Entries by First Sun Team

#Leadership : Overcoming Burnout: 5 Ways To Get Back On Track At Work…What Is Burnout? Career Burnout is a Chronic Psychological Condition Characterized by Exhaustion, Cynicism & a Lack of Professional Efficacy

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Why People Experience Burnout ?  Excessive workloads, unrealistic time pressures and resulting exhaustion certainly contribute to burnout, but they alone are not responsible. Day-to-day social interactions and a lack of civility in the workplace are a primary cause. “I haven’t seen you smile in a week,” Anne vividly recalls her husband saying. She was in […]

#Leadership : How To Answer Nasty, Scathing Emails…This Type of Email is Known in Cyberspace as “Flaming,” & All such Messages have a Single Thing in Common—A Complete & Utter Lack of Emotional Intelligence (EQ).

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We’ve All Been on the Receiving End of a Scathing Email, as well as its mysterious, vaguely insulting cousins. You know the messages I’m referring to. They don’t need exclamation points or all caps to teem with anger and drip with sarcasm. Dressing someone down via email is tempting because it’s easy—you have plenty of […]

Got Kids ? : Outcomes: Choosing a Major…Of Course there’s More to a Career than just a Paycheck, but it is One Big Thing to Consider When Choosing a Major, as it Will Influence your Future Salary.

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Check out a Color-Coded Graph representing 85 majors over the course of 45 years & the Income Generated. There are also colored graphs representing the Highest Paid Jobs in 10 Different Fields at Entry Level, Mid-Career, & Late-Career to see how they change or progress. Other Graphs Illustrate the Top & Bottom 10 Majors based […]

#Strategy : What to Do When You’re Stuck in a Painfully Boring Meeting …How Can I Get Out of a Meeting Faster, Especially When I Feel ‘Stuck?

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“I Think a Lot of People Face this Problem at Work,” says Taylor. “Poorly Run Meetings in Corporate America have become a Pandemic, & Technology has Only Changed the Venue, not their pervasiveness. As a result, you’re often invited to meetings that are inconsequential to your work or contributions. You’re stuck.” We recently solicited readers […]

#Leadership : What To Do When People Break Their Promises?… It’s an Old Rule of Life that we Teach People How to Treat Us. It’s Easier to Just Let it Go & Hope They’ll Be More Reliable Next Time. The Problem Is, They Rarely Are.

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But Here’s the Deal: When you Decide Not to Call Someone on their Broken Promise & Ill-Managed Commitment, You’re, Albeit Inadvertently, Being Part of the Problem. The one thing you can count on is to expect more of it. More broken promises. More turning up late. More cut corners. More well worn excuses. More missed deadlines. […]

Your #Career : Searching for a Job the Smart Way: How to Use your Mobile Device to Land your Dream Job?…Take Note that Mobile Devices are only Tools to Finding your Career the Best Career Option– It Will Still Require you to Be Extremely Determined & to Showcase your Skillset, & Knowledge in that Specific Field to Land the Job of your Dreams.

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Mobile technology is an essential tool for people nowadays, as it has brought significant benefits with its ability to process requests via a single device. It has the capability to help you find your dream job without the need to leave your home. In fact, a 2014 Glassdoor survey revealed that 9 out of 10 […]

#Leadership : To Achieve Excellence, Dare To Be Bad…An Appeal that Harvard MBAs are not Used to Hearing: in Order to Achieve #Excellence, you Need the Courage to be Bad.

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People compete against each other on every dimension, and work harder and harder and harder. To break out of that you don’t need any more capability, but you do need enormous courage to say, if I am going to be really good at something, I am going to be bad at something else. If I […]

Your #Career: How To Stay Upbeat When Your Job Search Pulls You Down…If You’re Out of #Work Right Now, you’ll Know Staying Positive in Your Job Hunt Can be Easier Said than Done. If You’ve Been Out of Work Over 6 Months, Even More so.

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Repeated Rejections can Take a Toll. But as Challenging as It Can Be to Stay Positive When You’re Out of Work, it’s ultimately in your power to do just that. Here are 8 Practical Ways to help you use the extra time on your hands in a way that not only helps you emerge from […]

Your #Career: The 10 Best #Jobs for #Millennials Right Now… To Help you Decide What to Do Next Or, if You’re a Recent Grad just Joining the #Workforce, to Guide you in the Right Direction.

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According to research from Pew, there are Approximately 75 Million #Millennials — those between the ages of 18 and 34 — in the US right now. This Group is Known for a Lot of Things. One of them: Job Hopping.  So, there’s a good chance that if you’re a millennial reading this, you’re on the hunt […]

#Leadership: Toxic #Boss? How Successful People Overcome Them…7 of the Most Common Types of Bad Bosses & the Strategies that #SuccessfulPeople Employ to Work Effectively with Them.

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Bad Bosses Contaminate the #Workplace. Some do so obliviously, while others smugly Manipulate their #Employees, using them as instruments of their own success.  Regardless of their methods, bad bosses cause irrevocable damage to their companies and employees by hindering performance and creating unnecessary stress.  The stress your boss causes is bad for your health. Multiple […]