It’s sad, but true—GOOD PEOPLE aren’t always GOOD PERFORMERS. This is the hardest leadership lesson I’ve every learned. I wish you could judge someone’s PERFORMANCE by their PERSONALITY, but you can’t. Oftentimes, niceness is overcompensation for people’s inability in the areas you need them the most. We’ve been trained since kindergarten to be nice and [...]
Who has the marbles to walk into an interview and drop this resume on the table? If I was recruiting for my company and someone submitted this resume, I would probably hire them on the spot. You can write the most thorough resume with strong action verbs, the nicest layout, with the best schools and [...]
Every day I meet people who want to be self-employed or at least want to have a side hustle related to one of their passions that brings in some passive income. When I listen to people’s stories and challenges, I hear the same issues over and over again. This is specifically for knowledge-based entrepreneurs meaning [...]
Dear MBA Student, These are my thoughts as a 2007 Stanford GSB grad after sitting on a career panel at The Columbia Graduate School of Business. Let me know what you think. This has not been checked for grammar. It’s a freewrite. Thanks for reading. MBAs are risk averse. Business school students are among the [...]
Dear Failure, I remember when we first met. You were wearing all black and I was afraid of you. At the time, I was dating Good Enough. I didn’t want to take a risk on you. With Good Enough, I was safe, secure, and comfortable. But Good Enough wasn’t good enough. I needed more. I [...]
According to the dictionary, UNDERemployment is defined in 3 ways: Employment of individuals with greater skills than the job requires Involuntary part-time works—workers who would work full-time if they could but can’t find it Overstaffing—businesses hiring workers who aren’t fully occupied when at work Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and seeking [...]
I quickly wanted to honor all of my friends nationwide who are blogging on a variety of subjects including careers, personal branding, music, technology, themselves, New York, events, art, activism, business, personal development, education, and more. Comment below if you want your blog to be added to the list. Aaron Lazansky http://blog.sohnup.com Alanzo Dale – [...]
Every day there are million dollar ideas around us. We see them (movies), hear them (iPod), feel them (air conditioner), taste them (Vitamin water), and smell them (perfume). I would argue that most people have had at least ten $1 million dollar ideas throughout there lives, but why don’t those ideas become reality?
I’ve been building The Department of Motivated Vehicles for 6 months now. Whenever you’re just starting out as an entrepreneur, you really want to be conscious of your costs or burn rate. This awareness is called cost consciousness. Since I’m the only only employee right now, my burn rate was essentially my monthly expenses which [...]
For Social Enterprises Ashoka » Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, we have elected over 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network [...]
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