The TPB Copy Editor’s Blog
Your writing represents you, your credibility, and your reputation.
It’s not Easy to Leave a Community You’ve Called Home
Expressing gratitude communicates the lasting value you place on relationships [...]
The Career Generalists Blog — Perspective, Value, and Opportunity
Why launch a blog about career generalists when it has little to do with our core business? It’s not as far-fetched an idea as you might think. This introduction will explain what I’m doing by transitioning this blog and why I’m doing it.
An Overlooked Mistake Can Prove Costly to Your Business
An overlooked mistake sets the stage
I recently read a 2016 online article about a car dealership that worked with a direct marketing firm to create a “sweepstakes ad campaign.” The campaign included 50,000 lottery-style scratch-off tickets. The individual holding the grand prize-winning ticket would receive $1,000.
Asking Children: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
What do you want to be when you grow up? As a child, my ideas about how to answer this question changed frequently. Whenever I found a subject, industry, or a job that seemed interesting, I would “dive in” (a generalist’s attribute) and envision myself in those roles. My parents expected me to stay in school, and one day, have a career. I wanted to embrace that expectation but couldn’t figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. However, I only wanted to pursue work in a particular field if I genuinely found it interesting.
Don’t Allow Others to Steal the Credit for Your Work
Have you ever completed a project successfully at work only to have someone else steal the credit for your work?
What happens when someone steals the credit you deserve?
Stealing credit for the work of others happens all too often. You've just finished a project at work and the results were positive on all fronts. This success could not have come at a more opportune moment because you're only a couple of weeks away from your year-end review at work.
What Does It Mean for You to Act Like an Entrepreneur?
Do you act like an entrepreneur? There are 22 million single-person business owners in the U.S. that operate with no employees. There are many who undoubtedly feel that a true entrepreneur is characterized simply by the level of risk or size of the investment required.