At the beginning of this year, I embarked on a quest to find more inspiration in my life. I thought it would be cool to invite others to join me, so posted about it here at the beginning of January. And I tried to write approximately a post a week about career strategy, job-getting, time [...]
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There’s a part of me that can’t believe I’ve been writing this blog for over three years and have only mentioned this book once. My relationship with Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life began way before that. Yes, it’s categorized as a book on writing and there is a lot of solid information on [...]
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Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality is a nuts and bolts book on completing projects by Scott Belsky, the founder of Behance and the related The 99% think tank and annual conference. The name, The 99%, is based on Thomas Edison’s quote, “Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration” and [...]
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Let me start out by saying The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield is not just for artists. It’s for anyone who is struggling to accomplish a big (or not-so-big) goal. The back of the book describes it as being for anyone who dreams of [...]
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There are a few books I have returned to several times throughout my life, when needed, because they offered a quick “out” from whatever rut I find myself in. Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life by Bill O’Hanlon is one of those books. The book is based on the author’s [...]
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I’ve been thinking a lot about collaboration recently; about how modern technology allows us to work together remotely to create together or work together to achieve goals we couldn’t have dreamed of accomplishing collectively a few years ago. A friend of mine from high school who I haven’t seen since (but who I remember fondly [...]
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I'm Jenny Yerrick Martin, a veteran hiring executive, career consultant and strategist, expert resume, bio, and web content writer, and the creator of entertainment career site, YourIndustryInsider.com.
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