My Summer Reading (and Viewing and Listening) List
I’m not gonna lie. Been feeling a little restless since I started this social media fast.
On the plus side, I've had more time for reading, viewing, and listening on other platforms, and I thought I'd share the ones that are (mostly) career-related.
Salary Negotiation - The title says it all: How to Be an Ace Salary Negotiator (Even When You Hate Conflict). One of my favorite lines, "negotiation should be a conversation, not a confrontation." I also appreciate that gender is addressed in this article, which brings me back to a video from the archives that continues to surprise me no matter how many times I watch it. One final note about the ace negotiator article: it comes from the Smarter Living section in the New York Times, which is one of the few blogs I subscribe to and read faithfully. Another recent fav covered FOBO (Fear of Better Options, which I see often in my practice).
Networking - A new-to-me artcile about shaking up the traditional paradigm around making connections for the sake of exploring a career and/or finding a job. It's called The Best Networking Advice: Stop Asking People to Coffee. Bottomline: don't be formulaic.
Prototyping Career Shifts - Pivot Planet is an organization that allows you to talk to someone in a specific field and get the real truth of what it's like. There's a fee for time with these folks, but it takes the awkward ask out of the equation that shuts many people down. So, if you're curious about being a wine importer, professional speaker, shipbuilder, animation film producer, or another esoteric or mundane professional, this is fun site to explore.
Job Crafting - Hidden Brain, one of my favorite podcasts, just rebroadcast an episode on Dream Jobs, which is wonderful because I missed it when it first aired. The episode covers meaning and purpose at work, adding credence to my latest motto: seek purpose to build passion.
Finding Meaning and Purpose - The article called Want to Love Your Job? Read this Article offers more insight along the theme of meaning. Notable line: Your work may not change the world. But your approach to it makes a meaningful difference in how you and those your work with, and serve, feel.
Multipotentialites - Emilie Wapnick's TED talk called Why Some of Us Don't Have One True Calling isn't new to me. Delivered in 2015, it's becoming a classic in the career world, but I include it on this list because I'm talked to so many clients these past few months who haven't heard it and who feel validated and affirmed by Emilie's message.
It would be a stretch to call these other favorites career-related, but they're just so darn good, I'm compelled to add to my list. I hope you'll indulge me.
Hannah Gadsby's Nanette special on Netflix - Part standup routine, part advocacy talk. It was absolutely stunning to witness how masterfully she delivered such a powerful message. She's someone who has clearly done intense personal work, and what I really, really love about her talk is that she serves as an amazing role model for women being angry in an effective and meaningful way. Simply exquisite work.
Sarah Blondin's guided meditation - My sis suggested I listen to this particular meditation called Loving and Listening to Yourself. 12 minutes of pure affirmation and nourishment.
Rachel Simmons' book Enough As She Is - The modern version of Reviving Ophelia, covering social media, perfectionism, and academic pressure and how it tends to affect girls. Vital for parents of teen and college-age girls and also a great glimpse into social pressures on girls and women.
Tara Brach's talk - I've been searching for a way to articulate to myself and my clients the difference between acceptance and resignation, the difference between greeting what's here and resisting and wrestling with what's already happened, the difference between turning toward and turning away from our experience, and Tara Brach's talk called Saying 'Yes" - Meeting Your Edge and Softening comes as close I've ever heard.
I love hearing what others are watching and listening to, so send me your suggestions.