Careers with Purpose
Updated Feb, 15, 2021 Can telling your story help you find your purpose in life? We love to tell stories. In fact, stories are so powerful that they come to define our realities. Our ancestors sat around the fire and told stories. The stories had
Where do you see yourself in five years? The first time I was ever asked this question in an interview, I had no clue how to answer. I’d never thought about it before. Yeah, it’s a fairly routine interview question. But I didn’t know how
Be creative in how you apply your skills in the marketplace. For the love of God we were not taught to be creative when I was a kid. We thought about careers as a series of boxes. You had to fit into a certain career-box.
Updated Dec 11, 2022 I once held the hand of a stranger who had just found out she was about to die. She was in her late 60s, diagnosed suddenly with terminal cancer and weeks to live. I was an awkward young seminarian, training to
Updated February 1, 2023 When I got to Ottawa, I found that everyone had ideas about how to be successful. Friends told me that I should get a job as a policy advisor in a cabinet minister’s office or for a politician. In some ways,
I was having lunch with a fellow PhD working outside of academia the other day, and I articulated something I’ve been thinking but didn’t quite know how to say. I don’t regret my PhD. I really don’t, even though I’m cynical about academia. It’s a
As I’ve transitioned to a post-PhD career, I’ve realized something. Success is all about mindset. Now before you imagine those cheesy posters from the 90s that had motivational quotes on them (hands up if you’re old enough to remember those), let me explain. It’s super
I was raised religious, and as a kid there were two career paths that appealed to me more than any others: missionary and minister. I felt that I’d been put on this earth for some higher purpose, and what higher purpose could there be than
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