It used to be that career success began at the bottom, in an entry-level position, and that you slowly worked your way up the corporate ladder within a single company, earning new responsibilities and promotions based on hard work. As long as you worked hard enough, someone would take notice, and you would move up. Rung by rung, you just had to focus on doing your best and you … [Read more...] about Leaps and Bounds Beyond the Corporate Ladder: The Truth About Job Hopping
Work & Money
10 Ways to Spend Less on your Nights Out
Is your paycheck and your nights out not in a harmonious relationship? You can easily fix that and spend less on your nights out without having to forego the fun. "All work and no play" is just as bad as its other extreme. So it's not okay to give up going out with the boys (or girls) altogether. But just a few simple tweaks to your wallet-draining routine will save you cash … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Spend Less on your Nights Out
5 Reasons to Stop the Bad Habit of Ruminating
Rumination in psychology is the obsessive attention on past painful situations or events and its alleged sources and outcome. It could be some of your childhood experiences or more recent happenings at work or in relationships. Rumination has two aspects -reflection and brooding. Reflection is actually a positive action. You think about the adverse event and find a … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons to Stop the Bad Habit of Ruminating
4 Bad Habits of Millennials That Hinder Their Success
Every generation has its defining characteristics and unfortunately for millennials, quite a few of them are not too flattering, if measured by baby boomer or earlier generations' standards. Since Gen Y, which is another name that millennials go by, comprises the largest component of the workforce in 2015, their habits, good or bad, will have a profound effect on workplace … [Read more...] about 4 Bad Habits of Millennials That Hinder Their Success
Fighting Adult Stress with Art Learned In Childhood
Relieving stress through art is not as commonly known or used as yoga or exercise or other popular techniques. Yet, it is one of the most effective, bringing with it a soothing feeling and calming you after a hectic and frazzled day. And it's easy, too, because it's the art we all learned in childhood. Remember those coloring books and crayons, paints and canvas, the animals … [Read more...] about Fighting Adult Stress with Art Learned In Childhood