High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Traits of a Championship Mindset

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!

• The 5 Traits of a Championship Mindset: "Commitment should not be just about setting a goal, but living by a standard. A goal is a something you reach. A standard is something you live by."

• Why More Women Need to Say Yes to Top Leadership Positions: "There are other biases that women face in the workplace, but the number one bias that all women face is about family and career."

• How to "Sell" Yourself in a Job Interview: "You’ll be perceived as someone who is keenly interested in what the interviewer has to say and what the company can offer."

• How to Improve Mental Health at the Office: "Many individuals with psychiatric disability can and do work effectively. How the condition impacts work life varies considerably."
• 3 Tips for Making Collaboration Fun and Productive:"Keeping teammates in the dark can stall a project. By sharing the same information with every member of the team, it shows each person that they are essential to decision making and gives team members the ability to execute on their own."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: 5 Mindsets to Upgrade Your Life

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career and life development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

The video below from Modern Health Monk presents five mindset changes that contribute to success in life and work, starting with knowing that you can change. Check out the video to learn more.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How Upskilling Programs Provide Employee Opportunity

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 Upskilling Programs Provide Employee Opportunity: "[Upskilling] is any sort of education training and development that leads to preparing someone for what’s next in their career."

• 6 Mindset Principles of Successful People: "When successful people chase after a goal, two things can happen: They achieve their desired result or they get feedback."

• 5 Types of Connections You Need in Your LinkedIn Network: "by actually adding your friends and family members to your LinkedIn network you will get insight into their unique professional network that you might not have known about otherwise."

• 6 Essential Things You Need to Do to Land Your First Job: "Your college degree is a great foundation, but it’s also not the reality of what it’s like to complete a process from start to finish."
• How to Work With Someone Who Thinks They're Always Right:"Slow things down to surface what’s really going on. No matter how outlandish their views seem, approach the conversation as if there is some legitimacy to them."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How to Get the Job Without the Degree

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 the Job Without the Degree: "When the interview rolls around, ask pointed questions to show that you not only understand the company’s pain points but also see where potential solutions are and how to implement them successfully."

• How to Figure Out If You're in the Wrong Job: "A mismatch in job and motives will wear you down and eventually cause you to fail to live up to your potential."

• 3 Steps to Creating a Disruptive Mindset: "When it comes to making big changes in the world around you, you must first challenge your mindset. Mindset is a powerful thing. Our mindsets determine everything."

• 6 Warning Signs You Need More Sleep, Based on Your Work Behavior: "Because sleep deprivation affects cognition and focus, it's much harder to make sense of information or to remember it. You might have to ask people to repeat themselves because you unintentionally tune out from fatigue."
• Building a Great Team: "The greatest leaders ... are the ones who provide additional opportunities for learning and growth at all levels, requiring participants to continually stretch."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Signs You Need to Take a Pause in Your Career

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!

• 5 Signs You Need to Take a Pause in Your Career: "If someone makes a remark that you're on your phone all the time, or you notice that you can't slip away without checking your email first, you may be getting too much screen time."

• Writing Your Resume When Your Job Title Doesn't Reflect Your Responsibilities: "Use your résumé headline, summary, and brief stories about accomplishments to demonstrate how well you can meet hiring managers’ needs."

• This is What the Best Candidates I Ever Interviewed Had in Common: "I was always impressed with the applicants who listened close enough to what I said to ask an unrehearsed follow-up question."

• 12 Lessons from the 100 Most Creative People of 2017: "artists are infusing entertainment with social impact. In the corporate world too, the human factor is at the core of our advancements."
• 5 Things You Need for a Successful Mindset: "Grit helps us push past the desire to give up, especially when things get rough. Fortunately, it can be learned and continually developed over time."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: The Mindset You Need to Thrive in the Future of Work

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!

• The Mindset You Need to Thrive in the Future of Work: "To stay competitive, we need to get comfortable making difficult, complicated, higher-order decisions more regularly."

• 6 Ways to Rebound from Interview Rejection: "Don’t project thoughts, opinions or impressions onto the employer that they may not even have. Ironically, employment rejection is usually not about you! Accept that a rational business reason was likely the basis for your rejection, as hard as this may be."

• How Incredibly Successful People Think: "unsuccessful people, when they have a big dream and start thinking about what’s going to be required to accomplish that dream, they get very limiting in their beliefs about themselves and what’s possible."

• Why Do Employees Stay? A Clear Career Path and Good Pay: "workers who don’t see a clear progression from their current role to a better position in their company ultimately turn to opportunities elsewhere."
• 4 Habits of Highly Profitable Entrepreneurs: "the most effective entrepreneurs have a method of allocating their time effectively. One strategy is to plan your time in advance by using the bucket system."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Things You Need for a Successful Mindset

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!

• 5 Things You Need for a Successful Mindset: "Less common and far more difficult is the sustained focus and drive—throughout long periods of time—needed to achieve it."

• 8 Tips for Building Your Personal Brand in 2017: "You know your personal brand is strong when you become a source of information. Strive to be the person media outlets and journalists contact when they need expert advice or information."

• The #1 New Year's Resolution to Kick-Start Your Career: "If you’re not sure where or how to invest in yourself, then ask yourself these three questions."

• Unveiling the Best Jobs of 2017: "Job seekers and employees, cheer up. The 2017 job market is looking solid, especially for workers in key industries such as health care and business."
• 5 Real Reasons You're Getting Radio Silence After a Final Interview: "As an HR 'insider,' I’d like to peel back the curtain for a moment and let you in on exactly what’s going on behind-the-scenes."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 3 Tips for Finding a Mentor

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!

• 3 Tips for Finding a Mentor: "Many people seek out the most successful person they can -- but that’s a mistake. The best mentors are not loud, outspoken and quote-ready. They’re those who gain respect among peers."
• Learn 5 Mindsets of Highly Successful People: "Successful people know they have much more control over the trajectory of their lives than others realize."
• How You Can Tell if Your Boss Appreciates You: "Your participation in important and high-profile projects is a message from your boss about your importance to her team. If you’re as involved in the action as you want to be, then you are a key player on her squad."
• 6 Habits of Managers Who Have Loyal Employees: "Ultimately, employees appreciate it when their manager makes the effort to think thoughtfully about what they have to say. Beyond the recognition gesture itself, this creates emotional connections."
• 2-Minute Habits That Will Make You Feel Better at Work: "To put this into practice in the office, each night before bed, spend two minutes identifying and writing down your top five 'non-negotiable' goals that you want to achieve the next day at work."

5 Steps to Improve Your Mindset

Our thoughts and the attitude we bring to our jobs and careers significantly impacts our career success and enjoyment.

Consider the following 5 steps to improving your mindset and attitude on the job:

1. Sleep. Our attitude and mood is greatly influenced by the amount of sleep we get. In order to have a positive attitude about your career (and life in general) start with getting eight hours of sleep each night.

2. Eat well and exercise. Additionally, it's important to eat foods that energize and avoid a lot of caffeine, sugar, and alcohol. Eating well should be complemented with a routine of physical activity. Consider walking or biking to work, if possible.

3. Meditation. Take some time to meditate every morning before starting your day. It can be as simple as 3-5 minutes of standing or sitting quietly, or you might meditate on one or two things that you are grateful for.

4. Breathe. Be sure to breathe deeply throughout the day. This will help calm you and center you again on the priorities in your life.

5. Smile and laugh often. Greeting everyone you meet with a smile will not only improve your mood but also the attitudes of those you work with.

These are just a few of the many steps you can take to improve your mindset on the job and at home. Implement one or two this week and experience the difference.