Like to find a Fun Job that fits better with your life? A job that allows you to devote more time and energy to your true passions?
You’re not alone. All shapes and types of people—from new grads to Boomers—are seriously re-evaluating where work fits into the grander scheme of their existence, creating a huge market not for “good jobs” but Fun Jobs. Or at least jobs that allow you to spend more time on your (Think: cube-dweller seeking night security guard position just so she can focus on penning the Great American Novel.) Many young, talented workers feel adrift as their high career hopes continue getting smashed by market forces. Plenty of 30-years-of-experience-plus Boomers either … [ Read More ]
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The economy may or not be recovering, but one thing is for sure: the confidence epidemic rages on.
After more than two years of the markets treating us all like my toddler treat his diapers, you could say that people’s confidence is lagging for good reason. But I would also add that our perception of helplessness has outstretched the reality of it. Harvard researcher, Francesca Gino has recently discovered that we can be just as irrationally under-confident as we are overconfident.
How to Take Back Your Future
One of the easiest ways for us to regain confidence and control over tomorrow is to reinstate what psychologists call “positive illusions.” These are natural and healthy (albeit sometimes inflated) beliefs about how much power we have over our environment and … [ Read More ]
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Like millions of other people around the world, I spent last Friday night huddled around a cozy fireplace with my wife and a group of good friends. We watched the ball drop on TV twice, laughed a lot, and listened repeatedly to Prince (can I call him that again, or is he still an unpronounceable glyph?) belt out 1999 way too many times for a 2010-11 New Year’s Eve party. Eventually, the conversation turned to the time-honored tradition of resolving to do something in the coming year that eight out of ten of us will give up on before the kickoff at the Super Bowl.
But this year could be different. Fascinating research by psychologists Linda Houser-Marko and Ken Sheldon paves a new path … [ Read More ]
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