A simple question: is wine healthy? Yet your answer may not be so simple. It will not be based purely on facts but also on your personal point of view. If you love sipping wine, your brain will start to look for arguments to prove that wine is actually good for your health. You will …
4 tips that help you negotiate higher salary
Salary negotiation is something that repeats throughout your career and it’s also something that makes most people scared. The easiest time to get more money is of course before you’ve been hired. While you negotiate salary during interview. But sometimes you don’t want to leave your company just to get more. You want to negotiate …
Fear of negotiation which you need to overcome
Typical job interview. You’re sitting in a room with a bunch of people. HR manager, technical recruiter and the lead of your future team. You’re talking about your education, past experience and your skills. They want to assess if you fit into the team by verifying your soft-skills. The way you communicate with others, how …
How to deal with toxic people?
You walk into the office feeling energized. You drink a cup of coffee while having a delightful chit-chat in the social room. You’re about to start your daily duties feeling motivated and cheerful. But there is this one person or maybe even a few of them who will definitely kill your positive attitude. They will …
3 types of toxic people that will kill your team’s motivation
You probably actually met a few toxic people in your career. Those who were like the cancer of the workplace and disrupted your well-being, happiness and motivation at work. You avoided scheduling meetings with them, making eye contact with them and you always walked out of the break room the second they walked in. In …
Is it worth hiring a star? The myth of talent portability
There are many companies which boast about hiring the best of the best. Looking for stars sounds like a great business approach to staffing your company. Who wouldn’t want to work with people renowned in their field of expertise or known for their successful careers? Managers also tend to believe that hiring stars is the …
How does body shape influence first impression?
Have you ever made a snap judgment within the first few seconds of meeting a stranger? It might have been a conscious and deliberate response or just the opposite, subconscious and unintentional. Or maybe you’re not that type of person and you’re more likely to call it as it is and say: “I’m not like …
Toxic coworkers can be more expensive than superstars
Leaders in companies like to hire the best people they can find in the market. In our success-oriented world nobody wants to work with mediocre employee. All-star teams only. They want to work with the best of the best so they come up with catchy phrases like: “Looking for black belt ninja. Come join us …
How to overcome the Dunning-Kruger effect?
You must have read my previous article: what stops incompetent people from feeling embarassed describing how the Kruger-Dunning effect makes people confident enough to express their opinions on a particular subject even if they are not experts in that field. They actually do it even if they have no idea what they are talking about. …
What stops incompetent people from feeling embarrassed?
Let me introduce you to Karen and Paul. They’re confident but not exactly the best performers at work. They believe they’ve got superhero powers but nobody really appreciates that. I bet you’ve met similar people during the course of your career. People who were incompetent and unable to recognize their incompetence. Now it’s high time …