721: How to Balance Caregiving with Your Career with Liz O’Donnell

11/18/21 • 34 min

Liz O’Donnell shares her tips on how to deal with the stresses of taking care of your aging parents while managing your career.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The mindset that eases the burden of caregiving

2) The most important thing you can do when things get overwhelming

3) The motto to remember when times get tough

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— ABOUT LIZ —

Liz O’Donnell is the founder of Working Daughter, a community for women balancing eldercare, career, and more. An award-winning writer, her book, Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning A Living, was named one of the Best Books of 2019 by Library Journal.

Liz is a recognized expert on working while caregiving and has written on the topic for many outlets including The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, TIME, WBUR and PBS’ Next Avenue, and has been featured in Health and Ozy Media. She also works with companies to create programs in support of working caregivers.

• Book: Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living

• Website: WorkingDaughter.com

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• Book: Lonesome Dove: A Novel by Larry McMurtry

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Liz O’Donnell shares her tips on how to deal with the stresses of taking care of your aging parents while managing your career.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The mindset that eases the burden of caregiving

2) The most important thing you can do when things get overwhelming

3) The motto to remember when times get tough

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep721 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT LIZ —

• Book: Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living

• Website: WorkingDaughter.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Lonesome Dove: A Novel by Larry McMurtry

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• StoryBlocks. Enhance your video storytelling quickly, beautifully, and affordably at Storyblocks.com/awesome.

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720: Navigating the Great Resignation with Dr. David Rock

Dr. David Rock shares strategies to help both employees and employers come out of the Great Resignation feeling more satisfied.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why so many professionals are now quitting

2) The small shifts that drastically improve satisfaction and productivity

3) The telltale signs it’s time to quit your job

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— ABOUT DAVID —

Dr. David Rock coined the term neuroleadership, and is the Co-founder and CEO of the NeuroLeadership Institute (NLI). The Institute is a 23-year-old cognitive science consultancy that has advised over 50% of the Fortune 100. With operations in 24 countries, the institute brings neuroscientists and leadership experts together to make organizations better for humans through science.

Dr. Rock has authored four successful books including Your Brain at Work, a business best-seller, and has written for and been quoted in hundreds of articles about leadership, organizational effectiveness, and the brain which can be found in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Inc., USA Today, BBC, The Boston Globe and more.

Dr Rock is originally Australian, though based in the US since 2010. He holds a professional doctorate in the Neuroscience of Leadership from Middlesex University in the UK.

• David’s book: Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

• David’s website: DavidRock.net

• David’s organization: NeuroLeadership.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Cubicle, Sweet Cubicle: The Best Ways to Make Office Spaces Not So Bad” by S. Alexander Haslam and Craig Knight

• Book: The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer

• Book: Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

• Book: A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention and the Four Theaters of the Brain by John Ratey

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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722: How to Hire and Get Hired Masterfully with Lou Adler

Seasoned recruiter Lou Adler shares insights from his decades of professional experience to help you hire and/or get hired.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What’s wrong with most job descriptions

2) The real 30% increase you should be seeking

3) Why you shouldn’t apply for a job directly

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— ABOUT LOU —

Lou is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group – a consulting and training firm helping companies implement "Win-Win Hiring" programs using his Performance-based HiringSM system for finding and hiring exceptional talent. More than 40 thousand recruiters and hiring managers have attended his ground-breaking workshops over the past 20 years.

Lou is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head and The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired. Lou has been featured on Fox News and his articles and posts can be found on Inc. Magazine, BusinessInsider, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.

Prior to his executive search experience. Lou held senior operations and financial management positions at the Allen Group and at Rockwell International's automotive and consumer electronics groups. He holds an MBA from UCLA and a BS Engineering from Clarkson University.

• Book: Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams

• LinkedIn Article: 15 Hack-a-Job Ideas for Getting a (Better) Job

• Website: WinWinHiring.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey

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