Derek Magill, Author at Praxis

Why Professionals Need Philosophy

When most people think of philosophy their mind goes fuzzy. It conjures up images of dull textbooks, boring teachers, abstract questions like “the nature of the word ‘the’” or lifeboat situation hypotheticals like “do …

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2 MORE reasons not to go to college

We’ve written on the Praxis blog a number of times about why you should rethink college. One of our most popular articles, by Praxis CEO Isaac Morehouse, makes among other points the case that …

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Building a career bottom-up

We learn in school to take what I like to think of as a “top-down” approach to building your career. When it’s time to pick your first job, you think about a broad, top-level …

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How to Make Your Reading More Productive

A reader of the Praxis blog recently asked me “Derek, you seem to read a lot. How do you do it more productively?” This struck me as an odd question at first until I …

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Pay Your Praxis Tuition in Bitcoin Cash

The Praxis team is excited to announce that by popular request, and in the interest of always providing the best, most convenient payment options available, we can now support tuition payments in Bitcoin Cash …

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Book a Praxis Talk or Webinar for Your Group in 2018

Today we’re excited to officially open bookings for Praxis talks and webinars throughout 2018. In 2017, Praxis team members gave dozens of talks and live webinars around the world at small meet up groups, …

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Why Should I Apply to the Praxis Startup Internship Program?

Last week we announced a new pilot program, the Praxis Startup Internship Program. For years now we’ve been discussing as a company a lighter weight Praxis experience that we could offer young people who …

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What To Do When The Hiring Process Is Dragging On

This post is about what to do when you’ve applied to a job and the employer is taking a long time to make a decision. This is more common than you might think because …

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Excuses We Give Ourselves for Inaction and How to Respond

There’s an insidious quirk in myself and everyone I know that prevents us from action. Call it “Resistance” or anything else you like, but the result is the same: things don’t get done, and …

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How to Learn Professional Skills More Quickly

Today I’m going to write about learning. No, not classroom learning and not intellectual learning. This post is about highly practical professional learning and how to accelerate it. It assumes a few things: 1. …

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3 Dumb Reasons People Mess Up Great Opportunities

When we’re young, we often bring along baggage and bad ideas about work into our first few professional opportunities. We assume the problem lies with the job, the people with whom we work, our …

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What Job Seekers Can Learn from Top Sales Teams

“Do the unconventional” is one of our mottos at Praxis. No, it’s not something we do for the sake of being unconventional, but in a world where the cost of information is reaching zero, …

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3 Common Traps to Avoid when Choosing Your First Job

I remember in college just about the most stressful period of every semester was not finals. It was the time everyone had to choose their classes for the next semester. At the University of …

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The 5 Mindsets that will Derail Your Success Before it Begins

For all the talk about learning new skills, studying, or getting work experience, often we don’t need more inputs to see huge returns on our career growth. What we need most is a shift …

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Why Working for Free Won’t Work for You

I’m a big fan of “free work.” No, I don’t mean doing favors or giving handouts. I mean a deliberate process of forgoing immediate earnings to gain experience, knowledge, and credibility. What sounds controversial …

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