I’ve researched piles of research, and surveyed dozens of surveys to determine what the most in-demand professional skills are. What you will find is that professional communication skills are what career movers, job seekers, and potential leaders want most. In fact, the ability to communicate effectively in the workplace is the skill that recruiters and […]
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3 Ways to Improve Your Imagination
When you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting! In other words, “You can’t solve problems using the same kind of thinking you used to create them,” to paraphrase Einstein. Your professional and personal success will depend on your ability to develop imaginative, innovative thinking. Let’s drive this point a little […]
Definition of a Good Job
When I was unemployed a few years ago, a job digging ditches for $2 an hour would have qualified as a good job. I was lucky and got what I thought was a good job. It had a salary, some health insurance benefits, and a few days of paid vacation each year. Within a year […]
How You Learn Best
People prefer to learn new skills in different ways. Take the learning principles we just discussed into consideration, but be confident in your own learning preferences. Remember the following points as you create a plan for learning new skills: What’s worked in the past?Think of skills that you have successfully learned in the past. Ask, […]
How to Learn a New Skill
Learning a new skill is not difficult. There’s a lot of information available about what skills to learn to advance your career, but not much about crafting a learning plan to master those new skills. If you want to know how to learn a new skill, you need to discover your own learning preferences and […]