Is This Working?

...Memes have infected my brain to the point where this is all I can think when I look at the cover.

You can't leave early for Thanksgiving if you're already home! But you can read this and be grateful for the coworkers who make your job easier.

Working Hard, or Over-Working?

I’m doing a FREE workshop on Wednesday, October 18th, at 6pm, through the University of Chicago Graham School. It’s in downtown Chicago (and in-person attendees get the added benefit of cheese and cookies) but also open to online participants. Click here to register. And if you’re not convinced yet, the full description is below.

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Workshop: Working Hard or Over-Working?

We all face stress and frustration in the course of our working lives, so how can you determine how much is too much? Some people have a higher tolerance than others, but everyone has a limit. When so many success stories entail “going above and beyond,” it can be hard to feel confident saying enough is enough. In this workshop, you’ll learn strategies to prevent burnout and techniques for effective and appropriate self-advocacy.

Learning Outcomes

Create scripts that allow you to push back against unreasonable demands

Understand which battles are worth fighting and which are a waste of energy

Learn time-management tools to minimize your stress.

Develop methods to make your work visible and maximize your professional reputation

Part II of my deep dive on career-changing and job-searching: how to land a longshot job, write a compelling cover letter, and figure out if you really need to go to grad school.

The latest installment of Dear Businesslady just went live on The Billfold. I think it’s the hardest I’ve ever worked on the column (thanks in part to the thoughtful feedback I got from the LW), and I’m so happy with how it turned out.

Dear Businesslady: How Do I Respect My Coworker’s Gender (and My Own)? Advice for the trans/nonbinary and their maybe-not-quite-woke-yet colleagues

And since I’ve apparently failed to share them here, here are the two columns preceding it:

Dear Businesslady: How Do I Sequester My Stresses? Advice for the anxious (and aren’t we all the anxious?)

Dear Businesslady: “Does This Get Easier?” Advice for the beleaguered and be-babied

There are also a bunch of book excerpts and interviews that have popped up online since my last post. Plus I was on TV!

It’s Tuesday 6/6, 1–2pm at the UChicago Bookstore/Hyde Park Barnes & Noble. Full details here.

You don’t even have to buy a book—although...

If you know anyone who lives in or around Oswego, NY,* send ’em to the river’s end for a full day of festivities (storytime for kids, a taco truck, craft beer/wine, live music, and more).

I’ll be signing books and offering on-the-spot career advice at 4pm on 4/29.  Full event details are here.

The final giveaway is over! Read the best/worst work stories at the link above.

If you want your own copy of my book, you’re in luck — it’s out now! (@ Amazon, B&N, IndieBound, Target, etc.)

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To enter the contest, send me your worst/best Work Gone Wrong experience: instructive, embarrassing, hilarious, scary, or any combination thereof. More info at the link.

The contest is over! Read the winning advice at the link.