High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• How to Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: "Choosing courage, in all its forms, challenges our preconceived notions and expands our comfort circle. As your comfort circle increases, so does your willingness to tackle bigger risks."

• 10 Ways to Cultivate Fearlessness: "When you’ve cut calamities off at the pass, you can let go of your fears about them, and you’ll redirect your focus and power to the task at hand."

• Why You Should Start a Weekly Planning Session: "I recommend doing this on Friday afternoons around 2 p.m. when your brain is done bringing its intellectual/creative A game for the week."

• Why Likable Leaders Seem More Effective: "teams who like their leaders will be happier at work, go above and beyond what is required of them, experience greater well-being, and perform at a higher level."
• How to Impress the New CEO in Your First Meeting:"Reading the CEO’s book, essays or published papers will give you an edge in your career—whether you’re interviewing for a job or meeting the new chief executive for the first time."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Never Say These Things During a Job Interview

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• Never Say These 11 Things During a Job Interview: "Don’t try to beat around the bush. Ask specific questions about company culture and team morale, and be direct."

• 7 Simple Habits to Make You a Remarkably Likable Boss: "If you maintain a positive attitude, however, you'll help your own employees realize a new world of perspectives--ones that will be much more productive than chronic pessimism."

• 30 Little Acts of Necessary Self-Care: "Being kind to yourself is one of those things that sounds easy in conversation but difficult in practice."

• 3 Ways to Practice True Leadership: "True leaders are the pinnacle of what they expect from the people around them. And by setting an example, true leaders encourage their people to aim for that."
• The No. 1 Reason Employers Want Older Workers: "Skills retention. It's something that many companies are now looking at with renewed vigor."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 10 Verbal Skills of the Most Likable People

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 10 Verbal Skills of the Most Likable People: "There isn't a more universal, effective mantra for building real relationships and powerful networks than treating others as you'd like to be treated."

• 5 Career Tips from High-Flying Women: "Remember that perseverance is vital when it comes to success. Don’t be afraid to fail while trying to reach your goal."

• 9 Tips to Start Living: "
  Everything can become so intense and distorted when you're in the middle of it. Sometimes you need to step away and give yourself room to breathe, to think, to get a fresh perspective."

• 10 Powerful Ways to Stand Up For Yourself in Any Situation: "Your beliefs, emotions, thoughts and ideas belong to you, and no one else can tell you what you feel or invalidate your opinions."
• 4 Ways to Reinvent Yourself After Hitting Rock Bottom: "if you don’t let yourself be real and vulnerable when you’re struggling, you will actually hold yourself back from progressing through the tough time."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Job Interviewing Tips and Dealing with Difficulty

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

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• Dealing with Difficult Times: "Set small, simple daily goals ... every day and work to achieve them."


• 6 Bad Reasons to Change Jobs: "Feeling unfulfilled in your current role might make you want to take the first opportunity that comes along, but it might not be right for you."


• Things to Stop Doing in 2015: "Stop procrastinating, saving work for tomorrow, and waiting to be inspired to work."


• 6 Ways to be More Likable in the Job Interview: "Think of your interview as a time when you model the behavior you will exhibit after you are hired."


• Questions for the Receptionist While Awaiting the Job Interview: "The time you spend sitting in the waiting room waiting for the interview is a great opportunity to gather up some intel."