Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56 on October 5, 2011. The visionary behind Macs, iPods, iPads, and iPhones has left an indelible mark on technology in the 21st century.


Check out Jobs' commencement address to the Stanford Graduating Class of 2005 where he offers some solid advice that we all could benefit from:

RiP Steve Jobs.

Give Yourself a 30 Day Challenge

Feel like your stuck in a rut? Try implementing a 30 day challenge. Turns out that 30 days is just the right amount of time to add a (good) habit or subtract a (bad) one.


Matt Cutts, who works for the Search Quality group at Google, specializing in search engine optimization issues, gave a TED talk in which he describes how these short-term challenges have such benefits as time becoming more memorable and increased self-confidence.


Watch Cutts' talk here and then go ahead and write that novel, practise yoga, floss your teeth, or commit to any other challenge, big or small, for the next month!

A Huge Payoff You Deserve

For anyone who's ever struggled with self-doubt in their personal or professional life (and really, which one of us CCGs hasn't felt uncertainty at some point in our lives?), check out Want a Huge Payoff? Value Yourself, an enlightening post by Susan Biali, M.D. from her Psychology Today blog Prescriptions for Life.

Biali's key message when it comes to relationships, your physical appearance, or your life path is to stand up for yourself and value yourself in spite of what anyone else says. You'll be amazed by the success this way of thinking will bring you.

Click here to read the entire article or copy and paste this link into your Web browser:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prescriptions-life/201007/want-huge-payoff-value-yourself

Social media for professional use

In this day and age digital networking has become an important way for establishing professional contacts. In How to Network in the Digital Age, Brandon Miller offers some great tips on how to use social media to your professional advantage.

Click here to read Miller's entire article or copy and paste this link into your Web browser:

http://career-advice.monster.ca/job-hunt-strategy/professional-networking/how-to-network-in-the-digital-age/article.aspx

Sorority of compassion

June is convocation season and who better to offer the grads of today and leaders of tomorrow with inspirational and empowering words than the preeminent Oprah Winfrey? In fact, even us career gals can learn a thing or two from this moving speech. Check out this 4-minute video of highlights from Winfrey's Commencement Address to the Class of 2008 at the 117th Stanford University Commencement on June 15, 2008:


Want more? View the entire 30-minute commencement speech here:

How can I help?

Check out this inspiring video of American writer, editor, and publisher Dave Eggers acccepting his 2008 TED Prize. Eggers talks about how his 826 Valencia writing center inspired others to open their own volunteer-driven, creative writing labs. He urges the TED community to do what they can to engage with local public schools in both a personal and creative manner. Best of all, he reminds us that the simple act of asking a teacher "How can I help?" is all it takes to make a difference.

To watch Eggers' entire TED Talk, click on the video below:

Learn more about Dave Eggers and his work, and also share your own volunteering stories, at his website onceuponaschool.org

Persist through C.R.A.P.

Watch this entertaining TEDTalk by author and motivational speaker Richard St. John, and in less than 4 minutes you'll find out the 8 traits that lead to success.