Category: career advice
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12 Life Hacks I Learned From Some Of The Coolest People I Know
“We don’t have to waste our time learning how to make pastry when we can use grandma’s recipes.”― Orson De Witt, Earth Won’t Miss You Some Of The People I’m Grateful For This Year When we seek life hacks and thrifted wisdom, we often turn to the lofty role models we see on the glossy…
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Angela Duckworth’s Approach To Discover Your Passions & Developing Grit
“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” -Steve Jobs Passion vs. Grit The typical narrative places grit and passion on opposite ends of the spectrum. We imagine “following your passion” as taking a low-paying career in something we enjoy as a hobby. Then, alternatively, there is…
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7 Reasons It’s Stupid Not To Dream Bigger
“The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you.” -Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni It made me kind of jealous… I started learning how to dream big about a year ago, when I started university. I was nineteen, a freshman moving into a San Francisco residence hall that was conveniently…
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How To Make Peace With The Ugly Beginning
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” – Henry Ford When Nothing Looks Like Your Mood Boards In a world of Instagram filters, ugly things are rebellious. I have been in an ugly war with acne since I first dipped my timid little toe into the waters of…