Note: This article appeared on my old website full-time-writer.com. As it most definitely applies to the theme of this blog, I’ve re-published it. Enjoy. The idea that we should turn our weaknesses into our strengths is a common theme in the self-help community. There are countless books and blogs that tell us to focus on [...]
Just because specialists aren’t doing as well as they used to doesn’t mean that being a generalist is easy. In the corporate job market, specialists are still the ones who are picked first while generalists seemed doomed to fight each other for the leftover scraps. There is, however, a growing breed of generalist that doesn’t [...]
As a specialist your job security is vulnerable to market forces and technological progress. The next big innovation will make it possible for a less skilled person to perform the same tasks as you do now. When this happens you’ll be given a choice between a pay cut or the door. If you choose the [...]
Have you ever let your lack of knowledge and skills keep you from doing what you really want to do? If so, you might want to check out this guest post I did at the Skool of Life: How to Teach Yourself to Do Anything. Check it out!
When it comes to your marketable job skills are you a koala or are you a crow? Koalas are super-specialists. Over the past few million years they’ve managed to evolve the capability to eat and metabolize poisonous eucalyptus leaves. This is great for the koalas because it ensures a stable food supply. When it comes [...]
Srinivas Rao blogs about personal development at his blog The Skool of Life. I’ve appreciated his insights both on his website and the myriad sites where he has guest blogged. Recently Srini was kind enough to post a short article here at Unready and Willing. I hope you enjoy it. Persuasiveness, goal setting and accomplishment [...]
I originally published this book review several months ago on my old website full-time-writer.com. I have, however, added a followup to the review where I explain how finding my genius has helped me over the past couple of months. How can you find your genius? How can you find the one thing that you do [...]
Just the other day… Self-doubt: You gotta stop working on this web application and get a real job. You have absolutely no training whatsoever in computer science. How can you possibly create a fully functioning web app? Me: Well, I know I’m new to programming, but everyone has to start learning somewhere. I think I’ve [...]
In order to achieve your ideal career you have to take risks, often when you feel you aren’t ready to deal with the consequences. When you quit your job and start your own business, it’s very possible that your business venture could fail. When you take a job at another company, it’s possible that the [...]