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Understanding The Heartbeat Of The Economy

Krisztina Holly | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Luck, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Success, Career, Startups, Venture Capital, Business News

There is a common image of entrepreneurs being young renegades that aren't polluted by old ways of thinking. They come into a new industry, with no former biases, and turn it upside down.

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In Hollywood, There is No Such Thing as a Lone Gun

Bill Swadley | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Success, Career, Show Business, Networking, Entertainment Industry, Actor, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Entertainment News

Eventually, anyone who wants to make it in the arts is confronted with several "realities" that they must overcome. The first and most important is that no one makes it all by themselves.

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Does Endlessly Searching Mean Never Satisfied?

Michael Melcher | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Politics, Soul Searching, Lawyers, Career, Idealism, Karl Jung, Mbti, Impact News

What's an ENFJ? Me, for one. We are always searching. This urge can help us to make a positive impact on the world, and it can also make us crazy and ineffectual.

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A Black Hole Ate My Resume!

Liz Ryan | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Resume, Liz Ryan, Career, Job Search, Advice, Interview, Hr, Job Hunt, Living News

Look, I said, that's what those Black Holes are made for. They're designed to eat resumes the way prom-goers suck down calamari at the Olive Garden.

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The Imposter Syndrome: A Clue To Why People Stop Living Long Before They Die

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Dreams, Career, Cycnicism, Hope, Srinivasan Pillay, Imposter Syndrome, Summit Syndrome, Burnout, Hopelessness, Careers, Living News

Have you ever wondered why your achievements in life reached a plateau when they did - how you were on the path of your dream before something got in the way and stopped the surge?

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Why That Guy Doug Got the Job

Liz Ryan | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Liz Ryan, Career, Job Search, Advice, Interview, Business News

My friend Mollie called and she was mad, mad, mad. You won't even believe this, she said. I've been waiting for this job interview for two weeks, and ...

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Weasling Out of a Job Reference

Liz Ryan | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Liz Ryan, Reference, Career, Job Search, Advice, Job Hunt, Business News

A lady called me on the phone and said "Help!"What's up? I asked. This guy who used to work for me, she said, he's using me as a reference. I don't wa...

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Social Security, Singled Out, Pay, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, A Woman’s Nation, Gloria Steinem, Nonfamily Households, Media, Childless Women, Business, Ideology, Consciousness-Raising, Friendship, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Politics, Compulsory Mothering, Singlism, Discrimination, Breadwinners, Health Care, Couples, Family, Women’s Media Center, Taxes, Connection, Single-Person Households, Wives, Compulsory Marriage, Money, Women’s Movement, Suze Orman, Shriver Report, Singles, Maria Shriver, Time Magazine, Mothers, Gender, Education, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Workplace, Unmarried America, John Podesta, Adrienne Rich, Living News

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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Sexual Harassment: Just The Facts, Ma'am

BJ Gallagher | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Power Dynamics, Career, The Late Show, Sexual Harassment, Workplace Romance, BJ Gallagher, Power, Feminism, Sexuality, David Letterman, Living News

The issue of sexual harassment is fraught with ambiguity. It's emotionally loaded because it is so personal and intense - involving both sex and power.

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When Your Friend Becomes Your Boss: Do you become a Rogue or Stay a Friend?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Friendship, Job Recession, Bulletproof Your Job, Career, Boss, Economy, Economic Market, Promotion, Harper Collins, Jobs, Obama, Stephen Viscusi, Job Market, Recession, Barack Obama, Business News

"Friendship" is just a word. It's like the saying "blood is thicker than water." Your superior may have "boss blood," but you still have subordinate "water in your veins."

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Multitasking: 6 Ways Slacking Can Benefit You At Work

cnn.com | Anthony Balderrama | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Efficiency, Unitasking, How to Relax, The Balanced Life, Unitask, Multitask, Relax, Wellness, Slacking, Stress, Multitasking, Career, Workplace, Work, Health, Lazy, Job, Stress Relief, Laziness, Slacker, Slackers, Productivity, Relaxation, Living News

In a culture where we're constantly being told to be better than everyone at everything, slacking off can be the right way to go for your health and y...

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Should Disney/ABC Change the Name of "Good Morning America" to ABC's "Good Morning Gay America"? My TOP TEN Picks to Replace Diane Sawyer

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Sam Champion, Abc, Kathy Travis, Meredith Vieira, Paula Abdul, Rosie O'Donnell, Robin Roberts, Morning Joe, Suze Orman, Nbc, Heidi Klum, Fire Island, Wendy Williams, Diane Sawyer, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Hode Kobe, Msnbc, Tory Johnson, womenforhire.com, Dr. Phil, Career, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Job, Today Show, Willie Geist, Lesbians, Disney, Gays, Gma, Media News

Here are my top ten more realistic picks (men and woman) to replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America.

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11 Benefits Of Working For Someone Else

divinecaroline.com | Damsels In Success | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Career, Workplace, Boss, Work, Working Life, Career Path, Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, Job Search, Living News

Based on my experience in the past decade of earning a living as both an entrepreneur and an employee, I believe that working as an employee can add t...

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Obama to Address "Rising Terrorist Unemployment Rate" in America

Ben Berkon | Posted 11.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy, Barak Obama, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Career, News, President Obama, Terrorists, Terrorism, Entry-Level, Craigslist, Comedy News

Terrorists, who came to America with high hopes of destroying it, have found it difficult to find any terrorist-related work due to the hard economic times.

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Is 'Emotional Intelligence' The New Hiring Criterion?

The Boston Globe | Erica Noonan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Job Market, Work Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Career, Job Interview, Hire, Emotional Quotient, Emotional Intelligence, Interview, Eq, Living News

In this job market, it's not just who you know, or even what skills you've mastered. It's how well you understand other people that will get you ahead...

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Why Is It So Hard To Make That Job Change?

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Reward, Cognitive Dissonance, Srini Pillay, Change, Career, Coach Certification, Coach, Brain, Srinivasan Pillay, Job, Career Advice, Discomfort, Living News

In order for change to occur, cognitive dissonance is essential. What is cognitive dissonance? Cognitive dissonance is a conflict between two ideas that one holds at the same time in one's mind.

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How To Ask Your Boss For A Raise

Christine Hassler | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Career, Work, Raise, Economy, How to Ask for a Raise, Job, Insecurities, Promotion, Christine Hassler, Confidence, The Balanced Life, Living News

To boost your confidence a bit, practice being a bit more out-going and assertive with your coworkers. Ask one of your colleagues out to lunch, join in a water cooler conversation, make a comment or raise a question at a meeting.

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Are You Happy At Work? 12 Questions To Ask Yourself

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Career, Workplace, Work, Happiness, Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin, Living News

A list of twelve questions, where, if employees answered "yes" and were happier in their workplaces, they tended to work in business units with higher levels of productivity, profit, retention, and customer satisfaction.

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When Your Friend Becomes Your Boss: How To Preserve Your Job And Friendship

Christine Hassler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Career Advice, Twenty-Something Advice, Promotions, Friends, The Balanced Life, Work, Communication, Career, Workplace, Boss, Christine Hassler, Living News

If you are yourself asking the question, "why him not me?" answer it via self-reflection and investigation...

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10 "Bulletproof Your Relationship Tips" for the Unemployed

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Santa Claus, Bulletproof Your Job, Unemployment Rate, Career, Resumes, Unemployed, Job, Office, Laid Off, Business, Family, Living News

Are these questions familiar? How many resumes did you send out today? Did you call so and so? How about going back on the search engines? Why is the house such a mess if you are home all day?

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Slacked off This Summer? Time to Turn up the Heat!

Lindsey Pollak | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: College Grads, College Students, Internships, Career, Summer, Job, Job Hunting, College Graduates, Living News

While many recent grads have spent the summer hustling for jobs, completing internships and taking summer classes, I have a hunch that others have acquired deep tans, toned abs and a slew of ticket stubs from summer concerts.

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Prediction: Katie Couric's Report on Texting Will Save More Lives Than Her Campaign on Colon Cancer. And Guess What? It Will Save Your Job as Well!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Resume, America's Workplace Guru, Career, Charlie Gibson, Colon Cancer, Job, Katie Couric, Oprah, The View, Interview, Tyra, Texting, CBS Evening News, Business News

Texting is worse than a personal phone call. Have you even been in a retail store, such as Starbucks or McDonald's, and seen an employee texting? How do you feel?

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5 Signs You Need a Career Reinvention

Nicole Williams | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Reinvention, Jobs, Career, Business, Work, Living News

When else will you have as little to lose, as much to gain, and a greater competitive edge over people who've already succumbed to their unfulfilled fates?

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Ask Maddisen - How to Free Yourself from Confusion

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Ask Maddisen, Lists, Career, Time Management, Confusion, Work-Life Balance, Priorities, Circus, Advice, Family, Living News

I have a very simple technique to share that should help you release the confusion and overwhelm, and return you to a more peaceful state. Let's get to it now!

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