Tag Archives: advice/tips
Quarter-Life Crisis: Background
We’re probably all familiar with the notion of mid-life crisis. It’s a phase that middle aged men and women go through when they start wondering if they made the right choices in life. But for millenials, the generation of immediate gratification, the mid-life crisis comes much earlier to where the quarter-life crisis is a more […]
Becoming a Real Adult: Managing Your Finances as a Young Professional
One of the biggest perks of being an adult is having a steady income. But how do you transition from scraping by during college to actually having a solid financial plan? Recent graduates are in the awkward period where you have enough money to start thinking about financial planning but not enough money to hire […]
Going Against the Current: Doing the “Right” Thing
I’m a little late getting on the “Homeland” bandwagon, but the show’s creating quiet a buzz in the workplace. The protagonist, Carrie Mathison, and her willingness to break rules and burn any bridges to do what she thinks sees as the “right” thing to do has even been featured in BusinessWeek. She’s the “anti-bureaucratic hero” that […]
5 Best Career Advice from How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is most definitely one of my top favorite TV shows. Not only does it make me laugh in every episode, but there are also a lot of takeaways for your career from certain episodes. Here are the five episodes that stuck with me: WARNING: If you haven’t watched the show […]
Top Five Reasons Why People Stay in Jobs They Hate
Have you ever had a friend who made no effort to get out of a terrible relationship, even though they realized that it was unhealthy? Recently, I feel that I am seeing a similar trend among my friends and coworkers but instead of the unhealthy relationship involving significant others, it involves your job. With the […]
Job vs. Career 