Recently I read Robert Kiyosaki’s book, ” Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money” which explained his take on core areas of financial intelligence. The concepts were broken down into simple terms and explained well with many stories to illustrate his point of view.
Robert breaks down financial intelligence into 5 main categories:
Seeking approval is defined as looking to others for permission that what you’re doing is acceptable. As an adult in modern society, it is in your best interest to conduct yourself as you see fit, guided by your morals, values and principles. Staying true to your beliefs, standing up for what you believe in are all admirable qualities that are difficult to embody and live, but most beneficial to becoming a strong character.
In this episode, we’ll go over a few approval seeking behaviors that you can start cutting out from your life, and work towards gaining respect the right way – being loved for who you truly are not saying and doing what you think other people expect of you.
It’s easy to get stressed out at work. In this episode we’ll discuss a few tips that can help you manage work stress.
In this episode, I interview a technology recruiter and share insights to shed light into how you can:
It’s summer and job hunting season is here! Most recruiters spend under a minute reviewing a resume. Check out these tips to make sure you’re not making these simple but costly mistakes.
Continue reading Top 5 Reasons Recruiters Reject Your Resume
Photo Credit: Matthew Sleeper
In January 2016, I was assigned to a half-million dollar project consisting of 5 people: a project manager, 3 senior consultants and myself (a junior consultant at the time). Two weeks into the project, 2 of the senior consultants resigned from the company, and I was cast into the role of being responsible for half the project. I was excited at the opportunity but also awash with many emotions. Continue reading How to effectively manage stress
Failure is an inevitable part of life. Some failures define us to the core and others slip under the radar and go unnoticed. Usually, failure is accompanied by a sense of embarrassment and insecurity. Thus, we have to be careful to make our relationship with failure productive rather than destructive.
As children we are taught that failures are shameful and we should avoid them as much as possible. This leads to a fear of failing which leaves us paralyzed and unsure of how to act and proceed. The purpose of this article is to redefine failure, outline steps to effectively learn from failure, and provide a simple framework on what to do when faced with failure. Continue reading How to benefit from failure
I was having brunch with a new acquaintance I had just met, and after it was over, I knew this encounter is very likely to develop into a fulfilling friendship. Despite having over 700+ friends on Facebook, I can say that in reality I have only a handful of friends that I’m truly close with. What my close social network lacks in numbers, it more than makes up for in reliability, and comprises of people I can truly rely on for almost anything. Continue reading How to build powerful social networks
There have been countless books written on the topic of leadership and I’m sure there will be more written in the future. Leadership is an important quality that people focus on because we need people who are brave, who can make decisions, who can lead us towards achieving our objectives.
However, in recent years, extreme interpretations of these qualities have led to a wave of narcissism. Leaders who are overpraised, act entitled and privileged are now coming under fire. People can intuitively sense that though these people may have strong personalities and have some capacity to lead, they aren’t truly great leaders. Continue reading How to lead so people want to follow
Every year, around December, with the New Year just around the corner, we set goals and optimistically look forward to a new year. A clean slate. A new year. A new you.
Take a step back and reflect on 2016: