Career Fulfillment
A Brand New Theme for Work Happy Now
It’s here. A glorious new theme for Work Happy Now. (If you are reading this in a blog reader than click here to check it out.) It’s all about baby steps. This baby of a blog has just taken its first step, taking off the training wheels if you will permit me to use a …
My Wish For You
I try to send out a daily wish/prayer to the universe for you. I wanted to share it all with you today. My wish for all of you is that you find that one thing that you are so passionate about that when you wake up on Monday morning your blood is singing …
A Steve Pavlina Interview on How to Build Your Career
Work Happy Now was granted an interview with Steve Pavlina, the online Personal Development King. I just gave him that title, but I think most of us can agree that no one has more online “personal development” clout than Steve. I was nervous. I wanted everything to go perfectly. My voice was a little shaky …
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How to Retire From the Grind and Not Get Bored
I have a friend who is only 37 and is ready to retire. He and his wife have had good jobs for 15 years and have been able to save a substantial amount of money. They aren't rich by any means, but are getting pretty comfortable with the money they've saved. Enough to live simply …
When Your Career Sucks, You Can Fix It
If you take a hard look at your career, you'll see hundreds of failures. A failure is rarely a dramatic occurrence. Most are usually small and hardly leave a blip on our awareness. No matter how small, the blip is registered and it often builds or reduces confidence. So if we break down our work …
The Magic of Allowing Employees to Do What They Love
What would you do if you heard from your boss that you could do anything you wanted for two hours every week? The catch: as long as it was related to work? Would you hug her? That could mean designing a new logo, creating a company year book, writing a company theme song, or creating …
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Failures You Should Either Release or Keep Pursuing
Almost every detailed task, topic, or report is harder than it initially exposes itself to be. It always takes more time and more effort. This happens because our thoughts are fluid. We imagine ourselves working hard and everything magically coming together, when in reality we come across many obstacles that suck away our energy and …
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Building Your Future Career Foundation
I recently read a post from Ittybiz that made me think about my own career. 5 Reasons You Shouldn't Have A Cushion Before You Quit Your Job. I am currently working at a job that's not my perfect fit, but I still get a lot out of the experience. I've thought about quitting and just …