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• Would You Work With Your Spouse?

  I’ve encountered a lot of couples where one person has left his or her job to support the career of the other. Typically, one spouse is an accomplished entrepreneur, so the other pitches in to help grow the business – often in a subordinate role. I’m Read More... Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Daily Life, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Fight Back Against Out of Sight, Out of Mind

  Out of sight, out of mind is one of my least favorite qualities of human nature. I can’t tell you the number of relationships, which I thought were real and lasting, that went bust because I used to see the person every day at school or work and then Read More... Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Networking, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills, Troubleshooting, Work

• 4 Tips for Scoring Your Dream Gig

  It’s finally here. My new book, How’d You Score That Gig?: A Guide to the Coolest Careers and How to Get Them , has just been released! The book starts with a quiz that tells you your job personality – be it an adventurer, creator, data-head, entrepreneur, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Entrepreneurship, Ownership & Initiative, Work

• 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

• 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 Value of Planning Ahead

  I am expecting my first child in March. My husband and I can’t wait to meet our little boy, but are a bit apprehensive of having our lives turned upside down. While starting and nurturing our own family unit is a high priority for us, we maintain two Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Project Management, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• When New Years Resolutions Aren’t Resolute

  Resolute (adj): firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion. Tomorrow begins a New Year, and as such, it is the time of New Years Resolutions. It’s a common joke that we Americans are very fond of making a list of items we want to achieve Read More... Posted Monday, December 31, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Career Change, Ethics, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• If You Don’t Mean It, Don’t Offer

  Have you noticed that if you send an e-mail to a Web site address labeled “Info” (for example, info@company.com ), you will never, ever hear back from a real person? It seems that this “Info” address is akin to a black hole, and it’s particularly upsetting Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work

• I/O Psychology and Job Satisfaction

  As you’ve heard me mention from time to time, my husband is a clinical psychologist. He’s currently studying for the Illinois licensing exam, and in this study materials I found a great section on industrial/organizational psychology (I/O). What is this, Read More... Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Ownership & Initiative, Work

• Treat Work Like It's the First Day of School

  I love this post from Andrew over at Jobacle on how the first day of school is like the first day of work. Andrew has some tips for how you can use your latent school memories to get back into the workplace grind after those lazy days of summer: Get enough Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Ownership & Initiative, Daily Life, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 5 Ways to Get Respect Despite Your Youth

  One of my favorite new blogs is Employee Evolution (check out my recent guest post over there!), and this week, contributor Chuck Westbrook (who has just started his own blog, I Hate Your Job ) has a great post on ways to get respect quickly despite your Read More... Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Communication, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Productivity, Work

• Feeling Overwhelmed? Speak Up.

  The summer is supposed to be the least stressful period of the year, but in most organizations today, no one can score a break from the frenetic pace – not even from June-September. In fact, summer months can actually be more pressure-filled because more Read More... Posted Friday, June 22, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Daily Life, Work

• Can Your Boss Count On You?

  I’ve been taking on some new management responsibilities recently. And you know what I realized? The number one quality I appreciate most in a direct report is reliability. By reliable, I mean a person who says she is going to do something, and then actually Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Ownership & Initiative, Project Management, Professionalism, Work

• Get Into Pre-Vacation Mode

  I just adore this post from Lisa Haneberg at the Management Craft blog . Lisa says that a good way to be more productive in everyday life is to fake your way into pre-vacation mode. Imagine that you are going on a 4-week vacation next week and change Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work