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Friday, August 15, 2008

Welcome! Thrilling Heroics is a site for young professionals and college students who want to pursue an unorthodox, exciting lifestyle & career. If you like what you read here, subscribe for free and get tips on personal development, entrepreneurship, branding & lifestyle design delivered to your email inbox or RSS reader. I believe that over the last [...]

Check Out ThrillingDesign.com If You Need Help With WordPress & Blogging

Monday, August 4, 2008

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There have been several recent changes in my online empire. In addition to the new blog community search tool I recently introduced to the blogosphere, I’ve mentioned my new freelance site a few times, and my recent interview at ABCnews.com, but I wanted to take this opportunity to officially invite you all to visit ThrillingDesign.com, [...]

Announcing an Awesome New Community Search Tool for the Blogosphere!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Ever since I discovered Google Custom Search, I’ve been using it to pinpoint the exact kind of awesome articles, tips and tricks I’m looking for much quicker, and to increase my efficiency and decrease the time it takes me to find answers or write up blog posts. Personally, I’m a big fan of productivity lists, how-to’s, [...]

Thoughts on Working From Home and Starting Out as a Freelance Web Worker

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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As a follow-up to my post the other day, How to Make Friends with Career Columnists and Influence Mainstream News Organizations, I’d like to share some more of the insights from my conversation with ABCnews.com columnist Michelle Goodman. She asked a number of really great questions, and naturally only a very small part of our [...]

How to Make Friends with Career Columnists and Influence Mainstream News Organizations

Friday, July 4, 2008

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For readers in the States, the 4th of July is the anniversary of the day the U.S. signed the Declaration of Independence. ABC News celebrated Independence Day with an article yesterday to help wannabe freelancers declare their own independence! Michelle Goodman, the blogger behind Anti9to5Guide.com, asked in her Career Management column at ABCnews.com, “Ever Dreamed of [...]

California 100 Leadership Summit at UC Davis Next Week

Thursday, June 12, 2008

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For any readers in the greater Sacramento area, there is a great business networking opportunity on Tuesday, June 17th at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis: The New California 100. Billed as the Central Valley’s first leadership summit, the event will honor the top 100 companies in Northern California that generate more than $50 billion [...]

College Grad Special: The Top 10 Best Commencement Speeches

Monday, May 26, 2008

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Happy Memorial Day, dear readers. Today is an important U.S. holiday when we offer remembrance for all the women and men who have lost their lives in military service to our nation. It is also a time for family gatherings and BBQs that for many families coincides with their children’s’ next rite of passage as [...]

Looking for the Right Job After College? Alex Levit Provides Some Answers

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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Do you ever ask yourself how one of your friends got a seemingly awesome job? Or, ever find yourself staring off into space while you sit at your desk, daydreaming about being in another line of work? Well, Alexandra Levit surveyed 500 gen-Y and gen-X professionals to find people with their dream jobs and she [...]

An Exciting New Podcast for Young Professional Women

Friday, October 5, 2007

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My colleague Alexandra Levit, VP at Edelman global marketing communications firm, recently started up a new podcast with fellow twenty-something authors Christine Hassler and Lindsey Pollak. It’s starting as a monthly feature on BlogTalkRadio this month. The 30/20 Vision podcast is for young women professionals. Check it out, it should be a fantastic resource for [...]

Win Over A Recruiter in 30 Seconds Or Less

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

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Tech/management blog Rands in Repose has a few really interesting little tips about creating that resume. The author, an engineering manager in Silicon Valley, says he spends about 30 seconds glimpsing at each resume that comes across his desk, so you had better grab his attention! One of the most important (and funniest) realities is to [...]

Book Review: Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

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Anyone who’s crazy about business books knows Tom Peters, the management guru who foresees an Inescapable White Collar Revolution that will transform business in the next ten years! (And if you don’t, you should read him!) Well, Tom is getting to be quite the old-timer. (Sorry, Tom.) Penelope Trunk is his engaging, competent, young replacement. ‘Nuff [...]

Interview: Julie Jansen, Career Coach and Motivational Speaker

Monday, July 23, 2007

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IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com has hosted the fourth interview in my Heroines of Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship series. Julie Jansen is a motivational speaker, career coach, and author. She has a great deal of experience helping everyone from CEOs to managers to entrepreneurs find gratifying work and she has some great thoughts on gender and business. Here are [...]