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Radical Careering

Sally Hogshead on “Making It Big”

by Sally Hogshead on May 20, 2010

“What? A free copy of RADICAL CAREERING? …seriously??”

by Sally Hogshead on February 5, 2010

RC Free 300x196 What? A free copy of RADICAL CAREERING? ...seriously??

A FREE copy of Radical Careering

Click on image above for FREE download PDF 2.2mb

It’s true: a FREE digital version of my first book, RADICAL CAREERING: 100 Truths to Jumpstart Your Job, Your Career, and Your Life. Inside, you’ll find bite-sized nuggets ideas on creativity and your career, all wrapped in award-winning design.

A few of our favorite from the 100 Radical Truths:

  • Nº 12: Luck is for wimps.
  • Nº 31: You can be comfortable, or outstanding, but not both.
  • Nº 67: Mistakes are tuition.
  • Nº 46: Money follows great work, not the other way around.
  • Nº 100: Make your memoirs worth reading.

The publisher very kindly agreed to let us give you this digital version for a limited time, and it’s the first time this content has been available for free. Tweet, post, and share to your heart’s content.

Happy radical-ing!

Braincandy for media snacking: Hog-isms, issue 003

by Sally Hogshead on January 11, 2010

Welcome to your next batch of Hog-isms, on topics ranging from sledgehammers, to applause, to inventing option C.

A good many of you have asked who actually designs these little Cuisinart compilations of visual goodness, from previous issues 001 and 002. Allow me to introduce you to the gobsmackingly good folk of Minus Five, starring Sarah Coffman. Sarah creates exquisite visual stories of all shapes and sizes. (Caveat: If you hire her, please do make sure she saves time in her schedule for us.)

As always, Hog-isms are yours to post, print, or plagiarize.

Hogisms Issue #3

Do you have a comedic face? (Ricky Gervais does.)

January 6, 2010

Humor has less to do with punchlines, and more to do with our hardwired response to certain facial characteristics. Facial details are just a few of the communication factors that fascinate us instantly, and instinctively.

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How your voice gives your secrets away.

January 5, 2010

What inner thoughts do you accidentally communicate during a client presentation? Your voice could be giving away far more than you’re actually saying.

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How to update the Christmas brand for 2010

January 3, 2010

With the economy affecting ad budgets everywhere, even the most established brands are reinventing themselves. How could Christmas become more relevant for 2010? Pulling a few favorites from the blog, I offer tongue-in-cheek suggestions for updating the season.

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What matters now?

December 14, 2009

What matters now? Seth Godin asked this question of 70 different writers and thinkers, inviting us each to answer the question in one topic, one page, and 100 words.

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Fascination vs. The Flat-Chested Schoolmarm

December 13, 2009

What’s the difference between attention, and fascination? Paying attention is disciplined act. It’s rational. Voluntary. Logical. Fascination, on the other hand, is instinctive and irrational, an irresistible form of attraction.

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Marilyn Monroe’s wet voice

December 4, 2009

Her voice has been described as “cotton candy, smoke, wind, lollipops and velvet.” “Champagne lava.” “The slow folding and unfolding of a pink cashmere sweater.” But psychologist David Huron uses a different word to describe Marilyn Monroe’s famous voice. He calls it “wet.”

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How I became fascinated with fascination

November 30, 2009

Growing up in my family, earning attention wasn’t a recreational pursuit. It was a matter of survival. At the age of 7, I learned why fascination matters.

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