A drastic career transition may not be the change your life wants, but it might be just the change your life needs. Here are ten things to consider when deciding if such a change is right for you from Jenny Blake, author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One. [Image by Benjamin Child] Jenny Blake, our guest … Read More
How to Pivot and Why We Need to Get Better at It
Confidence: What Does It Take to Become Truly Confident?
Everyone wants more of it. Some seem to be born with it. Others had it and lost it. Some never seem to get it, no matter how hard they try. Whatever your story is, if you want more confidence, you’re going to have to go build it yourself. Here’s how. Confidence isn’t actually required to do anything. We can get … Read More
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Five Questions You’d Better Be Asking Yourself
These five questions are simple, but the answers can be transformative. Asking them of yourself will only take a few minutes each day, but the responses will continue to guide you throughout your life. [Image by Luca Biada] There’s an old Chinese proverb I love. “He who asks a question is fool for five minutes. He who does not ask … Read More
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What We’re Reading #1: The New Tsar, Red Rising, and Killing Pablo
The AoC team is a well-read bunch. Each month, I’ll share what I’ve been perusing and try to get the others to put their books down long enough to do the same. If you’ve got any suggestions for books you think we should be reading (or comments about what we’ve already read), drop us a line at our respective Twitter … Read More
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From the Vault #15 | How to Not Hate Networking
Our From the Vault series examines episodes from The Art of Charm’s past more deeply; we invite you to revisit them — or discover them for the first time — with us. This From the Vault examines Marsha Shandur’s tried and true methods for how to not hate networking. Episode 359: Saying Yes to Networking originally aired in December 2014 … Read More
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Social Capital: How to Acquire, Save, and Spend It Wisely
So what exactly is social capital? It sounds fancy. Here at The Art of Charm, we define it as the value that gets created when you share the resources you have in order to help others. Here are some tips on how to acquire, save, and spend social capital wisely. [Photo by Riley McCullough] What Is Social Capital? Some of … Read More
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Intentions: How to Figure out What People Really Want
If we can become more interested in one another’s real intentions, we can become better colleagues, better partners, better parents, better bosses, and better friends. That’s what this article is about: How to figure out what people really want — from you, from themselves, and from one another. [Photo by Parker Knight] “Words are deeds.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein The writer David … Read More
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From the Vault #14 | Mating in Captivity with Esther Perel
Our From the Vault series examines episodes from The Art of Charm’s past more deeply; we invite you to revisit them — or discover them for the first time — with us. This From the Vault looks at a conversation on relationships between two people who take them very seriously. Episode 410: Mating In Captivity was originally broadcast in May … Read More
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10 Counterintuitive Approaches to Self-Improvement with Mark Manson
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life author Mark Manson shares these ten counterintuitive approaches to self-improvement. [Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums] According to Mark Manson, caring too much can be bad for your health. That’s probably why he wrote a book called The Subtle Art of Not Giving … Read More
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Profiles of Success #10 | Jonathan Kamps
Jonathan Kamps was struggling with a “scarcity mindset about life and zero confidence,” and had “mastered pretty much every negative behavior in the book.” Listening to the AoC Podcast helped him turn things around; coming to the AoC Bootcamp in Los Angeles sealed the deal. Profiles of Success highlights the stories of the people who attend our AoC Bootcamp or partake … Read More
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