How to Bomb Your Next Informational Interview 2 easy (and proven) steps that can ruin any informational interview. Results guaranteed. My Michael Scott Moment… Back in 2015 I had just been admitted to my MBA program and was sitting down in a large conference room with a few hundred freshly minted MBA students. The […]
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My Accidental Side Job I had been working for a number of years in marketing and got a call from a former coworker, asking me if I did any side work. Her company needed someone to analyze their social media marketing and she had thought of me. I was genuinely interested (although I felt under
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The Proverbial “Needle in the Haystack”… Back when I lived in Boston, I became acquainted with a leading partner at Bain & Company, one of the world’s top management consulting firms. He was famous for his ability to quickly get to the core insight of seemingly any problem. When asked about this, he responded with
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When I was in the middle of my MBA program in 2018, I decided that I wanted to do something most of my peers didn’t want to do: become a management consultant. As is the case with most MBA students I had come back to grad school to figure out what it was that I
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How These 6 Books Inspired Us To Change Our Lives (And Why You Should Read Them) We know this may be the only non-Halloween article in your inbox today, and that’s kind of the point! We hope you come away from this article inspired to be the best goblin, ghost, or werewolf that you can
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Heat, Chafing, and Dry Heaving Before and after Jason’s first marathon As I dry heaved on a sidewalk full of spectators, with a missing toenail and my nipples bleeding, I knew things could have gone better. I was running my first marathon. It was a scenic run to that point. We had run down the
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There’s all of the expected reasons to leave a job – a bad work environment, lackluster boss, salary, you’re not challenged, etc. But there’s three other considerations that aren’t often talked about… #1: Remember the 7 Year Framework Don’t stay at a job for more than 7 years. Once you’re at a company for more
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When the Boss Doesn’t Respond… Many of us have had (or will have) a manager who is a poor communicator at some point in our career. How do you avoid that becoming a career roadblock? When You Hear Crickets… A few months ago I had a friend reach out asking if he could
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The Unwritten Guide on How to Become an Expert in Your Space How do you take the same intense interest you have for hobbies and apply it to your job? Confessions of a Former Fire Juggler… I have a guilty secret. I used to be a juggler. I juggled balls, rings, clubs, knives, and even
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Just Pick Up the Phone Why so many messy situations could be avoided if we simply called instead of texted A Weekend Getaway Disaster My wife and I recently booked a weekend getaway with two other families. We rented a big home with a pool, and were looking forward to a great few days
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