SUCCESS
Why You Should Burn All Your Ships But Not Bridges In Your Career
There will be times in your work and life when you feel lost, confused and pulled in too many directions. Consequently, you become less productive and more anxious. After a while, you develop the desire to take action because you realize you’re stuck in place and going nowhere fast.
When these feelings wave over you, it’s time to assess your situation, goals and desires. For the intrepid risk takers, you may want to go for broke. Focus on the one thing that you love, are good at and have the chance to make a significant improvement in your life. This hyper-focused mindset is called the “burn all your ships” mentality.
This mindset emphasizes wholehearted dedication, determination and the willingness to go all-in on a singular purpose or goal without the safety net of a plan-B. You’ll need to eliminate all distractions and alternatives and focus entirely on achieving this specific objective.
The phrase “burn all your ships” encapsulates the idea of cutting off all means of escape or retreat, pushing forward with resolute determination and commitment toward a chosen path or objective without the option of turning back.
Since this mindset offers no fallback options, it emboldens you to have the courage to take on all the risks and the steely determination to overcome obstacles. You must see your goal through to completion. It encourages you to push beyond your comfort zone, embrace challenges head on and fully invest yourself in your endeavors with unwavering resolve.
How PwC’s AI Talent Marketplace Empowers Employees To Grow Their Careers
Employees are feeling overlooked. Nearly half of American workers (42%) don’t feel “cared for” by their employers, according to MetLife’s U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study.
These employees work diligently for years, grinding away and making little progress, as their employers neglect to offer any meaningful advice, guidance or strategies to help grow their careers. The result is that these workers become disengaged and their productivity declines, which is bad news for them and their respective organizations.
In a Zoom interview with Yolanda Seals-Coffield, principal and chief people officer at Big Four management consulting firm PwC, the talent executive shared her organization’s blueprint for recognizing the skills of its team members and how it enables them to pursue new internal opportunities.
How Immigrants Are Boosting U.S. Economic And Job Growth
Americans are becoming increasingly more concerned about border enforcement in the United States, with nearly half considering it a “crisis,” according to a poll by CBS News. Thirty percent of Americans view the border situation as “very serious.”
However, according to economic research, immigration has been a net positive to the U.S. economy, driving job growth and increasing consumer spending.
AI Makes 32-Hour Workweek Possible, Says Rep. Mark Takano
The global movement toward a 32-hour workweek is gaining traction in the United States with an endorsement by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Last Wednesday, Sanders introduced the Senate companion bill to Rep. Mark Takano’s (D-Calif.) Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act, reducing the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32, and lower the maximum hours threshold for overtime pay for non-exempt employees.
Layoffs And Pay Cuts Hit CEOs And Managers
Rank-and-file workers are not the only employees that have been impacted by the widespread layoffs and cost-cutting measures that have taken hold since the Great Resignation. In 2023, nearly half of all observed job cuts were manager-level or higher, according to research from Live Data Technologies. Layoffs in leadership made up almost two times the share of total terminations compared to the previous five-year average.
Introducing To The C-Suite: The ‘Chief Happiness Officer’
These days, people are finding it harder to be happy at work. Employee happiness has plummeted at a rate 10 times faster than previous years, according to research from human resources platform BambooHR.
It’s hard to be happy at work with the lingering fear that you will be laid off. To be competitive in the new artificial intelligence-driven economy and workplace, companies are pulling resources from non-priority departments and reallocating it toward generative AI-first projects and hiring.
Workers who report negative attitudes about their jobs believe they are inconsequential to their co-workers and employers, feel micromanaged by their bosses, worry that they are not valued in the workplace and fear new tech will make them obsolete within the next 10 years, a study by the American Psychological Associate found.
This weakened workplace morale costs the global economy $8.8 trillion in lost productivity. One solution to help tackle low job satisfaction and enhance employee experience is to appoint a “Chief Happiness Officer.”
How To Get A Job In Tough Times: All The Advice You Need To Succeed From A Top Executive Recruiter
There’s an old saying, “Tough times make tough people.” In this book, Jack Kelly will help guide you every step of the way in your job search to ensure that you stay strong, resilient and positive, and get that great, new job.
