MBTI, 16Personalities, Big Five. There are many personality tests you can take online. In fact, the industry of personality testing dates back to the 19th century with a significant jump in use after the WWII, especially in the USA. The… Read More ›
Career
You Are Not As Good As You Believe
Dolly Chugh, in her book The Person You Mean to Be, asks a simple question. Would a truly good person behave the way we do? And she immediately answers. No! Even if we convinced ourselves that we mean well, deep… Read More ›
If You Want It, Act Like You Mean It
“I’m really unlucky. I’ve got my third job in as many years, and I can’t seem to find one that would suit me. And I have terrible luck with managers. Most of them are jerks.” This is how one of… Read More ›
Why To Recruit From Within
The economy is doing great. Most of the countries have record low unemployment rates. Companies fight over the best and the brightest. As I described in How To Win The War For Talent, there is only one way to win… Read More ›
Become Gritty To Succeed In Life
People accomplish more when they don’t rely on innate talent but rather on hard work, passion, and perseverance. Many of us are sort of satisfied being dissatisfied. Rather than keep pushing to become the best we can, we accept that… Read More ›
Comfort Makes You Weak And How To Change It
Modern society is weak. We get annoyed with rain and don’t want to step into it without an umbrella as if it could dissolve us. We are annoyed when we don’t get regular meals even though we never get hungry…. Read More ›
Not Engaged At Work? Your Fault!
Are you engaged at work? If not, have you ever thought that it might be you rather than the company who is at fault? In How To Increase Employee Engagement I talked about the role managers play in having an… Read More ›
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone And Dive Deep
It was in 2001 when I studied in Australia. I spent several months in Sydney and then moved for a couple of months west to Perth. The focus of my stay was on improving my language skills. However, that didn’t… Read More ›
Be Grateful For The Job You’ve Got
It was in 2016 when I, with a small group of people, visited Bolivia. We drove from north to south coming from Peru and continuing to Chile. Aside from the otherworldly salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, I was profoundly… Read More ›
Stop Telling Stories That Hold You Back
In 1839 a playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” In one sentence, he summarized the fact that words have massive power over our lives whether we realize it or not. The language and words we… Read More ›
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