5-on-5: Beginning Your Career in New City
In our 5-on-5 series, We ask five Praxis participants to give their answers to five questions on a single theme. This week’s topic will focus on the rewards, challenges, and lessons that come with beginning a career in a new city. 1) What were you doing before Praxis and where did you move after starting […]
How to Work Weekends Without Burning Out
My wife and I work at least one day each weekend. Why? As we say regularly here at Praxis, when you are young you have lots of time and few responsibilities. You need to take advantage of that. Amanda and I don’t have kids yet, so we made the conscious decision to spend our time […]
Tiny, Ridiculous Daily Challenges Work Better for Me Than Big Goals
I’m not big on goals and goal-setting. I’ve done it at various points, and it’s had a few positive effects and can be somewhat fun, or at least useful in challenging me to think bigger. Still, I find that I’m more of an opportunist than a planner. I prefer to keep building things – myself, […]
Don’t Underestimate Social Capital | Forward Tilt Podcast
Most young people don’t understand the vast power of social capital and what it can mean for them over the long term. They are quick to ask for favors and connections but rarely give back to others and invest in their networks. It’s not just young people though, people of all ages overlook the power […]
Living with Integrity | Forward Tilt Podcast
Integrity is being undivided. It is definiteness of purpose and singleness of mind. To live with integrity, you need to understand yourself and then act in line with who you are. This isn’t easy. It can be hard to gain that much self-knowledge. Even when you have a deep understanding of yourself, there are many […]
Excuses We Give Ourselves for Inaction and How to Respond
There’s an insidious quirk in myself and everyone I know that prevents us from action. Call it “Resistance” or anything else you like, but the result is the same: things don’t get done, and your success suffers for it. For most of my life, I’ve been told the solution is to “buckle down” and just […]
How to Learn Professional Skills More Quickly
Today I’m going to write about learning. No, not classroom learning and not intellectual learning. This post is about highly practical professional learning and how to accelerate it. It assumes a few things: 1. You don’t have time to spend four years studying to see the results you want. 2. Money is on the line […]
3 Dumb Reasons People Mess Up Great Opportunities
When we’re young, we often bring along baggage and bad ideas about work into our first few professional opportunities. We assume the problem lies with the job, the people with whom we work, our something else outside ourselves and we rarely ask whether we are the problem. Our work becomes unfulfilling and unenjoyable, and we […]
3 Common Traps to Avoid when Choosing Your First Job
I remember in college just about the most stressful period of every semester was not finals. It was the time everyone had to choose their classes for the next semester. At the University of Michigan, there were literally hundreds of courses, you could enroll in, and students would become overwhelmed by options. What I noticed […]
The 5 Mindsets that will Derail Your Success Before it Begins
For all the talk about learning new skills, studying, or getting work experience, often we don’t need more inputs to see huge returns on our career growth. What we need most is a shift in mindset. In fact, we need many mental shifts when it comes to how we’re viewing the world. There’s a term […]
How College Made You Hate Learning
My friend (and Praxis CEO) Isaac Morehouse has a fun little experiment he asks people to do in his book Freedom without Permission. In the book he writes “a Google image search for the word [education] results in desks, chalkboards, letter grades, stressed kids, regimentation, classrooms, and kids sleeping or with pained looks on their […]
Your Personal Brand | Forward Tilt Podcast
You have a personal brand whether you like it or not. Call it a reputation if you prefer, but it is the feelings and associations that come to mind when people think of you. A lot of people feel resistant to working on their brand. They feel that it is slimy and inauthentic to work […]
6 Common Questions our Business Partners Ask Us Before Taking an Apprentice
Each month, dozens of businesses from around the US inquire about partnering with Praxis to take Praxis apprentices. They’re looking to fill roles ranging from sales and marketing to operations, development, and creative, as well as more generalist positions. For the partners we accept, the results have been pretty amazing. The other day we received […]
4 Reasons to Work at a Company Before Starting Your Own
I gave a talk yesterday to a group of students who are interested in being entrepreneurs one day. Many of them were wondering what they could do now to begin preparing. Should they get a business degree? Should they take accounting or finance courses? Should they learn to code? I used to ask myself similar […]
Meet Education Director T.K. Coleman
Education Director T.K. Coleman has been with Praxis from the beginning. He oversaw the development of the original Praxis curriculum and he handled all of the coaching. Now he manages the Praxis education staff and their team of awesome advisors. Want to watch him in action? Check out T.K.’s video tour of bad arguments for […]