The post below is a reprint of an article written by Trent Hamm of TheSimpleDollar.com.
Most career advice you receive focuses on the big picture: how to get ahead, how to “win”,and such things that are on a much larger scale than the daily grind that most of us face. In fact, it is that day to day grind that pulls down many of us – we go to work, come home exhausted, and often feel as though we’re just spinning our wheels.
If you want to get ahead in your career and in your life, you need to start small and look at the immediate things you can do to help out your situation. If you’re sitting out there at your desk, tiredly wondering if there’s something better that you can be doing with your life, start with these fifteen tips that you can start executing immediately that will lead you down a path towards a better career.
20 Things I’m Thankful for this Thanksgiving
By Kevin M
Turkey and all the trimmings. Football games. Family reunions. The official beginning of the Christmas season. The Macy’s parade. That’s what Thanksgiving is all about, right?
Not quite. Thanksgiving, first and foremost, is about giving thanks. In the secular, post modern, science-driven world we live in, that part gets lost in all the other festivities. But all of us have much to be thankful for, and usually much more than we think.
Do you spend time thinking about what it is you’re thankful for this time of year? If you don’t, you should. I’ll even lead off by listing what it is I’m thankful for. If you give it some thought, you’ll probably find yourself being thankful for many of the same things. Some are deeper than others, some are on the light side, but I’m thankful for them all. And if I gave it more thought, I’m sure I could easily double the list.
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