Lifestyle

Could You Imagine a World Without Bosses?

September 21, 2011

  Gary Hamel, a professor at the London Business School, talks about a world without bosses for the new Phoenix Lecture Series. His words are jarring and at first, way out there because from my American worldview working a corporate job, the hierarchy is just how things are and there is no other way to go about [...]

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Conan O’Brien 2011 Dartmouth Commencement Speech

June 13, 2011
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Consistency is Key – Postgrad Advice

June 8, 2011
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I just recently started to diet and exercise again. It’s so funny how you can’t tell how much freaking weight you’ve gained until you want to lose it. I mean, I knew that I definitely wasn’t in tip-top shape anymore. But I definitely didn’t realize that I’d become so chubby. I guess one warning should [...]

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New Blog Project: Faith Palm

April 23, 2011

Hey everybody. This is Mike here. Sorry that we’ve gone off the grid for quite a while now. Life has officially waylaid our plans to get this blog booming but if you did want to stay connected with my personal projects, check out my new blog project. The project is called Faith Palm and the [...]

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The Shift Away From Unemployment

February 18, 2010
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Maybe you’ve finally gotten that job you’re going for, like I have. Maybe you’re ready to put your job hunting days behind you, like I am. Conceptually, everything you’re looking for to stabilize your postgraduate life has been given to you. The question is, are you ready for it? Here are a couple things I’ve [...]

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The Real Postgrad Life: Dealing With Tragedy

January 21, 2010
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If you’re like me, you had a pretty heavy week last week. Sometimes bad things just happen in bunches and there’s really nothing you can really do about it. First and foremost, the Haitian earthquake happened. That was and still is truly terrible. A tragedy of the worst kind, but like a lot of tragedies [...]

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Keep on Walking, There is Significance Ahead

January 19, 2010
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Dear Postgrad, I know the difficulties that surround your life. The elusive future is always set before you, and the goals and ambitions you once held so dear are constantly shifting to adjust for the realities of your circumstance. It is a difficult position to be in; youthful naiveté collides full on with bitter reality, and the [...]

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Join Our Efforts to Help Haiti

January 14, 2010
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It’s easy to get caught up doing our own postgraduate “thing”. The drive for success, for career, for love, for pleasure and for personal security is something we all share but sometimes, events occur that are so sobering that we have to lay aside our own agendas to make the biggest difference we can. On [...]

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Time Management 101: How You Can Be Productive

January 13, 2010
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The trap of laziness looms menacingly over all, and any of us could fall victim to it’s enticing ways. And the reality is that laziness is indeed an attractive vice. This is because being inactive (as much as we internally hate it) gives us an opportunity to shut out all the stress and anxiety that [...]

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How To Stay Fit as a Postgrad

January 7, 2010
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We’ve mentioned this on the site before; things slow to a crawl when you graduate from college. Maybe your metabolism, maybe your sociability, maybe even your love life. One thing seems to go for sure, though – your discipline to stay fit. I know that happened to me. I’m a generally fit person. I’ve always [...]

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