Forget the College Gamble: It’s Time to Bet On Yourself – and Stack the Odds in Your Favor
Avoid the gamble of college debt and bet on yourself instead: find out how to use self-directed learning to stack the odds in your favor.
Credit Cards: A Primer for Young Adults, Teens, and Parents in 2021
Let’s talk about credit cards. Hot-button issue alert, right? Everybody has an opinion about them. Some good. Some bad. So how do you figure out what’s right for you? There is no one-size-fits-all answer on this topic. It all comes down to you. Your situation, your goals, your spending habits, your philosophy on money, your…
Self-Directed Learning: A Primer for Ambitious Young Adults
Everything you need to know about self-directed learning: definition, benefits, steps, tips, and strategies.
5 Habits To Make Yourself Accountable and Reach Your Goals
Ambitious people are often brimming with wonderful ideas. Every now and again, they set themselves a new goal and imagine what it would be like to achieve that target. However, there’s a difference between being ambitious and getting things done. While it’s easy to tell yourself that you’re going to get that promotion this year…
The Impact of How You Spend Your Resources Now
Cost is not just a function of what you pay for something. When you spend your resources on anything, you’re also giving up the ability to pay for other things, too. Imagine if you spend everything left after bills in your monthly budget on clothes or dining out or entertainment. You don’t save any money.…
Deep Work: Your Guide to a Life Transforming Skill
An Opening Promise (and a commitment from you) This guide to deep work can help you make lasting improvements to your life. It will only work if you make a commitment to reading it. All of the research on user behavior on the internet tells us that you’ll enter this page, scan it briefly, then…
5 Ways to Step up Your Game in 2020
The 10’s decade has come to a close. What kind of a mark have you left on the world? Or, more importantly, what kind of mark are you going to leave on the world? The people that make the biggest impression aren’t often the ones that do one big thing that changes the world. Often,…
A Case Study in Workflows and Productivity: Chuck Grimmett
How to be productive: Know what you need to get done Prioritize and schedule your work Build habits and routines Learn how to get back on track when you fall off your schedule Add tools to increase your productivity and efficiency This week on Praxis Monday, we were joined by Chuck Grimmett, a former team…
Put on Your Career Sorting Hat
This was originally published as an answer on Quora to the question “I made a mistake in picking the wrong job after graduation. Did I ruin my career life?” Mitchell Earl is Director of Marketing @ Crash – the career launch platform. To learn more, visit Crash. Remember the scene from Harry Potter where he…
How to Set Goals in 3 Easy Steps
The start of a new quarter is always a time for renewed company goals — targets to hit over the next three months. It’s also a time to set personal goals. It’s important to set goals. Ever hear the Lou Holtz quote “in this world you’re either growing or dying”? To get better at your…
Feeling Stuck? Just DO.
What am I going to do with my life? From a young age, most of us are plagued by this question. We see piles of blank pages ahead of us and despite possible dreams and visions for what could fill those pages, we don’t know which of those dreams will actually make us happy, give…
Ready To Thrive In Your Career? Abolish The Snow Day Mindset.
I hate snow days. Let me be 100% clear on this: it’s not because of some anti-snow, grinch on a crusade against cold weather attitude. It’s not because I dislike the celebration or spontaneity of an unexpected event. It’s because of the snow day mindset. The mindset that school or learning is a dreary, boring…
Relocation Survival Guide: Strengthening Your Network
Back to Part 3: Preventing Isolation and Homesickness. After a certain amount of time, your homesickness in your new location will fade. It’s widely different person to person, so there’s no telling when that will happen. Once it does, strengthening your network will be a surefire way of building a community and environment that makes…
Relocation Survival Guide: Traveling and Transporting
Back to Part 1: Finding a Place. Last week, we discussed everything that goes into finding a place to live as you go through the relocation process. Now that you’ve sorted that out, it’s time to start preparing for the move. Remember that the preparatory stages of relocation are always the biggest challenge. Once you…
Making the Best of Fear and Combatting Hopelessness | Office Hours Season 3 Episode 12
Is this a self-help show or a Q&A podcast? You decide. The topics of conversation range from fear and hopelessness to gestures that stir the soul. Get the full episode on iTunes, Spotify, Direct Download, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Check out the highlight clips here on Youtube: Making the Best out of Fear…