By the time young people hear an inspiring commencement speech it’s too late—they are already pretty far down the wrong road.  The critical decision on what to major in has set them on a course with long-term consequences that won’t be apparent until long after they’ve graduated. 
 A career choice is immensely difficult; it’s one of [...]

Video provided courtesy of CharlieRose.com
We make decisions today that will eventually shape our tomorrow.  In this video, Jared Diamond talks about his book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, an exhaustive study of the kinds of decisions that lead to a collapse of a society (e.g., Easter Island).   
Through his life’s work in evolutionary biology, accompanied [...]

According to the latest research, if you don’t like your job it could be because your friends’ behavior is rubbing off on you. The new social science of “social contagion” is revealing that the choices we make about our bodies, health, career and even our politics can be strongly influenced by our friends. 
A recent article [...]

The aim of The Careerologist blog is to shine light on the underlying reasons why so few people are on the right career path. I’ve been a career design consultant for over 15 years and I’ve met a lot of unhappy people who are stuck in jobs that don’t utilize their natural talents. And lately, [...]