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How to Manage Your Career: Treat It Like a Business

Have changes in your industry impacted your career? Have your opportunities changed, even though you haven’t? In Only the Paranoid Survive, Andrew Grove discusses strategic inflection points—market disruptions that demand a response from your business. He also explains that your own career will face strategic inflection points, bringing major change down to a personal level. Read more for Grove’s advice on how to manage your career and ride the waves of change.

Share Your Work With Others & See Improvement

Why should you share your work with other people? Should you sell your work? Sharing your work can be scary, but Seth Godin believes it’s necessary if you want to be a better creative person. One of the benefits is receiving useful feedback that can improve your work. Read below why you should consider sharing your work with the world.

How to Schedule Your Week for Maximum Happiness

Do you plan your week in advance, or do you prefer to go with the flow? What’s the best way to schedule your week? When planning ahead, most people prioritize work, not play. If you want to make the most of your week, you should reverse this approach and plan your week around your leisure time, not your work. Here’s how to schedule your week for maximum happiness.

The Importance of Feedback in the Workplace: Heighten Your Awareness

Is debate encouraged in your company? Is everyone, regardless of position, listened to? Intel CEO Andrew Grove explains how debating and listening can help you become aware of blind spots, improve your decision-making, and recognize when you’re at a strategic inflection point. He offers two pieces of advice that will help you keep an eye on potential market disruptions so you can respond accordingly. Continue reading to learn the importance of feedback in the workplace in regard to strategic inflection points.

How to Prevent Procrastination: 2 Failproof Strategies

Do you tend to procrastinate until the last minute? How can you prevent procrastination before it takes hold of your mind? The longer you procrastinate on an unpleasant or difficult task, the harder it is to get yourself to do it. That’s why it’s important to counteract procrastination before it has a chance to get started. Here’s how to prevent procrastination before it’s too late.

Good Work Habits to Make You Successful

What are good work habits? Do you want to develop a strong work ethic? Exhibiting good work habits not only makes you stand out to managers or other employees, but it can help you achieve your work goals. These work habits can cater to anybody—whether you want to run your own business, want to get solo projects done, or want to get a raise. Here are some great work habits to develop so you can have a successful career.

Why You Should Ask for Creative Feedback

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Why is creative feedback important for artists? How can feedback make you better? In his book The Practice, Seth Godin shares tips and tricks to improve your creative skills. He says that after you finish a project, you should ask for feedback from others, but also not pay attention to a lot of criticism. Check out Godin’s advice for effectively using creative feedback.

How to Evaluate Business Ideas: Is Yours Good?

Do you have an idea for a business? How can you tell if it’s a viable one? Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba say you don’t need to come up with anything spectacular. A viable business idea should build on your unique strengths, or “unfair advantages,” and offer value to people’s lives. Keep reading to learn how to evaluate business ideas.

Building a Reputation in Business the Easy Way

How can you build a reputation in business quickly? What are the consequences of having a bad reputation? How can you improve your business reputation? In Stephen Covey’s book, The Speed of Trust, earning the trust of others is one of the key factors Covey highlights for building a positive reputation. Covey advises business owners to focus on how trustworthy their company is perceived when trying to build or improve business reputation. Read on to learn Covey’s advice for building a reputation in business that will earn you more loyal customers.

Why It’s So Hard to Find Your Flow These Days

What is “flow?” Why is it so hard to find your flow these days? Flow is our highest form of sustained attention. Johann Hari, the author of Stolen Focus, argues that the distractions of modern life are destroying it. Find out what makes finding your flow so difficult these days.