https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/rss en-us Sometimes it takes the richest man in the world to bring down a bully; sometimes, the Speaker of the House... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5697 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0500 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5697-how-to-bring-down-a-bully-or-extortionist---lessons-from-jeff-bezos-nancy-pelosi-and-more Jeff Bezos People get freaked out when we ask "What's your career plan?" but it isn't a complicated decision. There are really only three choices. You can keep the job you've got now, and grow muscles in place. That doesn't mean going to sleep on your career, doing the work on your desk and hoping that somebody else looks after your career plan. It means using the job you've got to actually get stronger, more marketable, more confident, more well-networked and more purposeful. It's an active process. If you want to keep the job you've got now for another year or more,... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1940 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:12:36 -0500 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1940-your-2015-career-plan-stay-put-change-jobs-or-build-a-two-lane-highway My friend Amy decided that she'd had it with her job. "I used to love my work, but I'm grossly underpaid after four years with the company, the creative challenges have dried up, and the workload has grown to the point where it's ridiculous," she told me. Amy had figured out that if she could pin down five clients for the graphic design business she planned to launch after New Year's Day, she'd make as much money as she had made at the full-time job, and have a lot more free time. Amy made a firm commitment to quit her job on January 2, 2011. She didn't get to carry out her plan, because... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1939 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:25:29 -0500 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1939-the-end-of-employment