing with a lot of unknowns. His book is an analysis of what helps or hinders us when dealing with uncertain […]

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter–And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay, PhD In the space of a generation an entire decade of adult life has undergone a huge transformation. Our twenties are now less likely to be tied up with a mortgage and kids, which means they can […]

Article Review: Solving Gen Y’s Passion Problem by: Cal Newport Cal Newport tackles the advice to ‘follow your passion’ in his recent article for the Harvard Business Review. While fundamentally agreeing with the aspiration of a fulfilling working life, he questions whether these three words (follow your passion) fully and accurately convey the path to […]

Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live by: Martha Beck Martha Beck’s Finding Your Own North Star is one of my favorite reference guides. It is an entertaining, compassionate, and instructive book on navigating life’s changes. A large part of what makes this book unique is that it presents […]

I was interested to read Emily Matchar’s recent opinion piece for The Washington Post on the effect of millennials on the workforce. She argues that those born between 1982 and 1999 are placing higher expectations on their careers. Specifically, Matchar writes, “And what the college-educated Gen Y-ers entering the workforce want is engaging, meaningful, flexible work […]

Two speeches at a TEDxCMU event addressed the issue of fear. While these talks were not directly related to career, in my experience fear is quite common for folks as they go about making career decisions, particularly when they’re thinking about making a career change, so I think they have a lot of relevance. Chris […]

Jacob Cass speaks to “Building A Personal Brand” in his TEDx talk. His talk covers the fundamentals of building a personal brand through blogging and social networking. I think this talk would be most relevant to those who have never considered the personal brand universe before and are interested in getting a basic introduction. I […]

Charlie Hoehn presents his methodology for getting a foot in the door of the working world in his talk, “The New Way To Work”. (The talk is based on his guide, “Recession-Proof Graduate”.) To build his resume and career Charlie approached people he wanted to work for with work that he would complete for them […]

Jenny Blake, an author, blogger, life coach, Googler and yoga teacher, speaks to a new way of looking at career in her talk, “The Career in the Age of the App”. Her main point is that the old career path metaphor of climbing a corporate ladder is out of date. Instead, she proposes that we […]

The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin Last month I published a review of Gretchen Rubin’s blog. Then to my delight not only did a friend recently lend me a copy of […]