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Why you will fail to have a great career: Larry Smith at TEDxUW

Why you will fail to have a great career: Larry Smith at TEDxUW

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How To Write Career Documents To Influence Your Reader We use writing skills to engage, inspire or persuade people in our personal and work lives. In a career transition or active job search, writing skills are under sharp scrutiny. Each transition task, whether it is completing self-assessment exercises, creating a resume, crafting a cover letter or preparing additional marketing tools requires focused writing – one that is targeted, has meaning for your reader and clearly outlines your value to the potential opportunity. 5 Ways to Quit the Confusion & Find Your Passion and purpose in life New? Here's where you can subscribe for weekly goodies delivered to youRSS feed. Yay Meditating on Alignment Yoga is a shift from the thinking and doing self into the feeling and being self. So why do so many styles of yoga focus so diligently on alignment? Even sometimes to the point of being perfectionistic? A properly aligned yoga posture looks and feels alive.

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The Most Connected Woman In Silicon Valley? Even in the fail-fast-or-get-acquired world of Silicon Valley startups, Ellen Levy is a master of reinvention, turning a succession of relatively brief stints in private companies, academia, NGOs, and venture capital firms into a unique role as a super connector, a Lois Weisman of the tech world. Recently departed from LinkedIn, where she was VP of Strategic Initiatives for the past four years, Levy--who holds a PhD not in computer science but in cognitive psychology--started her career at Apple, pre-Steve Jobs’s return. From there, the 42-year-old went on to roles at search engine WhoWhere, Stanford University, the Clinton Global Initiative, and countless advisory boards, becoming a one-woman bridge between the people who are looking for the next big idea in technology and the people creating it. She spoke with Fast Company about her nomadic career, building an authentic network, and why polymaths are the future of innovation. And what are you doing right now?

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The Crucial Mistakes You Are Making At Your Internship An internship is a time for you to learn and develop your skills in your respective field. It can be a great experience if you use your whole time there properly. Many times internships are used as opportunities to gain an understanding of what field of work you would like to pursue. Many kids end up doing internships that are not interesting and therefore they just waste their time waiting for 5pm to hit so they can leave and enjoy happy hour.

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Leslie Goldman: Fat and Back Life is good when you're a Dolce & Gabbana underwear model. Blindingly hot women, invites to the most exclusive clubs, your name shouted at red carpet events. Luxury Italian sportswear fills your wardrobe and Moet flows with hip-hop video vigor. Your abs are shredded; pecs, rock-hard. It's only natural that, at a career pinnacle like this, you would stop, pinch yourself through your new Prada suit and think, "Now's a good time to get really, really fat."

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