Once a month, I curate the best links on how to find work that you love, be excellent at what you do, and unlock any door that stands in your way. Mostly, I gather articles and podcasts that capture my attention because they make me think or laugh. Here is the link round-up for September 2016!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
• This is a lovely, introspective piece from writer Dani Shapiro about how we need to embrace the good with the bad.
• Women spend so much time obsessing about body image. No one it seems is immune from that particular ringer. Too bad we can’t take all that wasted time back! Here are the thoughts of 25 famous women.
• Talking to strangers can open up interesting doors — yet all too often we pass one another without a word. In this TED article, author Kio Stark shares five ways to spark a meaningful interaction with someone you’ve never met before.
• Need some fresh career tips? Here are 15 from women we know and admire.
• Looking to work in the design field? Here are 5 design jobs that won’t exist in the future (and 7 that will grow!)
• We will sadly be saying goodbye to our amazing President. Here is a wonderful interview of Barack Obama by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.
• Are you a coffee fanatic? For your drinking pleasure, here is a step by step guide on how to make the best cup of coffee of your life.
• From a journalist who has lived to see 19 presidential elections: why this one will be the most important.
• Find out how to figure out what to do with the rest of your life by using design thinking.
• We know the words to the songs even before we see the play. Here is an ASL performance of the song, Alexander Hamilton.
• The longer you are in business, the more important it becomes to narrow down what you want to be known for.
• I love every post by Alexandra Franzen, but this is one of my favs.
Happy reading and listening,
Image: Willie Franklin.