Pursuing The Right Career (with Ashley Stahl)
How to find the find career path for you.
Pursuing The Right Career (with Ashley Stahl)
Articles about career
A Beautiful Anarchy (with David duChemin)
A Beautiful Anarchy (with David duChemin)
Embracing a circuitous career path.
The Career Investments Every Creative Pro Should Make
The Career Investments Every Creative Pro Should Make
Three things you should consistently do to invest in your future.
The Proximity Principle (with Ken Coleman)
The Proximity Principle (with Ken Coleman)
Many people dream of making a leap into their ideal career, but have no clue what their first steps should be. On this episode, Ken Coleman (host of the Ken Coleman Show and author of The Proximity Principle) shares some simple, practical tips for identifying and stepping into your dream job.
Letting Go and Moving Up
Letting Go and Moving Up
A creative career (and a life) have seasons, but it's often tempting to hold onto something long after it's grown stale simply because you're too comfortable to make a move. On this episode, we share insights from the book Louder Than Words about how to know when it's time to let go and move up the growth curve.
Three Career Investments Creative Pros Should Make
Three Career Investments Creative Pros Should Make
I am frequently asked for career advice, and I very, very rarely offer it. Why? First, because I only intimately know my own path and those of a few others. Second, because all advice is local. What works for one person will be misery for another. With that in mind, this episode features three career investments that I think every single creative should be making now, and should continue to make consistently. These are the three aspirations that you should be chasing in order to ensure that you are positioning yourself to do increasingly meaningful and valuable work.
Make Your Contribution
Make Your Contribution
Is passion important? Surely. Is it the most important factor in doing great work? I have my doubts. Some of the most effective contributors throughout time have been marked by two characteristics: they were (a) reluctant, but (b) resolved. They saw the great task before them, but they were determined to surmount obstacles because they recognized an opportunity and felt the urgency of the moment. Do not be dulled, friends. Do not allow the lull of comfort to cause you to abdicate your contribution. Stay sharp. Keep your edges. Nothing – NOTHING – is worth giving up the most precious thing you have to offer.
Five Questions About Your Life and Career
Five Questions About Your Life and Career
Are you exactly where you'd like to be in your life and career? Chances are, you probably aren't. There are things you'd like to accomplish and places you'd like to go, but sometimes you feel stuck. On this episode, I share five (very uncommon) questions that you can ask yourself to identify areas where you might be self-limiting your progress, and to help you identify potential ways to move forward.
Lying To The Pope
Lying To The Pope
How do you make decisions in your work, about your career, or for your life as a whole? If you don't have a clear framework for making those decisions ahead of time, then you'll be tempted to compromise your values in the moment. On today's show, I share a simple framework for identifying some of your core drivers so that you are prepared to make decisions before you get into those high pressure situations.
Podcast: How To Be Everything (with Emilie Wapnick)
Podcast: How To Be Everything (with Emilie Wapnick)
Ever feel like you have too many interests and curiosities to choose just one? For some people, this attribute makes them feel a little out of place in a world of specialists. However, today's guest says there's nothing wrong with you, and that in fact, you might just be a multipotentialite. Emilie Wapnick will tell you what that means with insights from her new book How To Be Everything.
Podcast: Why You Should Write A Resignation Letter (But Not Deliver It)
Podcast: Why You Should Write A Resignation Letter (But Not Deliver It)
Does your current job have you dreaming of greener pastures, and longing to make a leap to a new one? Wait! Before you do, I have an exercise for you. You should write a resignation letter, but not send it.
Podcast: How To Make a Career Pivot with Jenny Blake
Podcast: How To Make a Career Pivot with Jenny Blake
Maybe you think it's time for a job change. Maybe you're happy with where you are, but you want to make sure you stay sharp and are prepared for the next opportunity when it arises. Whatever your situation, today's interview with Jenny Blake, author of Pivot, will help you gain clarity around what to do every day to be ready for your next move.
Podcast: Meaningful and Contributive
Podcast: Meaningful and Contributive
Ever feel disconnected from your work, or wonder if you're making the right choices in your career and life? In today's episode we share a simple framework for identifying activities in your life and work that will make a difference, and how to navigate closer to your "sweet spot".
Podcast: Brian Wells on Risk, Entrepreneurship, and Criticizing By Creating
Podcast: Brian Wells on Risk, Entrepreneurship, and Criticizing By Creating
Many people have ideas they’d like to pursue, whether that’s a new business, or a personal project, but in the choking stress of day to day life, their passion eventually wanes and the idea lies dormant. How do you actually bring an idea into the world, even while you are balancing all of the normal pressures of a job and a family?
Podcast: Jon Acuff on Do Over
Podcast: Jon Acuff on Do Over
In this interview, Jon discusses how to make strategic investments now in your life and career that will pay dividends for a long time to come.
Podcast: Mitch Joel on Following The Muse
Podcast: Mitch Joel on Following The Muse
A few months ago, I heard Mitch Joel in conversation with Seth Godin on the podcast Six Pixels of Separation, and I knew I had to have him back on to chat about careers, fear, failure, and building a body of work that is substantive. Mitch is president of Mirum, a global digital marketing agency, and author of the book Ctrl Alt Delete. We talk about career paths, embracing the "squiggle", and the line between following your muse and being flighty.
Mick Jagger And The Uncertainty Of Creative Success
Mick Jagger And The Uncertainty Of Creative Success
Don't believe the lie that success is inevitable. On the inside, where all of the risk is being taken, it often feels like things could fall apart at any moment, and that's precisely how it should be.
AC Podcast: Jocelyn Glei on Make Your Mark
AC Podcast: Jocelyn Glei on Make Your Mark
Jocelyn Glei, Director of 99u, returns to the podcast to share three big movements that are affecting creative pros and businesses, and to talk about the brand new book Make Your Mark.
AC Podcast: Jocelyn Glei of 99u
AC Podcast: Jocelyn Glei of 99u
Jocelyn Glei, Director of 99u, shares her career journey and talks a bit about how creative pros should be thinking about career paths and voice.
The 3 Career Investments Every Creative Should Be Making
The 3 Career Investments Every Creative Should Be Making
Here are three career investments that I think every single creative should be making now, and should continue to make consistently. These are the three aspirations that you should be chasing in order to ensure that you won’t be left behind.