Water Cooler Wisdom

Career Issues When You'll Live to 100

Ben Casnocha brought back to life a very cool commencement speech given by David Mahoney at Rutgers University in 1996. Mahoney, then chairman of the Dana Foundation , a brain research organization, provided some compelling tips about why young people Read More...

Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

Self-Righteousness Should Be a Sin

The other night, I was watching a re-run of an episode of Wife Swap . I’ve seen this show before, and more often than not one of the characters is a stay-at-home-mom who acts very self-righteous about the fact that it is her job to take care of her children, Read More...

Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments

Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Life Balance, People Skills, Daily Life, Work

Superdads Are Stretched Too

It’s interesting. You always hear about supermoms trying to do it all, but what about superdads? Here’s what Stephanie Armour at USA Today has to say about this issue: Todd Scott, 32, has two children under age 5. Each workday, he leaves his job at Himmelrich Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Current Affairs, Life Balance, Management, Daily Life, News and Politics, Work

New Episode: 30/20 Vision Radio Show

Just a heads up that a new episode of the 30/20 Vision Radio Show will air live tomorrow at BlogTalkRadio at 3PM ET. As I reminder, I host this monthly radio show with my fellow authors Christine Hassler (20-Something, 20-Everything) and Lindsey Pollak Read More...

Posted Monday, December 17, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Current Affairs, Handy Resources, Life Balance, Daily Life, Work, 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

Americans Are Still Puritans At Heart

I am taking an actual vacation. To someplace warm and tropical. Yes, you heard correctly. I am writing this week’s posts in advance so that I can go away with my husband, leave the laptop at home, and lie on the beach and do nothing for a week. Believe Read More...

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Current Affairs, Life Balance, Work

Calling in Sick is a Dying Art

The Society for Human Resource Management reports that CCH Inc ., a provider of HR and employment law information and services, has released its 2006 Unscheduled Absence Survey . The rate of unscheduled absences rose to 2.5 percent in 2006, the highest Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments

Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Business, Life Balance, Workplace Humor, News and Politics, Work

Is the American Dream on Steroids?

I'm both frightened and intrigued by a new Center for Work-Life Policy study I found via the Fast Company blog . According to the new research and the CWLP study, work for many has become the ultimate extreme sport - high level, high impact workers pushing Read More...

Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Work

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