How to Self-Promote at Work (Without Being Obnoxious)
Let’s face it: We all want to get ahead professionally. But getting your boss to notice your genius can seem impossible. If you’re the brown-noser…
Career
Motivation That Works: Following Through With Long-Term Goals
I woke up January 1, 2018 and said to myself, this is going to be my year. It was going to be the year that…
How to Support a Grieving Coworker
I had the misfortune of losing both of my grandmothers within a few years of each other. Having been very close to them, their passings…
7 Questions to Reflect on Before Your Annual Review
My cell phone jolted me out of my last few minutes of sleep. Knocking everything else off my nightstand in the process, I grabbed it…
4 Lessons I Learned After Quitting My Job
A few years ago, I had a digital marketing job with a decent salary and great benefits. But I spent more time locked in the…
How My Retail Job Made Me a Better Person
In high school and most of college, I worked at American Eagle Outfitters. I started as a regular sales associate, but after a year, I…
How to Make the Most of a Season of Unemployment
Armed with newfound post-grad confidence and a J.Crew blazer, I entered my first grown-up job at a law firm as a paralegal. Work consisted of…
How to Finally Break the Bad Habit of Procrastination
For years, procrastination was my Achilles heel. I always waited until the last possible minute to start my 200-page reading assignments. If I knew I…
4 Ways to Find Purpose When You’re Between Jobs
Like most Millennials, I haven’t had just one job. In fact, in the years since I first scooped ice cream between my junior and senior…
Bringing Your Identity to Work When You’re the Underdog
When I started my first job out of graduate school, I was elated. I had just survived a quarter-life crisis and quit my soul-crushing PhD…
