Are you dreaming about leaving a traditional job to work for yourself? Some people excel at self-employed entrepreneurship. They inspire us and make it look so easy. Yet others quickly crash and burn even with great ideas and the best intentions. Let’s find out why it’s harder to work for yourself than someone else sometimes. As alluring as breaking away from the traditional … [Read more...]
What to do if you didn’t get a promotion and your boss is an idiot
Are you wondering what you should do because you didn't get a promotion and your boss is an idiot? You probably want to scream, smash your desk, cry, slam every door in sight and punch your boss in the face so bad it hurts. I know exactly how you feel because it happened to me! Getting turned down for a promotion wrecked my life for a while. But thankfully I got my … [Read more...]
Why Are So Many People Bad At Their Jobs?!
Is one of your coworkers driving you crazy? Perhaps a client or a vendor you're working with completely dropped the ball. Ugh! Why are so many people bad at their jobs?! Playwright Jean-Paul Sartre has a famous line in one of his plays, "Hell is other people." Ha! That quote is spot on, especially in the context of work. Too often people make things overcomplicated … [Read more...]
What To Do If You’ve Been Passed Over For A Promotion
One reason why people start hating their jobs is because they've been passed over for some less-than-deserving mortal. Others start resenting their jobs because they didn't get the raise they were expecting, despite the new hire making 20% more! Bitterness pervades, and things go downhill quickly if the situation is not addressed. So what happens when your manager … [Read more...]
How To Engineer Your Layoff Book Review: Best Severance Negotiation Strategies
It's not very often you can say a book changed your life. But that's just what happened to me when I read How To Engineer Your Layoff: Make A Small Fortune By Saying Goodbye written by Sam Dogen of Financial Samurai. It changed my life for the better, forever. It was a very profitable use of my time, and has returned at least 1,500 times more than the cost. The book is … [Read more...]