As Farnoosh writes on the Prolific Living blog, mind maps help you visually and textually organize your thoughts in a way that gives you a structure, linking related concepts. You can use a mind map ...

Many of us are great at carrying out work or individual projects from start to finish—the whole shebang. For our life-long careers and dreams, however, we're less likely to have a plan with concrete ...

Career development plans often focus on specific roles and what skills or experiences an employee needs in order to grow at one company. Those types of plans are very important, but I think employees ...

A new year holds so much promise. It’s a chance to pause, reset, and get intentional about what truly matters to you. This year, I want to help you approach your career with clarity, purpose, and ...

Melissa, a reader from New York asks, “How can I plan for my career when the nature of work is changing so quickly?” I have written before on how automation is changing the job market and therefore ...

Finding purpose in your work helps you achieve more and avoid burnout. Here’s the key to planning a career that is authentically “you”. Picture walking into the office some bright, sunny, unspecified ...

I brainstormed a job change with AI to find my second career. Here's how you can do it, too. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and ...

There are jobs, and then there are careers. And for those with careers in the Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW), developing that career means compliance with Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement ...

In the entrepreneurial world, a business plan is a sacred text. You can’t get funding without a solid business plan, and even if you manage to scrape by without one, chances are your organization will ...

Tomasz Głowacki is a data scientist at Żabka Group, and an assistant professor at WSB Merito University Poznań in Poland. Some scientists think of a career path as being set in stone, following a ...

In 2014, I left a secure job at Goldman Sachs to start a nonprofit. On paper, it looked like a reckless move: no funding, no team, barely any experience. But it was the best decision I ever made ...