Micromanagers are the worst! Dealing with micromanagers is one of the main reasons why I decided to fake retire from the finance industry in 2012. I couldn’t take this one boss in NYC always calling in to check up on me even though I was ranking well with my clients. There’s probably nothing more annoying […]
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This post will teach you how to get hired if you are overqualified. Being overqualified for a job you want is frustrating. You want to get paid for your experience and expertise, yet you also don’t want to lose the job because you enjoy what you do! Convincing your spouse to allow you to go on a
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The “one more year syndrome” is a debilitating syndrome faced by people who want to retire but keep putting retirement off. Before you know it, the one more year syndrome might turn into five years or even 10 years of still working at the same place. Then you might look back on your life with
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This article looks at the best paying government jobs. Government jobs may not pay as well as private sector jobs, but the benefits and pension are very attractive. Government jobs are also very secure, which is something attractive during a bear market or a pandemic! In fact, due to a collapse in interest rates in
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Your professional network is incredibly valuable in order to get ahead. With a strong professional net work, you will have more professional and personal opportunities. More people will root for you and want to support you. This posts shares how you can increase the value of your professional network. For 10 years I acted as
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If you want to get rich, you must abolish welfare mentality. Having a welfare mentality will keep you from taking calculated risks and giving your best effort. Instead of focusing on making as much money as possible, welfare mentality will keep you thinking about cutting your budget. Welfare mentality makes you depend on others to
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Now that millions more people are working from home due to the coronavirus, I thought I’d share some tips on how to keep your sanity. This is my work from home survival guide. I have actually been working from home since 2012, when I negotiated a severance and left corporate America for good. Losing the
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One of the reasons why I am so enthusiastic about my book, How To Engineer Your Layoff, is I want to teach more people like you how to potentially double or triple your income. You could essentially earn more than you’ve ever earned before. I know some of you are scratching your heads wondering what
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Do Americans have an earnings problem or a savings problem? Unfortunately, I think we’ve got both. Take a look at the median income by age and sex from the latest Census Bureau data. The data always lags for a couple of years. The median income for 20-24-year-olds is $25,116 for women and $27,040 for men.
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Here’s some straight up career advice. If you fake it, you probably won’t make it. There’s been a huge trend towards joining startups and fast growing tech companies ever since Wall Street blew up between 2008-2010. The top companies to work for no longer are dominated by the Goldmans, Mckinseys, and Bains of the world.
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