Career Success Archives

Introverts, Have You Scheduled Your Restorative Niches? [Updated]

May 13, 2019 by Marc Miller 1 Comment

Restorative Niches I learned about restorative niches from the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. Many people who know me find it hard to believe, but I am very much a closet introvert. I appear to be very extroverted because I am a public speaker and […]

Top 5 Career Books that have Nothing to do with Careers [Updated]

April 22, 2019 by Marc Miller 2 Comments

Top 5 Career Books You may wonder which books I recommend to my clients or what I have been reading. It may surprise you that none of the books I am going to recommend from my list are conventional career books. Let’s get started. Note this post was originally published in October of 2015. It […]

How to Remain Valuable in a Volatile Market [Guest Post]

April 8, 2019 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

The job market today is incredibly volatile. People are staying with the same company for shorter periods of time (partially due to many companies’ lack of loyalty to their employees). Well educated employees are coming from overseas, companies are outsourcing certain business functions, and many companies employ the tactic of laying off tenured employees in […]

This Is Not What I Signed Up For Moment

November 12, 2018 by Marc Miller 5 Comments

This Is Not What I Signed Up For! I have had multiple discussions with people who are having This Is Not What I Signed Up For Moments. These people are at all levels who have taken new jobs and found out that the job responsibilities were different than what they expected. I like to say they […]

How People Think of You May Be Frozen in Time

September 24, 2018 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

Frozen in Time How people from our past think of us may be frozen in time. We all have colleagues from the early years of our career who do not think of us in today’s terms. They remember us how we were back then. Their memories of us are frozen in time. I learned about this concept […]

Switching to Digital: How to Jumpstart Your Remote Career [Guest Post]

September 17, 2018 by guest blogger 2 Comments

Jumpstart Your Remote Career Remote work is on the rise and will most likely continue trending in that direction. Particularly with studies continuing to show that remote workers are happier, healthier and more productive. Or at least they can be. Whether remote work is a positive or negative experience all depends on how you manage […]

Are You a Square Peg Trying to Fill a Round Hole? [Updated]

August 13, 2018 by Marc Miller 24 Comments

Square Peg? Are you the square peg trying to fit into a round hole in your career? I have been working with quite a few square pegs. They just do not fit into the traditional roles that corporations define. Some try to squeeze themselves into those roles. Some are very successful. Unfortunately, they usually end […]

What If You Are Not Passionate About Anything? [Updated]

June 6, 2018 by Marc Miller 71 Comments

What If You Are not Passionate About Anything? Well, there are a lot of us out there who are not passionate about any ONE thing. We are passionate about a combination of things! I have talked about those interests that you must fulfill to be happy. In a previous post, I talked about my wife […]

Are You Likeable? Does It Matter for Career Success? [Updated]

May 9, 2018 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Are You Likeable? Is it important to be likable as it relates to your work and career? Do you consider yourself a likable person? Think about some of the best people you have worked with. Have they been likeable? Is it important to be likable to be successful? In most cases, the answer is “yes.” Now, Steve Jobs […]

Are Your Emails Ignored? Call Them on the Telephone!

April 30, 2018 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Emails Ignored? I was trying to reach out to a LinkedIn connection last week and it appeared my connection ignored all of my email attempts. Emails were sent to their personal and business accounts. I sent them a LinkedIn message. I got crickets back. Most of you at this point would have given up. Not […]