How NOT to Lose Your Main Gig While Creating Your Own Side Hustle
Not too long ago, I wrote an article about side hustling and how everyone is doing it. Have you jumped on the side-hustle bandwagon yet? If not, you really should get moving, because thanks to the internet, creating ancillary income from a side gig has become easier than ever. Now if you’re like most people, […]
Let the Market Decide: 3 Reasons Why You Should Never Worry About Competition.
By and large Millennials have embraced entrepreneurship, haven’t we? According to a recent study by Bentley University, the career goal of 66% of Millennials surveyed is to start their own businesses. Everywhere you look there are examples of this phenomenon with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg acting as the ultimate poster child for Millennial entrepreneurial prowess and […]
All Feedback Isn't Created Equal: 3 Things to Remember Before You Solicit Someone's Opinion
“Why wouldn’t you be open to receiving feedback from as many people as possible?” When my husband asked me this question, I wasn’t really sure of my reasoning behind it–it was based on gut instinct. Then it hit me. I remembered I once made the mistake of asking one of my English teachers to write […]
Why the Future Will Belong to the Millennial Introvert
So here’s a question for you: which economy are we in? The Attention Economy? The Knowledge Economy? The Trust Economy? It totally seems to change depending on who’s talking, and I can’t quite keep up. Now, I’m no Ben Bernanke, but I’m actually willing to wager that instead of existing in any of those economies […]
A Necessary Evil: Personal Branding for Career-Minded Introverts
Gone are the days when career development simply consisted of visiting the Career Services Center at your university and taking an assessment to figure out what type of work you are best suited for. Selling yourself in today’s job market has evolved far beyond that to include a variety of factors that, if neglected, can […]
