🚀 Best of the Year from Invincible Career - Issue #237

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It’s hard to see the forest for the trees with all of the articles I’ve written for this newsletter. So, I wanted to do an end of the year wrap-up to categorize and summarize everything for you.

More often than you might imagine, people ask for my advice on a topic, and I can point them to a specific issue that I’ve written about it. Sometimes people are already subscribers, but it’s easy to miss an issue over the course of a year!

I hope this helps! Next week, I will kick off a whole new year of the newsletter. 🎉

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Invincible Freedom and Career

• What do I mean by an “invincible career”?

• How to regain your freedom and eliminate vulnerabilities

• How to navigate a career change

• This is the reason that you hate your job

• Facing the paradox of choice in your career

• How to future-proof your career

• Fifteen perks of being a solopreneur

• You don’t HAVE to do anything

• Your chance to redefine what work means - Part 1

• Your chance to redefine what work means - Part 2

• Vital skills for the next 10 years

• Make money with your voice

• Make over $2M a year on Patreon? Yes, it’s possible

Success and Happiness

• How you can make a lasting lifestyle change in the new year

• Why you shouldn’t rely on hacks to advance your career

• Comfort is the enemy of your growth at work

• Use humor to be more successful

• The secrets behind your flow state

• Don’t let a promotion ruin your career

• Three superpowers that will make you successful in your career and life

• How to succeed in your new job

• How to escape the tyranny of expectations

• When will you have enough?

• Don’t be lost in obscurity

• Can you be too successful?

• Do you have a fear of success?

Failure

• Why so many people fail

• Don’t risk career suicide with your professional brand

• Invest in yourself before failure occurs

• Perfectionism will destroy your career

• You can rebuild your life after failure

• Should you keep investing or cut your losses?

Remote Work

• How to work from home

• How to take care of your career during quarantine

• Will you need to pivot your profession?

• Remote work forever - Now what?

• How to survive the chaos of working at home

Job Search and Interviews

• How can you stand out in the market?

• How to tap into the hidden job market

• How to do a remote job interview

• One way to make job interviews easier

• The best way to get a better job offer

Cover Letters and Resumes

• How to write an intriguing cover letter

• Your resume is a necessary evil

Dealing with Layoffs

• How to tell when a layoff is coming

• How to stay off the layoff list

• Laid off? What to do in that first week

• The best warning sign of a failing company

Introversion and Extroversion

• Do you need to be extroverted to succeed?

• Why is introversion suddenly sexy?

Networking

• Do business cards still matter?

• Find a realistic career hero

• How to socialize in a brave new remote world

Work Relationships

• How to handle conflict at work

• My boss is stealing my ideas!

Communication

• How to make requests that don’t frustrate people

• Ghosting will destroy your reputation

• How to improve your communication skills for work

Leadership

• Seven simple steps to better leadership

• Would you be a great boss?

• Are you a leader worth following?

Professional Challenges - premium posts*

• Identify 10 people on social media

• The first step to light up your network

• Reconnect with your network

• Make your career and business antifragile

• Share your professional wisdom online

• Attract an audience that will grow your career

• Becoming an idea machine

• Inspiration and motivation are overrated

• Planning the business of your career

• Consider the world of opportunity

• What is your value proposition?

• Identify your ideal employer

• Connect with your key partners

• Connect with your communities

• Find your financial independence crossover point

• Choose your primary channel

• Update your elevator pitch

• Find a panel discussion

• Find an internal speaking opportunity

• Be a guest on a podcast

• Get in your green exercise

• Schedule daily exercise

• Find an accountability partner

• Add a daily goal-directed habit

• Ask for feedback from your coworkers

• Ask your boss for feedback

• Review your own performance

• Identify the bottom of your funnel

• Where do you want to live?

• What has failure taught you?

• Make Twitter your career tool

• Face your biggest fears

• What if your dream comes true?

• What stands between you and your vision?

• Attend my professional meetup

• What are you thankful for?

• Make your final push

• Schedule time for friends and family

• Make time for you

• Capture your achievements for the year

• Reflect on the year

Quick Tips - premium posts*

• Redesigning your environment for success

• It’s hard to leave a good team behind, but they’ll be OK

• Get your requests in early next year before budgets disappear

• The power of passive income

• How to find a trusted mentor

• Get close to the money in your company

• The benefits of getting out of your office

• Understanding performance in your new job

• Making a great first impression in your new job

• How to make your business card more memorable

• Why you should make your boss’s life easier

• How to pin down your manager to get promoted

• Don’t wait for failure to occur in your career

• Leave your phone and laptop behind to be more productive

• Control your work reputation

• Remove fear and dream bigger

• Your resume won’t get you a job

• Deflecting anxiety makes it worse

• Take time to let off steam

• Reignite old connections in your network

• How to protect and focus your time

• The power of tiny gains

• Learn from the past

• How to escalate appropriately

• Pay attention to the culture before taking a job

• Record your voice for interviews and talks

• Record yourself on video too

• Build alliances before an important meeting

• Create antifragile sources of income

• How to make remote work work

• Create a memorable email for intros

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