Most people are only doing it 30-60% of the time – Issue #12 You’re at an event and meet someone. You begin talking, and things seem to be going well. But then, her gaze begins to drift. She stops making eye contact with you and starts sweeping the room, apparently looking for someone more important or more…

New jobs will be your biggest jumps – Issue #11 Your biggest salary jumps typically occur when you accept a new job at another company. Once you’re inside a system, the policies for raises and promotions aren’t very flexible. Your manager has a little wiggle room, but not much. That new job offer is your chance to make the biggest impact…

I know… it’s easier said than done – Issue #10 I recently read an article by an author who had open-heart surgery two years ago. He had none of the usual risk factors. He wasn’t overweight, didn’t smoke, ate reasonably well, etc. But, he did explain that he had a lot of workplace stress. According…

Being an introvert doesn’t mean you lack great management potential — but you need to play to your strengths – Issue #9 Most of us understand what it takes to advance our careers when we first start out as individual contributors (non-managers, aka individual contributors, or ICs for short): Get better at your craft, produce high-quality work on…

Follow the talent – Issue #8 If I was a young designer or engineer, I’d jump at this chance to join a startup founded by Naval Ravikant (job links below). If you don’t know Naval, he is the co-founder and CEO of AngelList. He’s also a very successful investor himself. But, more importantly, I admire…

Don’t give up on reinventing your career and life “What I suggest is that parents, schools, employers, the media, and consumers of media are now crazily over-celebrating early achievement as the best kind of achievement or even the only kind. We do so at the cost of shaming the late bloomer and thus shortchanging people…

It is easier than you think – Issue #6 “Unless you build a habit of making money on your own, standalone, you will find yourself, at some point, depending on the whims of someone else who will run your life. When it’s too late.” — Nassim Taleb (source) Feeling frustrated by your job Thanks to what I do as…

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the stage – Issue #5 Many of us dislike public speaking. But an outright fear of it isn’t as common as you might think, despite the popularity of throwing around an estimate that 75 percent of us suffer from speech anxiety. Approximately 7 percent of the global…

How to feel more comfortable and get more out of it. Issue #4 “Your network should have people who can help you land deals, get jobs, pick up new clients, or help you learn new in-demand skills. In other words, you want to network vertically, not horizontally.” – Zak Slayback The pain of small talk…

🚀 It’s not a barrier to leadership – Issue #3 “65% of senior corporate executives viewed introversion as a barrier to leadership.” — Harvard Business Review I was interviewed for a podcast yesterday and we discussed my belief that introversion can actually be a strength. For far too long, it has been considered a weakness and a career-limiting…