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• Starting Your Own Gig: Entrepreneurism "at Work"

  Leaving the business world to start one’s own gig is a hot topic these days. I read blog posts about it every day, and my friend Pam Slim just sold a new book about it. Over lunch a few weeks ago, I asked my good friend Keith Alperin if he’d be willing Read More... Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 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

• Being Good is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

  My good friend from college, Phil Saken, recently switched careers. How he pulled this off actually makes a pretty remarkable story, which I’ll be sharing in more detail in the next week or so. But anyway, he had decided that his job as an evening news Read More... Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Discovering Your Passion, Ownership & Initiative, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The Tale of 52 Jobs in a Year

  Thanks to the folks over at Get That Job for pointing out the story of Sean Aiken , a twenty-something who is figuring out what he wants to do with his life by trying out a new job every week for a year. According to Sean, after finishing college with Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Creativity & Innovation, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Personal Development, 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

• 30/20 Vision Radio Show: Live this Tuesday

  Just a reminder that the first 30/20 Vision talk show will be live on BlogTalkRadio this coming Tuesday, October 16 th , at 1PM ET. This monthly series is for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins Read More... Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Personal Development, Daily Life, 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

• The "American Dream" Shouldn't Be Everyone's Dream

  It seems like every other business book I pick up lately is written by a successful entrepreneur who either A) experienced a ridiculous amount of trial and tribulation to pursue his dream – such as living homeless for a year – or B) shunned a traditional Read More... Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Business, Work, 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