Photo Credit: Anton Diaz
Brrrr! It’s cold in The Midwest (East/West Coaster Translation: The Flyover States). Please keep warm and enjoy these share-worthy links during your Sunday brunch. (more…)
Photo Credit: Anton Diaz
Brrrr! It’s cold in The Midwest (East/West Coaster Translation: The Flyover States). Please keep warm and enjoy these share-worthy links during your Sunday brunch. (more…)
The Premise / Goal / Timing of This Weekly Feature
Premise. If you like the content in this blog, you may like the type of content I regularly read and study on the Web.
Goal. On a weekly basis, I'm going to publish links to three (3) articles I find interesting. I'll include a brief summary with some bullet points explaining why I think the content is worth consuming.
Timing. I'll publish this content every Wednesday / Thursday.
The Three Articles I Evernoted
1. The Start-Up of You Website: This is the home base for the new book by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha: The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. These two (2) Start-Up of You blog posts are reasons why The Start-Up of You and The Lean Start-Up by Eric Ries are the most important books I'm reading / studying in 2012.
2. The Three Laws of Future Employment by Daniel Jelski: This is a THOUGHT-PROVOKING article commenting on individual competitiveness in today's dynamic employment market. Jelski's three (3) laws and subsequent conclusions are important:
3. (Forbes) 5 Reasons Why Your Online Presence Will Replace Your Resume in 10 Years by Dan Schawbel: When I decided to publish my personal blog, I studied Dan's personal branding insights from his book, Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future.
I recently wrote a post about the challenges in standing out in today's fiercely competitive job market with only a resume to represent one's career. Dan, however, has been sharing personal branding insights for years.
Here are the Dan's five (5) reasons from the Forbes article:
Your Feedback Please!
I'd like to experiment with this type of post for the next two to three months. Let me know what you think (especially if this idea sucks):