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Forever Employable Stories: Lindsey Pollak, NYT best-selling author and multi-generational work expert

Featured by Jeff Gothelf, posted in books, brand, career path, Forever Employable Stories, Productivity, Uncategorized, work ethic, writing

Just ask for what you want. It sounds simple and straightforward and yet so few of us actually do it. It's something I've had to practice doing, shushing the voice in my head, "you're just going to bother that already-busy person, leave them alone." Well, it turns out just asking pays off. That's how I … Continue reading Forever Employable Stories: Lindsey Pollak, NYT best-selling author and multi-generational work expert

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Forever Employable Stories: Alisa Cohn, #1 Startup Coach in the World

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I was lucky enough to meet Alisa Cohn by chance. Dorie Clark, who wrote the forward for Forever Employable, invited me to a virtual cocktail party a few months ago where Alisa was the co-host. We kept in touch over the subsequent months and recently I had a chance to catch up with Alisa one-on-one … Continue reading Forever Employable Stories: Alisa Cohn, #1 Startup Coach in the World

Danny Thompson - software developer and community leader

Forever Employable Stories: Danny Thompson, software developer and community leader

Featured by Jeff Gothelf, posted in brand, career path, Forever Employable Stories, Meetups, Productivity, Ways of working, work ethic

I stumbled across Danny Thompson’s twitter account not too long ago. Immediately I noticed that this was no ordinary software developer. Not only was he humbly sharing his learning journey online with his followers, he was giving back to them by helping them get hired in the software industry. In the meantime he’d grown his … Continue reading Forever Employable Stories: Danny Thompson, software developer and community leader

Forever Employable Stories: Jared Kirby, Traditional fencing master and fight director

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In anticipation of the launch of my new book, Forever Employable, I’ll be sharing a series of interviews and stories from people from all different professions who have created a platform for themselves to make them forever employable. In this episode, I speak with Jared Kirby, traditional fencing master and fight director. An amazing teacher … Continue reading Forever Employable Stories: Jared Kirby, Traditional fencing master and fight director