We've talked several times about the value of growing your career, which then allows you to earn better than average annual increases. There are seven steps you can take to earn higher increases and when you do, you can literally earn millions of dollars more over the course of your working lifetime. But there's another important piece to maximizing your career earnings. … [Read more...]

Though I'm retired, I still have LinkedIn as one of the tabs that comes up when I open my browser each morning. I usually look at a few articles as well as check notifications to see what's happening with people I know -- just to keep in the loop a bit. Just like on other social media platforms, people often post inspirational or thought-provoking comments. A few … [Read more...]

Here's an interesting piece from Kiplinger which agrees with what I've said several times about getting annual raises as well as working to grow your career. I wanted to highlight it because I get a lot of push-back from readers on the issue of annual pay increases. Many say it's simply not realistic to get higher than 3% raises consistently. Yes, it is. I've personally … [Read more...]

After writing about how to grow your career earnings by learning to speak in public. I began thinking: what are the other skills that people can acquire that will grow their careers and help them earn more? After all, if public speaking increases your income potential by 50%, why not add a few others with pay bumps here and there? Sounds like a recipe for high earnings, … [Read more...]

I ran into an interesting set of comments by Warren Buffett the other day that I found very compelling -- and just HAD to share them here. Buffett was talking to a class of college students at Columbia University in 2009. While there he discussed the value of a career. Of course he put the comments in terms only he can -- as an investment with a specific value. The Value … [Read more...]