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January 18, 2020

January 2020 Daily Insight #18 - Think About This

Day #18– It’s Saturday, January 18, 2020. Here’s your daily insight to start maximizing your career and create a more engaged professional experience. Spend some time this weekend and think about your immediate next move.  I know it’s not the most exciting thing in the world, but I’ve found it’s really important to have a sense

January 17, 2020

January 2020 Daily Insight #17 - Relax By Trying This

Day #17– It’s Friday, January 17, 2020. Here’s your daily insight to start maximizing your career and create a more engaged professional experience. TRY FLOATING!  Have you heard of those Epson salt “Float” tanks were you lay in a dark pod for an hour in complete silence?  Does just the thought of that give you anxiety??  Haha.

January 16, 2020

January 2020 Daily Insight #16 - Get Out & Do This

Day #16– It’s Thursday, January 16, 2020. Here’s your daily insight to start maximizing your career and create a more engaged professional experience. Get Out & About (in the office).  That’s right.   Get up from your desk and walk around. Open your office door and see what’s happening with the team.   Not a ton – just 2 or 3 ti

January 15, 2020

January 2020 Daily Insight #15 - Please Stop Saying This

Day #15– It’s Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Here’s your daily insight to start maximizing your career and create a more engaged professional experience. Please, please, please stop saying, “Think Outside of the Box. ” It’s an eye-roller.   It’s boring.  It doesn’t motivate anyone.  There.   Done.   Now you have two things you nev

January 14, 2020

January 2020 Daily Insight #14 - Ask Your Manager This

Day #14– It’s Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Here’s your daily insight to start maximizing your career and create a more engaged professional experience. Have an easy (but frank) conversation with your Manager about your performance.  Don’t overcomplicate it – something easy like “I want to talk with you about how I’m doing” or “I’d

January 13, 2020

January 2020 Daily Insight #13 - Commute This Way

Day #13– It’s Monday, January 13, 2020. Here’s your daily insight to start maximizing your career and create a more engaged professional experience. Try commuting in silence today.   See what it’s like to take out those ear pods or turn off that car radio…it’s more challenging than you think!  I’ve found a ton of value by going

January 12, 2020

January 2020 Daily Insight #12 - Create This

Day #12– It’s Sunday, January 12, 2020. Here’s your daily insight to start maximizing your career and create a more engaged professional experience. Create a “Knowledge Piggy Bank”– a list of Books, Articles, TED Talks, and PodCasts that you can always pull from if/when you need some professional (or personal) development. I lik

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In our weekly podcast, Engaged Pursuit Founder Tom Perry highlights the most pressing issues for employees and managers across the tech sector. With his real-world, relatable style, Tom delivers quick, insightful, employee-centered career content to help tech pros, executives and teams address the issues common to a career in tech -- from job changes and workplace challenges, to bad bosses and feeling “stuck.” Available on Apple and Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast.

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