High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 9 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life in 9 Days

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!

• 9 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life in 9 Days: "Collecting accolades, reaching the top of the corporate ladder, or acquiring riches isn't as important as having a calling, pursuing a dream, and changing lives."

• Need a Business Idea? Here are 55: "Starting a home-based business is within the reach of almost anyone who wants to take a risk and work hard, as are a plethora of other low-cost ideas."

• 50 Motivational Quotes from Inspiring Women Leaders: "Whether we're forging our own paths or following in the footsteps of those who've gone ahead, these trailblazers, innovators, explorers and disrupters can encourage, motivate and push us to reach new heights -- in business and in life."

• How to (and how not to) Approach an Office Romance: "So what if you and a colleague have been flirting and might want to explore a relationship? Should you steer clear? Should what’s right from a professional perspective override what’s best for your personal life?"
• 6 Surprising Office Romance Stats that Companies Should Know About:"Instead of trying to eliminate romance at work, the following should serve as a wake-up call  to organizations that they need to step up and help employees deal with their attraction at work."

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?