Want to Pursue Sales? Here’s Your Career Roadmap
Sales is the ultimate soft skill. That’s what makes it such a valuable thing to pursue! No matter where you go in your career, or what company you join, you’ll be able to use sales skills somewhere. So you are interested in sales. Great! Let’s get started diving into what your career launch could look […]
3 Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills
We are constantly told about the value of math and hard skills like engineering and programming. These skills are valuable because they take time to learn and are in high demand. Oftentimes, people learn these skills at the expense of becoming an excellent writer. This results in a demand for people who can write well. […]
Should You Schedule a Call or Can You Use Email?
In the age of remote work and instant communication, scheduling a call (or much worse, calling unsolicitedly) is the equivalent of calling a meeting in the workplace. If it is used intelligently and only when necessary, it can be a powerful tool to transfer information, increase productivity, and boost morale. If used liberally and too […]
Embarrassment: The Price You’ll Pay for Personal Development
This is the second part of a blog series on fear, embarrassment, and growth. Check out part one, “Your Fear Is Overrated.” Public speaking has always terrified me. Even when I consciously realize that I can give a presentation or talk, I still feel shaky and shaken during the experience. Even though my voice may crack embarrassingly […]
Ask Yourself These 6 Questions Before Attending College
“…But you see, I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find the joy only if I do my […]
Portfolio Project Ideas with Python
So, you are learning Python and want to build a portfolio that helps you land your first technical job at a company. You’ll want to show that: You know how to problem solve You write clean, well-documented code You can synthesize documentation and learning resources to build real things instead of just following along with […]
Want to Pursue Marketing? Here’s Your Career Roadmap
When it comes to organizational goals companies and firms across every industry want to increase revenue and accelerate their growth. Marketing as a discipline and process is concerned with finding new pathways to increase growth along with making existing pathways more scalable and efficient. The upside for this role is when you get good at […]
The Power of Silence | Forward Tilt Podcast
From podcasts to audiobooks, articles, and videos there is a massive amount of great content in the world. So much content that you can fill every empty space with something. You can listen to podcasts while you drive. You can read articles on your phone while you wait at the doctor’s office and consume audiobooks during […]
Stop Trying To Imitate Successful People
“Successful people wake up at 4AM every morning.” “Successful people dress to impress.” “Successful people go to college.” “Successful people read every day.” “Successful people routinely work 60 hours a week.” “Be like this successful person!” This blog post is brought to you by every mutually contradictory and patronizing piece of “Successful people do X” […]
Teens Are Already More Qualified for Most Marketing Jobs Than Adults
Today’s teens get a bad rap for being glued to their phones, but all of that screen time is creating a new generation of teenage marketing professionals.
How to Get Started in Digital Marketing
Definitions, tips, courses, and resources to help you get started in digital marketing.
5 Habits To Make Yourself Accountable and Reach Your Goals
Ambitious people are often brimming with wonderful ideas. Every now and again, they set themselves a new goal and imagine what it would be like to achieve that target. However, there’s a difference between being ambitious and getting things done. While it’s easy to tell yourself that you’re going to get that promotion this year […]
Deep Work: Your Guide to a Life Transforming Skill
An Opening Promise (and a commitment from you) This guide to deep work can help you make lasting improvements to your life. It will only work if you make a commitment to reading it. All of the research on user behavior on the internet tells us that you’ll enter this page, scan it briefly, then […]
Think Business Sounds Boring? 10 Reasons to Think Again
When I was in high school, I thought business sounded like the most boring career path ever. (That’s me on the right, during my time working at an orchard.) Really. When I thought ‘business’ I thought paperwork and endless spreadsheets and meetings where people dress in formal clothes and talked for hours about numbers. It […]
How I Landed a Sales Role at a Startup Company
You don’t need a college degree to become successful in today’s world, and I’m working hard to prove that statement. Recently I started my new role as a Business Development Representative at Everyday Speech and I couldn’t be any more excited about the opportunity! How Did I Get Here? I don’t have an extravagant work […]