I love this post from one of the smartest college students – if not the smartest – I know.  Ben Casnocha suggests that if you want to find out what someone really does for a living, ask him what he does ''on a day-to-day basis.'' According to Ben, typically when you ask someone, ''What do you do?'' you get a grand, idealized vision of what ...

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 Lia chose to transition from the non-profit to the corporate sector, she wanted to ...

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 as a high-powered Hollywood agent, and after a series of personal and professional ...

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 something.  If I spend an entire day that’s completely unproductive, I feel ...

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, this begins a two-part post on the benefits of volunteering, and how to balance volunteering ...

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 United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was also a joint winner of the ...

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 authors and pals Christine Hassler (20-Something, 20-Everything), and Lindsey Pollak (From ...

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 expected of her.  And every time your mom or dad praised her, you would ...

[ImageAttachment]   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 purposely set them aside to focus on something more ...

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 meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in ...