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 June 2016!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
• Do the best with this life to be of use: inspirational words from Angelina Jolie.
• When it comes to marriage, what you don’t know really can hurt you. Here are 13 questions designed to give couples a chance to spill secrets before it’s too late.
• Are you always jealous of those ‘overnight sucesses’? Don’t be. The truth is, it takes most people 10 years to ‘succeed overnight’.
• Tired of working in coffee shops? Try this!
• Feel like you don’t fit in? You are not alone. Listen to Lidia Yuknavitch’s TED talk: The beauty of being a misfit.
• Interested in a design job at a tech firm, but nervous about what they might ask you in the interview? Check out this insider’s article on the questions (and answers) from design interviews at Facebook.
• Even the world’s top life coach needs a life coach! Meet Martha Beck.
• The great Lena Dunham on women’s apology addiction. #Sorry/Not Sorry.
• I have mixed feelings about this one. I mean, traffic lights in the ground to alert people who are too busy on their phones!!?? Talk about enabling.
• When you have an idea, listen to those whispers. Six years after opening its first salon, Drybar is on track to do $100 million in sales this year. Here’s how it got there.
• I love Alex Franzen’s post about remembering to celebrate the tiny things.
• Still trying to figure out LinkedIn? Here are 23 Ways you can update Your LinkedIn and make yourself more hireable.
• Alice Waters, Tony Kushner join 4 other luminaries talk about the epiphanies that guided their lives.
• Beyonce’s Lemonade is not just an amazing piece of art. It is also major business inspiration to companies like Warby Parker and Air BnB.
Image: Willie Franklin.