The Biggest Mistake Youre Making at Work -The JobNetwork

The Biggest Mistake Youre Making at Work -The JobNetworkJenny Blake, a former career coach at Google says Being stuck in one place for too long is notlage going to work. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1467144145037-0) ) In her new book Pivot, she goes on to describe what, in her view, is the biggest mistake people make in their careers. Namely, Taking action based on fear or shoulds.If you feel like you are stuck in an unfulfilling job or situation, afraid to change your situation for fear of it being the wrong decision, plagued by the what ifs, then Blakes book might be an important read for you.In the meantime, here are 10ways you could overcome your fear of change and make it work for you.1. Gather your courage.In order to turn an opportunity into an outcome, youll have to have the courage to try. Start shoring yours up.2. Embrace fear.Fear is totally normal, and almost impossible to get rid of entirely. We cant get rid of it, but we can change our rel ationship to it by changing how we react when were afraid.3.Harness anxiety.Sometimes your anxiety is a very effective radargert system helping you tell the good opportunities from the riskier ones. If you can dial down your panic a bit to listen to what your intuition is telling you, you can start to use your anxiety as a tool for helping you embrace the best change possible, rather than hiding from all change.4. Embrace failureJust like fear, failure can be a productive and useful tool. Next time you fail, try to figure out the lessons you can learn and move on. You wont fail at the same thing twice5. Be flexible.Learn how to improvise. You dont want to be the person who makes inflexible plans and then is unable to think fast on your feet.6. Gamble a little.Sometimes its a numbers game, or a matter of odds. Make a bunch of small bets on yourself and eventually your minor wins will add up to something major.7. Dont fear experimentation.You mustnt be afraid of trying new things. If you experiment often and continue trying new ways to succeed, youll get there a lot faster.8. Choose your battles.You cant win all the time. Pick the battles that mean the most to you, press for the things that matter, and retreat when its not worth your energy to fight.9. Always keep on moving.Make sure you keep moving forward, no matter what. Getting stuck is worse than stumbling a little on the path to success.10.Dont be a slacker.The best way to not be left in the dustor better, to find your best path to where you want to beis to keep up with your industry and your business. Stay on the cutting edge, where you have the best chance of pivoting.

4 Ways These Women Are Staying Sharp as Their Brains Age

4 Ways behauptung Women Are Staying Sharp as Their Brains Age The aging brain impacts us mora than we might imagine personally and professionally. As our bodies age, so do our minds. We move and speak slowly, and begin to experience loss of memory. This is because our brain activity is beginning to decline.Try not to freak out about growing old just yet. Studies have shown that brain activity actually doesnt need to decline with age if you remain physically and mentally active. Remaining a perpetual student of life, from writing to learning how to ride a bicycle, does indeed help protect our brains from aging.What are fun, out of the box ideas for stimulating brains before they start to age? Here are some of the best physical and mental exercises anyone can do to benefit brain activity.1. Learning a new language.As a Principal at BRAND PARTNERS NYC, Melis Steiner travels frequently for work. Ratzu sich than use a translator, she prefers interacting directly with local people and ta kes a few months to learn a new language at a time.It helps wake up parts of my brain that I probably dont use quite as often, Steiner notes.Steiner uses Pimsleur, a self-instruction language tool, to help herbei learn languages. She has found that taking these lessons has allowed her to improve her overall performance and sharpen her mental recall.Its a great exercise for the brain to do things that it doesnt always do. Steiner says, comparing it to the effectiveness of a cheat day in a diet routine. When you mix it up, you test your brain and expand its capabilities. The chances are that the more something frustrates you to learn, the more you should probably learn it and enjoy the process of flexing your brain muscle.2. Making a habit out of consuming brainfood.What is brainfood? Sue Khim, CEO of STEM learning app and website Brilliant, defines brainfood as a means of staying connected to the world and educated on a variety of topics that add to the brains knowledge. Non-working hours (AKA free time) are used to nourish the brain and create a productivity push.It wont come as a shock that marathoning The Bachelor doesnt count as brainfood. Khims current brainfood ranges from reading three books a month to practicing physics problems after dinner.She tries to make brainfood consumption a daily habit, but its more than just wanting to stimulate brain activity. Curiosity brings her joy that traditional unwinding activities, like Instagram scrolling, cannot.Mentally intensive activities are actually the best way for me to unplug. It has to be something thats hard enough that I cant do anything else at the same time.3. Training in martial arts.Charn Pennewaert is 49-years-old, a mother of four, and working professional. Shes the Executive Client Director at Oakleaf Technologies, a division of Oakleaf Partner Holdings, and also trains in Aikido each day. Aikido is a modern Japanese art that helps Pennewaert better maintain work-life balance.Daily training helps m e empty my mind, develop my focus, and stay centered and grounded. Pennewaert says. She enjoys martial arts so much that she is also a Sandan and Fukushidoin, and has been an assistant teacher for the past 18 years.What else does Pennewaert count on to keep her brain activity sharp? Meditation. Not only does she practice meditation, but she instills one of its greatest lessons conscious breathing in her regimen and in her teachings for kids classes four times a week.4. Taking time to rest.Sometimes, when our brains must complete a task that requires a great amount of cognitive demand, it may turn out to be more difficult than anticipated even with total concentration. Nobody understands this better than Joy Kinney MSR CCC-SLP, a Speech Language Pathologist at Carolina Speech and Hearing.Kinney specializes in neurological changes that occur across the lifespan, and has discovered that when something is too hard to complete its perfectly fine to take a rest break. By taking a few mi nutes to yourself, you are able to restart your brain and strategize again on the task at hand. It should be a little easier to complete once you have stepped away for a few minutes.--Deborah Sweeney is the CEO ofMyCorporation.com which provides online legal filing services for entrepreneurs and businesses, startup bundles that include corporation and LLC formation, registered werber services, DBAs, and trademark and copyright filing services. You can find MyCorporation on Twitter atMyCorporation and Deborah atdeborahsweeney.