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• You Don’t Have to Leave Corporate America to Live Your Passion

  A few months ago, I met Lia, a woman who has done what I think is a very sensible thing with her career – fulfilling her desire to make a difference in the world in the context of working for a large company – so I thought I’d share her story here. When Read More... Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Continuing Education, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Work

• Book Review: 20 Something Manifesto

  My 30/20 Vision radio show co-host, Christine Hassler , has just released a new book for twenty-somethings called 20 Something Manifesto: Quarterlifers Speak Out about Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get It. Christine began her post-college life Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Discovering Your Passion, Handy Resources, Personal Development, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Are You Really a Workaholic?

  Marketing guru Seth Godin has just set a bunch of us wondering if we really and truly are workaholics. I always thought I was. After all, I’m driven to work 50+ hours a week. It’s not enough just to be in the office, I actually have to be contributing Read More... Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 6 Benefits of Volunteering

  In honor of the holiday season and the speaking engagement I recently did with Chicago Cares , an organization that creates unique volunteer experiences for individuals, businesses and organizations to help combat many of our community’s most urgent needs, Read More... Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Career Change, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Al Gore and the American Dream

  So Al Gore was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize , for being "probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted" to combat climate change, according to his citation. (The Read More... Posted Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Personal Development, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 30/20 Vision: New 20-Something Podcast Series!

  I am really excited to share the debut of the new 30/20 Podcast series - especially for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college. The series will feature me and my fellow Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Mentoring, Personal Development, Daily Life, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• That Kid all the Parents Loved

  In high school, you probably had a friend that all the parents loved. You remember the type. Good student, athletic team star, community volunteer, kind to children and animals, etc, etc. This kid never got in trouble and always did everything that was Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• When Your Dream Hits a Brick Wall

  Have you ever pursued a goal to no end, only to eventually realize that it’s just not working out? This has happened to me and people I know, and I can tell you there’s nothing more frustrating. After all, we usually don’t achieve goals because A) we Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Discovering Your Passion, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work Attachment(s): http://www.cwla.org/pubs/pubs/p0135.jpg

• A Body At Rest Stays At Rest

  This week, I had the honor of being a guest blogger at Collective Genius . Here's my post on personal change: “It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Discovering Your Passion

• Can A Job Buy You Happiness?

  On the Brazen Careerist blog, Penelope Trunk has a post on money’s relationship to happiness. She quotes Daniel Gilbert , professor of psychology at Harvard University, who says once you have enough money to meet basic needs – food, shelter, etc. — incremental Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Career Change, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion Attachment(s): http://vanderbiltowc.wellsource.com/dh_images/content1094_happyjob.gif