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Todd Tarpley: Digital GM by Day, Children’s Author By Night
In the latest installment of our Community Profiles series, we sat down with Todd Tarpley, longtime Gun, twice-published children’s author, and Digital GM for the Parents Network. Todd’s latest book,...
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Do What You Love, Love What You Do: How to Be Happy and Successful at Work
He's going to need a bigger desk. “People do best, what they like best to do.” That’s an old adage by Frederick W. Taylor, the original management guru. Seems like common sense, doesn’t it? And yet, so...
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Fatigue is Your Enemy: Tony Schwartz’s Words of Wisdom on Workplace Burnout
The Hired Guns are exceedingly proud to reprint this piece by Tony Schwartz, noted author and President and CEO of The Energy Project. The piece below originally appeared in the Harvard Business...
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Five Tips for Entry-Level Job Seekers
One of the most difficult transitions you’ll make in your career is the switch from sheltered academia life into the dog-eat-dog world of corporate America. The Red Bull-powered all-nighters in...
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Home Alone? For Freelancers, Where You Work Matters
Long before Marissa Mayer upset the Yahoo cart (and the well-articulated response to that overturned cart in The New York Times), I’ve had to weigh out the pros and cons of what it means to have a work...
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Internship Doom: Landing a Full-time Job Without Letting Go of Your Life
Not all internships include a creepy little dude following you. But some do. by Tyler Bradford We recently wrote about how to act (and not act) during your entry-level job, but, admittedly, I skipped a...
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Budgeting for Those Who Would Rather Not
This is the second part of a three-part blog series by Elaine Grogan Luttrull, CPA, founder of Minerva Financial Arts, and author of Arts & Numbers (Agate B2, 2013). In her first piece, “The Secret...
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How to Overcome Female Guilt at Work
Recently I was at a conference for female entrepreneurs when a young business owner got up to ask one of the panelists a question: “How do you deal with Mommy guilt?” I wasn’t inspired by the answer,...
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Why Do Women Stay in Unfulfilling Jobs?
It’s easy to get comfortable in a job. After all, who doesn’t like a little comfort in a hectic world? But perhaps you’ve stayed too long in one place, even though a small voice in the back of your...
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Tuesday Tip: Outsource the Things You Hate
Everyone’s busy. But you’re crazy busy. You have literally more work to do today than any human could possibly accomplish. On top of that, your car needs an oil change, you need to cook dinner, and you...
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8 Ways to Make a Lasting Impression at Your Holiday Party
You’ve worked hard all year. Now it’s your time to cut loose and make a total ass of yourself in front of everyone who could possibly be beneficial to your career. So relax and let your true...
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Are You Looking for a Job, a Career, or a Calling?
We’re constantly told that the only way to be happy at work is to find your “calling.” But there’s a much easier–and more realistic–way to find happiness in your career. “So, what do you want to be...
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Better to Receive: The Benefits of Being More Open to Feedback
My recent post on the Feedback Sandwich technique prompted a few readers to ask questions like this: Most articles on feedback focus on how to deliver it more effectively, but what about when you’re...
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Start the New Year Off Right with 7 Simple Productivity and Time Management Tips
In my last post, I talked about the “unmade beds” in our lives. Those messy distractions that drain our energy, keep us from focusing, and stand in the way of getting any “real work” done. But once...
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