This week, I’m going to highlight two posts that I hope will help you manage your career.
The first is titled Career Fingerprint. This post highlights a great company that I’ve come across that can help organize all your work history and keep it updated on a regular basis. I see opportunities for how this can help with the job search, performance reviews, and more.
The second is Career Financials. We don’t really think of our career like a business with revenue and expenses. This post explores the hidden revenue and expenses in our career balance sheet.
My Other Blog Posts This Week
7-Year Cycles After 50. This is a continuation of my post last week on 7-year cycles. This time I explore what is possible when we shift to the cycles that start at age 50.
Understanding Our State of Mind. A state of mind is the backdrop to our life. The quiet force behind our day-to-day activities. This post has a chart that can help us identify our current state.
Why Is It So Hard to See Ourselves? We can see the strengths in others so easily. This post highlights how we all struggle to see the strengths in ourselves.
Podcasts That Caught My Attention
This week there are four selections with two being under 5 minutes. For anyone thinking of starting a blog, Substack, podcast, etc. the last one is worth a listen.
Take Your Day from Bad to Fine. 5 minutes. Before Breakfast. We all have bad days. This quick podcast suggests that it can be valuable to take it from bad to “fine”.
You Don’t Find Meaning. You Design It. 35 minutes. The Next Big Idea Daily. This episode covers highlights from two books. The first is How to Live a Meaningful Life: Using Design Thinking to Unlock Purpose, Joy, and Flow Every Day by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett on flow, wonder, and building a life that feels fully alive. The second is Big Goals: The Science of Setting Them, Achieving Them, and Creating Your Best Life by Caroline Adams Miller
It Hurts to Be Honest with Ourselves. 3 minutes. Self-Improvement Daily. We tend to avoid thinking about areas where we fall short of expectations. This episode reminds us that facing those moments provides and edge when it comes to our performance.
What Should You Name Your Channel? Personal Branding Mistakes to Avoid. 11 minutes. The Brands on Brands Podcast. For those starting a business (or multiple), writing books, or putting out thought leadership, this episode highlights options and ideas for naming all the things.
What Do You Think?
How do you manage your career history? Would a tool like Career Fingerprint be helpful?
Do you take a regular check of your career financials? What story do you think it’s telling right now?
What ideas did the posts & podcasts spark that you could implement in the week ahead?