High Five Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How to Collaborate Your Way to the Top

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 Collaborate Your Way to the Top: "Some people think business success is primarily about crushing the competition. But leaders who rise to the top actually do it by building up others."

• How to Keep Employees Happy and Motivated: "As a leader, get comfortable with the idea of allowing your staff to make mistakes to ensure they have the opportunity to learn from those mistakes."

• How to Find Fulfilling Work: "Find a job or build a business based on whatever you like to do when you aren’t working. If you don’t know what you like, try different things. Test out everything from operations to sales."

• Everything You Need to Know to Improve Your Life: "A big share of life is spent getting ready, getting prepared, and part of it is the development of skills that make for success in the marketplace. It starts with personal development, self-improvement and making measurable progress."
• The 10 Hottest Jobs Right Now:"in areas such as construction and retail, workers’ disposable income is responsible for more jobs such as wealth managers, personal shoppers, and food service workers."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Protecting Time at Work by Setting Boundaries

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!

• Protect Your Time at Work by Setting Better Boundaries: "As a time management coach, I’ve seen a variety of ways in which people have successfully set boundaries with their colleagues.... here are some examples of boundaries you can set and strategies for communicating them to others."

• How Hiring Has Changed in the Last Decade: "Love it or hate it, Glassdoor has fundamentally changed the job search process by providing a platform for employees, candidates, and companies to share their thoughts and views on a company."

• 50 Best US Cities for Starting a Business in 2020: "In the following dispatches, you'll find a road map for turning forgotten ZIP codes into boomtowns--or simply for answering the age-old question: Where should you go next?."

• 4 Ways You Benefit from Serving Others: "You’ll see more money in your pocket and create a thriving business if you serve others, but what’s the point of wealth if you’re not happy? Good news: Science confirms that serving others makes you feel great."
• 7 Quick Reads to Keep You Motivated:"Whether you’re coming back from a relaxing getaway or just craving some new motivation, you’ll get a little brain food to fuel the next phase of your career."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself to Align Personal & Career Goals

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 Questions to Ask Yourself to Align Personal & Career Goals: "At times, you do have to choose between your career goals and personal goals in order to accomplish one....The key is to take the time to reflect, and ask yourself some questions before you make the decision. Here’s where to start."

• 4 Reasons Good Employees Lose Their Motivation: "With each of these four motivation traps, the trick is to think more comprehensively about what stops employees from initiating, persisting, and putting in mental effort."

• 5 Principles to Follow to Make Your Mark on the World: "People with different backgrounds and skill sets. If you're looking at an opportunity or challenge and you have five ways to look at it versus one, you'll see each other's blind spots."

• 25 Best Habits to Have in Life: "Focus on these 25 habits, consistently making efforts to instill them into your daily routine, and in time, your progress and momentum towards your goals will skyrocket."
• The 5 Principles of Building Trust:"Talk is educational and edifying; but actions are evidence. Provide iconic tangible evidence that what you are claiming can be trusted."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: 7 Habits That Are Destroying Your Motivation

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 TopThink describes seven habits that hinder motivation, including the habit of perfectionism. Check out the video for more.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 10 Tips to Make 2019 Your Year

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 Tips to Make 2019 Your Year:"In the YouEconomy, expertise is your chief commodity. Take an hour this weekend to list out all your areas of expertise, and brainstorm a few ways you can develop each of them further."

• What to do When You're Struggling to Get Motivated: "Instead, the problem usually boils down to confidence. For one reason or another, people don't believe they'll succeed, so they never get started."

• How to Deal with Office Conflict: "Addressing conflicts and working to find mutual goals, together, is the best way to handle clashes and even find ways to collaborate more deeply."

• 5 Books to Read if You Want to Be More Productive: "Sometimes the obvious solution is also the best: Delete the apps from your phone. If everybody did, we’d reduce an incremental creep that makes it harder and harder to resist social pressure."
• 5 Biggest Misconceptions about Remote Work: "the idea of remote work does not appeal to every individual and corporation, partially due to some persisting misconceptions about this kind of work arrangement."

5 Go-To Resources When You Need Motivation & Inspiration

If you spend much time on social media or following the lives of “successful” people, you might wonder if you’re the only person experiencing times of self-doubt or suffering from lack of confidence.

Fortunately, many of the “successful” people are vulnerable enough to share their own insecurities and doubts but it can be easy to dismiss this: sure, it’s easy to acknowledge you once doubted when you’re at the top.

We all—even the highly successful—experience periods of self-doubt and times when we know longer feel inspired. It’s important to have strategies for dealing with these times and it’s also good to have go-to inspirational quotes to turn to when you’re struggling.

There are no one-size-fits-all inspirational quotes. What might move and motivate me might make you yawn. And vice versa. So here, instead, are five lists (along with one quote from each list) you can look over and create your own playlist of motivational hit quotes.

17 Motivational Quotes to Inspire You to Be Successful: “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”

Best Motivational Quotes to Prepare You for Any Challenges in Life: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.”

56 Inspirational Quotes for Success in Life: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

43 Motivational Quotes to Start Your Day: "I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done." – Lucille Ball

100 Motivational Quotes That Will Help You Succeed: "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." – Winston Churchill

Where do you turn for inspiration when you need it?

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How to Build a Million Dollar Side Hustle While Working a Full-Time Job

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 Build a Million Dollar Side Hustle While Working a Full-Time Job:"Part of this success was due to a good product choice in a vibrant market. An even bigger chunk was because of the habits, disciplines and mindsets I adopted along the way."

• The 5 People You Must Have in Your Network: "These different views and perspectives should challenge your assumptions and question your drivers in ways that stretch you beyond a traditional same-industry mentor."

• 6 Books to Make the Best Decisions for Your Mind, Body & Soul: "This is not a guide to turning your life around, just the inspiring story of someone who did. But it might spur you to make changes of your own, for the good of those around you."

• The Essential Tools for All Freelancers & Micro-Businesses: "All these services are a reaction to the shift to self-employment and micro business ownership that has taken place over the last decade."
• 10 Motivation Tips for Freelancers Who Work from Home: "Each employee has a toy frog on their desk and it represents that one, dreaded task. Complete it and the frog can leave your desk. You can then get on with the work you actually want to be doing."

High Five Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: What Employees Really Want at 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!

• What Employees Really Want at Work: "It’s clear that the strict nine-to-five workday is outdated – and it won’t help employers attract or maintain today’s top talent.... No matter the industry, flexibility is incredibly important to employees and job seekers across the nation."

• 10 Ways to Beat Creative Burnout: "I schedule out hours to work. I know that if I’m working during those hours, then I can have that night to myself to exercise or watch a TV show or read a book or whatever."

• Be Tough on Yourself: "Being a hard person doesn’t mean you are constantly upset or an unhappy person. It means you are developing into someone better and you are committed."

• 7 Tips to Keep Yourself Motivated: "If you're not motivated, or are lacking energy, set yourself a small goal. Tell yourself you'll do one more email, five more Excel rows, or one more call to a customer. Chances are that every small goal you complete will keep you motivated to do more and more."
• 9 Small Steps That Will Make You Happier: "practicing acts of kindness gives people a happiness boost. In addition, the recipient becomes happier and this even extends to people who merely observe the act."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: Laziness, Motivation, and Energy

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.

In the video below Alex Heyne from Modern Health Monk discusses laziness and motivation and the connection between motivation and energy. Watch the video for more.

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: How to Become the Best Version of Yourself

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.

In the video below, from Goalcast, James Lawrence, known as The Iron Cowboy, shares a story of hitting rock bottom and how it triggered the shift he needed to become the best version of himself, giving him the determination to conquer 50 Iron Mans in 50 days.

5 Songs to Get You Motivated for Your Work Day

Let’s face it, we don’t always wake up excited to get to our job and, on some mornings, we could benefit from a little kickstart to get motivated.

Thankfully, music has just the power we need to give us an added boost of energy to get us up and going and out the door with motivation to tackle anything we’re about to face at work.

With that in mind here are five songs to add to your morning playlist:

Eye of the Tiger by Survivor 

If this song is good enough to motivate Rocky Balboa it’s good enough for you and the video just might inspire you to add a beret to your work wardrobe!

Success by Iggy Pop

This song will have you pulling into the office declaring “here comes success”!

And if you’re into 80s Brit-Pop check out the version by Duran Duran.

 

Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey

You’ve likely heard this song a million times, but it will still get you believing you can make it through another day.

Get Back Up Again by Anna Kendrick 

If you have kids you’ve likely heard this song from the Trolls movie soundtrack but you can’t beat these lyrics for inspiration: “Hey, I’m not giving up today, there’s nothing getting in my way, and if you knock, knock me over, I will get back up again.”

Beautiful Day by U2 

What playlist is complete without some U2? It is a beautiful day, after all, so get out there and make the most of it!

Which songs would you add to your motivational playlist?

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: 3 Words That Will Change 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, discusses the difference between successful and unsuccessful people and shares three words that have the power to change your life and career.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 7 Steps to Stay Motivated for the Long Haul

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!

• 7 Steps to Stay Motivated for the Long Haul: "For a resolution to stick, it must be aligned with your core values and hold deep personal meaning that you connect with on a deep emotional level."

• 5 Ways to Pursue the Job You Want: "Mentoring has many personal benefits, too. Learning to listen, to creatively approach problems or explanations, or to work with people who are different from you are all important leadership skills you’ll need in order to advance."

• 8 Steps to Stay Focused and Reach Your Goals: "Instead of trying to do a million things at once, take a step back and tackle one task at a time. And while your inclination might be to start your day with busy work ... get your brain moving by challenging yourself with with a bigger, more creative endeavor first thing."

• 7 Ways to Overcome Toxic Self-Criticism: "The best way to change the channel is by getting active. Find an activity that will temporarily distract you from the negative tapes playing in your head. Go for a walk, call a friend to talk about a different subject, or tackle a project you've been putting off. But refuse to listen to your brain beat you up."
• 15 Habits That Could Be Hurting Your Business Relationships: " It’s hard to convey your investment in a conversation if you’re glancing at your phone every 30 seconds. Always be sure to give people your undivided attention."

Why You Should Create a Personal Mission Statement

Many companies and businesses have a corporate mission statements, defining the primary aim of the company, and serving to guide its decisions. These mission statements are often impressed upon new employees as a way to ensure that all employees have a shared sense of purpose.

But have you created your own personal mission statement? If not, take a few minutes this week to craft one. A personal mission statement can benefit your life and career in several ways.  

Provides focus. Your mission statement enables you to think through what you value most and becomes your own personal guiding document for you to live your life by. It takes into account what you value most and how your skills, talents, and interests can be implemented to make a difference in the world. Your personal mission statement enables you to make a clear-headed decision about your career goals and aspirations and helps resolve conflicts about which job to take.

Provides motivation. Your personal mission statement provides you with a kick in the morning, helping you stay driven to get up and do the work that matters to you. After that long vacation, having a clear sense of your purpose and mission allows you to eagerly get back on the job with enthusiasm and energy.

Provides balance. Your life is not your job and career and your personal mission statement allows you to bring clarity to you and your life. This is not called a “Career Mission Statement”, after all. A personal mission statement will help you attain balance in your life and career by ensuring that you bring attention to those things that matter most to you in life, with your job being part of that equation but not the exclusive focus.

Not sure how to start? An article at Forbes provides a few examples from CEOs: “To serve as a leader, live a balanced life, and apply ethical principles to make a significant difference” (Denise Morrison), “To use my gifts of intelligence, charisma, and serial optimism to cultivate the self-worth and net-worth of women around the world” (Amanda Steinberg), or "I want to make it so that every person in the world can afford to start their own business" (John Rampton). Take a look at the article for more examples.

Another great resource is the mission statement builder at Franklin Covey. It provides some examples of mission statements and walks you through the process of building your own.

Create your personal mission statement this week for renewed focus, motivation, and balance in your life and career.

4 Habits to Add to Your Morning Routine

All too often we spend our mornings rushing around, scrambling to get ready, eat a decent breakfast, take a shower, and get the kids off to school. But if we change up our routine and spend thirty minutes adding a few new habits to the morning, our days could be much more productive.

You don’t have to radically change your morning routine to see positive results. Even adding just one or two of the habits below can make a big difference.

MOVE. One of the best ways to start your day is to incorporate some type of exercise into your morning routine. You don’t need to invest in an expensive gym or club membership to see results. Find a space in your home that allows you some privacy and room to move, increasing your alertness and creative flow. If you like to dance spend ten to fifteen minutes get your groove on to your favorite songs and check out the next idea to pair your movement with music or a podcast to inspire you to have a great day. You can find many simple and short workouts online that don’t require you to purchase any fancy equipment. 

MOTIVATE. Gain some daily motivation by reading inspirational literature, listening to a motivational podcast, or enjoying some music that lifts your mood. This can be done in concert with some exercise, as noted above, or you can listen in while showering, eating, or even on your morning commute. You might want to check out these podcasts.

JOURNAL. A great practice for the morning is to take a few minutes to write in a journal. This activity can assist you in focusing on the important items on your to-do list, while also providing an opportunity to note those things in your life that you are grateful and thankful for. A daily practice of gratefulness has been shown to have great benefits for well-being.

MEDITATE. In addition to exercise, journaling, and filling your mind and ears with some motivational or inspirational thoughts, spend a few minutes each morning in meditation or prayer. You might also find it useful to add an empowering mantra or repeated line of prayer that will put you in a mindful and confident state to begin your day.

Add one or all of these four habits—moving, meditating, journaling, and getting motivated—to your morning routine and you will set yourself up for a successful and productive day.

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: How to Stay Motivated

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.

In the video below Ben Angel provides advice on how to stay motivated and discusses the two types of motivation and how they impact you.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: The Art of the LinkedIn Profile Picture

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 Art of the LinkedIn Profile Picture: "LinkedIn members who include a photo on their profile receive 21 times more profile views than those who don't, and profiles with a photo are 36 times more likely to receive messages."

• The Connection Between Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness: "Mindfulness has become the corporate fad du jour, a practice widely touted as a fast-track to better leadership. But we suspect that not all the benefits laid at its feet actually belong there."

• 10 Things to Add to Your Resume and 10 to Drop: "To put your power into your resume, you have to get rid of the Corporate Zombie Speak language in it and replace it with your own human  voice."

• 10 Tips to Motivate Employees Without Resorting to Money: "People want to have control over their own work. Instead of being a “helicopter boss,” give your employees the chance to make decisions."
• 9 Straightforward Ways to Achieve Big Things: "In order to avoid the unknown, most people bail on their dreams. Which is why you’ve got to find clarity and understanding to achieve your biggest goals."