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Facing a challenging career transition? This week Colleen and Kristine talk with Jessica Bacal about practical steps for those feeling stuck in their current jobs. Jess also shares her unique career journey, including her role at Smith College, authoring books on rejection and mistakes, and her thoughts on gap years for students.Jessica Bacal is the editor of two books, Mistakes I Made at Work (2014) and The Rejection That Changed My Life (2021), both published by Penguin Random House. She is Director of Reflective Practices at Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she helps students explore identity and find resilience in community. Jessica also teaches a course called Designing Your Path, which guides students to consider questions like: What is your story? What matters to you? What skills do you need to pursue what matters?Get her rejection book and mistakes book.Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicabacal/Check our Jessica's website!Are you looking to change careers, but have no idea what you might want to do next? Design Your Next Squiggle is for you! Get tickets here:Design Your Next Squiggle - Sept 12 - Oct. 3Colleen and Kristine will guide you through their unique and successful process to clearly define what your next squiggle could be.Includes:four live 90-minute sessions (September 12, 19, 26 and October 3 from 7pm - 8:30pm ET)one 45-minute career coaching call with either Colleen or Kristine (your choice!)Gallup CliftonStrengths assessmentCustomized handoutsConnect and learn more from Colleen at www.maxady.com and on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/comaraConnect and learn more from Kristine at https://www.kristinethody.com and on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinethodySubscribe to the podcast Embrace the Squiggle and listen every week for a new career adventure!And please leave us a rating on your podcast app, it really helps us out.
What happens when you have a failure? Like when you make a mistake at work — big or small — or you get rejected for something that you thought was a sure thing. It's tempting to hide away or play small after a failure has happened. Sometimes people let it derail them or even end their career. But what happens when you use failure to propel you forward? That's what Jessica Bacall, editor of two top 10 books, Mistakes I Made at Work and The Rejection That Changed My Life, explored in her books and her work as the director of Reflective Journaling at Smith College, in Northampton, MassachusettsTo be a successful leader doesn't mean avoiding mistakes or failures, but rather to expect them, prepare for them, and use them to build your resiliency. Tune in to hear how you can apply Jessica's research to your own life and career. 01:25 — How recognizing that failure or rejection is inevitable helps you neutralize your thoughts around it04:14 — How recognizing that failure or rejection is inevitable helps you neutralize your thoughts around it07:12 — How to navigate a recent failure or rejection without getting caught up in it10:59 — Understand the differences between how men and women handle mistakes and failures16:05 — How you can increase your resilience ahead of having a failure so that you're prepared when it inevitably happens
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Dr. Bacal professional and academic rejections How success and rejection are part of the same path The importance of having a supportive person or a support system Why rejection is part of the hidden curriculum A discussion of the book The Rejection that Changed My Life Today's book is: The Rejection that Changed My Life, featuring interviews with more than twenty-five women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast. Rejections don't go on your résumé, but they are part of every successful person's career. All of us will apply for jobs that we don't get or have ambitions that aren't fulfilled, because that is part of pushing oneself to the next step professionally. While everyone deserves feel-better stories, women are more likely to ruminate, more likely to overthink rejection until it becomes even more painful—a situation that the women in this collection are determined to change, and in so doing, normalize rejection and encourage others to talk about it. Our guest is: Dr. Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. She leads programs to help students explore identity and find resilience in community. She also teaches a course called Designing Your Path, which guides students to consider questions like: What is your story? Where have you been and where are you going? What matters to you? What skills do you need to pursue what matters? Before her career in higher education, she was an elementary school teacher in New York City, and then a curriculum developer and consultant. She received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, an MFA in writing from Hunter College, and an EdD from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two children, and two dogs. She is the author of The Rejection that Changed My Life. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: Mistakes I Made at Work, by Jessica Bacal “Things You Didn't Put on Your Resume” by Joyce Sutphen Dr. Kristin Neff's website Dr. Kirby's rejection letter dress Rachel Platten's Fight Song Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth This conversation about dealing with failure You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts about everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DM us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Dr. Bacal professional and academic rejections How success and rejection are part of the same path The importance of having a supportive person or a support system Why rejection is part of the hidden curriculum A discussion of the book The Rejection that Changed My Life Today's book is: The Rejection that Changed My Life, featuring interviews with more than twenty-five women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast. Rejections don't go on your résumé, but they are part of every successful person's career. All of us will apply for jobs that we don't get or have ambitions that aren't fulfilled, because that is part of pushing oneself to the next step professionally. While everyone deserves feel-better stories, women are more likely to ruminate, more likely to overthink rejection until it becomes even more painful—a situation that the women in this collection are determined to change, and in so doing, normalize rejection and encourage others to talk about it. Our guest is: Dr. Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. She leads programs to help students explore identity and find resilience in community. She also teaches a course called Designing Your Path, which guides students to consider questions like: What is your story? Where have you been and where are you going? What matters to you? What skills do you need to pursue what matters? Before her career in higher education, she was an elementary school teacher in New York City, and then a curriculum developer and consultant. She received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, an MFA in writing from Hunter College, and an EdD from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two children, and two dogs. She is the author of The Rejection that Changed My Life. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: Mistakes I Made at Work, by Jessica Bacal “Things You Didn't Put on Your Resume” by Joyce Sutphen Dr. Kristin Neff's website Dr. Kirby's rejection letter dress Rachel Platten's Fight Song Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth This conversation about dealing with failure You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts about everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DM us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Dr. Bacal professional and academic rejections How success and rejection are part of the same path The importance of having a supportive person or a support system Why rejection is part of the hidden curriculum A discussion of the book The Rejection that Changed My Life Today's book is: The Rejection that Changed My Life, featuring interviews with more than twenty-five women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast. Rejections don't go on your résumé, but they are part of every successful person's career. All of us will apply for jobs that we don't get or have ambitions that aren't fulfilled, because that is part of pushing oneself to the next step professionally. While everyone deserves feel-better stories, women are more likely to ruminate, more likely to overthink rejection until it becomes even more painful—a situation that the women in this collection are determined to change, and in so doing, normalize rejection and encourage others to talk about it. Our guest is: Dr. Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. She leads programs to help students explore identity and find resilience in community. She also teaches a course called Designing Your Path, which guides students to consider questions like: What is your story? Where have you been and where are you going? What matters to you? What skills do you need to pursue what matters? Before her career in higher education, she was an elementary school teacher in New York City, and then a curriculum developer and consultant. She received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, an MFA in writing from Hunter College, and an EdD from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two children, and two dogs. She is the author of The Rejection that Changed My Life. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: Mistakes I Made at Work, by Jessica Bacal “Things You Didn't Put on Your Resume” by Joyce Sutphen Dr. Kristin Neff's website Dr. Kirby's rejection letter dress Rachel Platten's Fight Song Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth This conversation about dealing with failure You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts about everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DM us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hey, have you subscribed to the bookmark newsletter? If you liked this, you might like my twice-monthly email with book reviews and ideas of what you should be reading, and listening to, next. Click here to subscribe. About the book Rejections don't go on your resume, but they are part of every successful person's career. All of us will apply for jobs that we don't get and have ambitions that aren't fulfilled, because that is part of being a working person, part of pushing oneself to the next step professionally. While everyone deserves feel-better stories, women are more likely to ruminate, more likely to overthink rejection until it becomes even more painful-a situation that the women in this collection are determined to change, and in so doing, normalize rejection and encourage others to talk about it. Source: www.amazon.com About the author Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. She leads programs to help students explore identity and find resilience in community. She also teaches a course called Designing Your Path, which guides students to consider questions like: What is your story? Where have you been and where are you going? What matters to you? What skills do you need to pursue what matters? Before her career in higher education, she was an elementary school teacher in New York City, and then a curriculum developer and consultant. She received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, an MFA in writing from Hunter College, and an EdD from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two children, and two dogs. Source: https://www.jessbacal.com/bio Big idea #1 — Rejection is not the end Fundamentally, the underlying message of this book is that rejection is not the end of anything. It's not the end of your career, an idea, a business, a project, a book, whatever it is that has been rejected. But so much weight is carried by that word. Even the word rejection, carries so much shame, embarrassment, and ego bruising. And women seem to currently experience this slightly differently to men. And that's not our fault. There's a quote in the book that says “rejection can reinforce a message that many of us are receiving all the time, in small ways, that you don't belong”. Research done at London Business School showed that;“female executives are less likely than their male peers to reapply for jobs in leadership after being turned down. And this isn't because women are less resilient or persistent, but because they've already experienced years of small rejections in work cultures that generally value maleness more. They've felt a lack of belonging that leads them to believe that it would be foolish to reapply. And for women of color, rejection at work is often compounded by racism”. So upfront it sets out that this is not a book for women about “fixing the women”. It's about sharing the experience of rejection by women and what that means, feels like, and looks like for women. And that largely, this is systemic rather than the fault of us as women. There's also a big piece in realizing that most things, and most people, get rejected at some point. From academic papers, course admissions, funding rounds, and book deals. And it's not always a reflection of you or your work. Even more importantly, it's realizing that everyone experiences it, but often it's kept hidden, it's our own little shame or embarrassment that we carry with us. Therefore, we all just end up thinking it's just us experiencing rejection, and just us that isn't good enough to be accepted for something. Big idea #2 — Go around it Pretty much every story in this book involves having to face and respond to some kind of rejection. It's feeling the feelings, and using those feelings to still go and do the thing that needs to be done. It's going around the rejection that results in sometimes a great piece of science, in the example from Angela Duckworth, or a new community and new audience, in the example from Polly Rodriguez, or a new way of working more authentically in Laura Huang's story. As Elizabeth Bell puts it in the book:“I think I realized in some way that if you don't get what you want in the way that you want it, you can still have it. You just need to tolerate a different path”. Similarly, Michelle Tea says;“when someone rejects your creative work, it just means that they can't see a path for it. It doesn't mean that there isn't one.” All of these statements and stories are great reminders as we're doing our work, putting stuff out there, and being slightly vulnerable by putting ourselves in positions where people can judge or make comment on our work. But these rejections will often force more creative paths, and maybe ones that may even result in an even better outcome, as several of the women in the book suggest was the case from the rejection that they faced. Big idea #3 — Practice rejection The first thing we can do to practice rejection is to ask ourselves ‘what is the worst that can happen, and can I live with that?', in order to steel ourselves and prepare for being okay with the worst happening (or realizing that the ‘worst' maybe isn't even that bad). Rejection is ultimately a muscle, and Caitlin Kirby worked her rejection muscle so much that she actually had enough rejection letters to wear as a skirt to her doctorate dissertation defense. She collected all of the rejection letters that she had whilst doing her doctorate and turned them into a skirt. The comments she got from other students or other doctorate candidates was that they hadn't realized that every doctorate candidate experiences that level of rejection, and that no one ever talks about how much rejection you have to go through in order to get a doctorate. There's some exercises in the book about getting better at rejection. One of them is to get 10 no's . You write down a heap of things that you could ask for, and then go out and ask for them. Yes's don't count, you have to get 10 no's. If you write down 10 things, get five ‘yes' and five ‘no', you have to carry on until you get 10 no's. The ‘no' is all that counts. The other thing to practice is talking about rejection. So many of the stories in the book touch on women initially feeling like it was just them, but many found a community where they could share formally or informally and help others with their rejection too. Let's connect LinkedIn Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rejection plays a part in everyone's work experience. But women are socialized to seek approval, and as my first guest says, 'rejection is the opposite of that.' In this show I speak to Jessica Bacal, author of The Rejection that Changed My Life, about the sting of rejection and what we can learn from it. We also meet nonprofit leader Amy Campbell Bogie. She talks about two searing rejections she went through, and how to emerge gracefully from what can feel like a slap in the face. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. Her latest book is The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work. It's is a sequel of sorts to Jessica's first bestseller, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong. The Narratives Project at Smith encourages students to explore their passions and articulate their values and goals through personal storytelling. Before her career in higher education, Jessica was an elementary school teacher in New York City, and then a curriculum developer and consultant. She received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, an MFA in writing from Hunter College, and an EdD from the University of Pennsylvania.In this episode, Stew talks with Jessica about how to learn and grow from rejection, a kind of experience everyone has. She describes how to glean useful data from rejections, especially about your values; cultivate creativity on the other side of the awful feelings that follow rejection; build the “rejection muscle” by exposing yourself to small rejections regularly; and take a new path in a rejection's wake. All this comes to light through stories of fascinating women and from exercises derived from their wisdom. Here then is an invitation for you, a challenge, after you've had a chance to listen to this episode. What small rejections -- at work, at home, in your community, or in your private sphere -- can you induce in order to build your rejection muscle? Share your reactions to this episode and your suggestions for future shows with Stew by writing to him at friedman@wharton.upenn.edu or via LinkedIn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Not many of us like to talk about our failings. Rejections don’t go on your résumé, but they are part of every successful person’s career. All of us will apply for jobs that we don’t get and have ambitions that aren’t fulfilled, because that is part of being a working person, part of pushing oneself to the next step professionally. Zestful Aging speaks with Jessica Bacal who just wrote a new book called “The Rejection That Changed my Life”. She interviews 25 powerhouse women about their careers and looks specifically at their disappointments and failures, and gets their advice about how to handle the realities of worklife. Find out more at www.jessbacal.com. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.
Jessica Bacal, author of the new book The Rejection That Changed My Life, helps us normalize rejection, and shares what she learned interviewing powerful women about their own rejections. BJ talks about the difference between victimhood and victimization. In this episode we talk about: Waxelene Mychelle Ultra Hyaluronic Hydrating Cream - Hyaluronic Acid, Plant Stem Cells, Blue Lotus, Rose Petals, and Freshwater Algae. The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work Daily Rituals: Women at Work 143 artists on how they paint, write, perform, direct, choreograph, design, sculpt, compose, dance, etc. Cocokind Oil-to-Milk Cleanser It can be really hard to know what vitamins or supplements you should be taking, but Care/of makes it easy with an online quiz that let’s you know exactly what you need for daily vitamins. Care/of delivers daily vitamin and supplement s customized to your recommendations, sent right to your door every month. For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code selfie50. Usual Wines are wines for the modern drinker. They make single-serving wines in adorable glass bottles. They are great for travel, great for girl’s nights or date nights when people want their own type of wine, and perfect for gifts. Usual Wines has several varieties: a red blend, a rosé, and a sparkling white wine. All of their wines are low carb with 0 grams of sugar. Go check out their website at usualwines.com and use our discount code “SELFIE” for $8 off your first order and your first glass on us!
“If you never get rejected, then it means you’re never trying anything that really pushes you in a way that you’ll grow.” Zibby is joined by Jessica Bacal, author of The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work, as well as two of the book’s contributors, Chelsea Kline and Polly Rodriguez. The four talk about what they’ve learned from their individual rejections and offer tips on how we can all begin to approach rejection as a necessary step for growth.Buy Jessica's book on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3aLlvjsBookshop: https://bit.ly/32UieK4 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In today’s episode Emilie sits down with Nicole Rodgers, Founder and Executive Director of Family Story, a think tank founded to recognize, validate, and protect the many ways individuals form and re-form families, to chat about the importance of female friendships and how we can cultivate, revive, and nurture our female friendships as we rebound from the pandemic.Related Links:Learn more about Nicole’s work hereNicole’s Tweet that inspired her article In The Company Of WomenIn The Company Of Women: The Pandemic Void Only My Girlfriends Can FillReclaim Your Female Friendships: Q&A Fireside ChatEp 219: 10 Tips to Handle Zoom FatigueEp 294: Get Organized for the New Year with Gretchen RubinGrab Gretchen Rubin’s Outer Order, Inner CalmCheck out Jessica Bacal’s book, Mistakes I Made at WorkEp 112: How to Cultivate Your Community of CourageJoin the Bossed Up Courage Community on FacebookGot a career conundrum you want me to cover on the podcast? Call and leave me a voicemail NOW at 910-668-BOSS(2677).
Dr. Jessica Bacal - The Rejection That Changed My Life... The Not Old Better Show Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm your host, Paul Vogelzang As part of our Art of Living Author interview series, today's guest is powerhouse writer and educator Jessica Bacal. Dr. Jessica Bacal is the author of the best-seller, Mistakes I Made at Work, which ‘FAST COMPANY' magazine ranked as a "Top 10 Book You Need to Read This Year" that was 2014. Now, in 2021, Jessica Bacal's new book, The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work is really a ‘handbook.' In our conversation today, Dr. Jess Bacal shares stories of women professionals and their experiences with rejection and growth.Dr. Bacal tells us about early rejections how, when viewed from the distance of an otherwise successful career, they may end up being, unfortunately, discouraging as they make rejection seem like a low hurdle to be easily overcome. The overarching lessons from Dr. Bacal are to “see the experience of rejection, including our own reactions to it, as just data” and to practice receiving rejection “like a muscle.” Dr. Bacal's tips are helpful, her message of normalizing setbacks comes across most powerfully in a conclusion considering universal themes of struggle and renewal. This affirming compilation is perfect for The Not Old Better Show audience and anyone else seeking to find their footing in a complicated new work world, either those of us in ‘second acts,' or those on their first act, so we don't avoid rejection but learn from it, and don't take a first rejection as an absolute. That of course is our guest today, Dr. Jess Bacal, reading from her new book, The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work My thanks to Dr. Jessica Bacal, author of the new book, The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work. Links to Dr. Bacal, her work, and her new book are available in the show notes. My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. My hope is that you've either had your vaccine or you're standing in line for the vaccine listening to the show, right now! Please stay safe, practice smart social distancing, and let's talk about better. The Not Old Better Show.
Jessica Bacal- Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jessica Bacal. The original live interview was 11/13/15. Today's women are being told to “lean in,” to assert themselves, to ask for more, and to analyze their work/life balance. But despite all of this dialogue, there's something that is not being addressed: advice on how to recover when you've stumbled. Everyone makes mistakes, but for many women, acknowledging them can feel tantamount to career suicide. In Mistakes I Made at Work, I interview twenty-five high-achieving and influential women across a variety of fields—from writers to doctors to engineers. They share their worst on-the-job moments, and how they used them as learning experiences to build successful and fascinating careers. Jessica directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an independent women's college in Massachusetts with students from every state and from 60 countries around the world.
Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong by Jessica Bacal This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jessica Bacal. The original live interview was 11/13/15. Today's women are being told to “lean in,” to assert themselves, to ask for more, and to analyze their work/life balance. But despite all of this dialogue, there's something that is not being addressed: advice on how to recover when you've stumbled. Everyone makes mistakes, but for many women, acknowledging them can feel tantamount to career suicide. In Mistakes I Made at Work, I interview twenty-five high-achieving and influential women across a variety of fields—from writers to doctors to engineers. They share their worst on-the-job moments, and how they used them as learning experiences to build successful and fascinating careers. Jessica directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an independent women's college in Massachusetts with students from every state and from 60 countries around the world. Her website is www.jessbacal.com/ To order the book click HERE For more information about the Executive Girlfriends' Group see: http://www.executivegirlfriendsgroup.com
Sam talks to Jessica Bacal, who talked to 25 successful women about their biggest career mistakes and what everyone can learn from them. Want the Real Simple podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Opt into our weekly newsletter here (it’s easy!)
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Welcome to episode #428 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I was walking through a bookstore while awaiting a dinner meeting, and I came across a book titled, Mistakes I Made At Work. Regrets... I've had a few. For the record, I believe that learning comes from setbacks and mistakes. That being said, it is often very difficult for the individual to get over themselves and their mistakes on their path to success. What do you think? How do some of the most successful people get over their mistakes to get to where they really want to be? Jessica Bacal thinks a lot about these questions. She's the director of the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an independent women's college in Massachusetts with students from every state and from sixty countries around the world. The center's programs teach leadership skills, life skills, stress reduction and reflection. Jessica is also a writer for Huffington Post and The New York Times, so she decided to speak with twenty-five influential women to get their reflections on what they learned from some of their biggest mistakes and published the book, Mistakes I Made At Work. Jessica was hesitant to do this podcast with me. It turns out that her father is also my literary agent (I had no knowledge of this until well after I had put in the request to have her as a guest on the show). She was worried that I was just doing this to help out my literary agent. She was wrong :) Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #428 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 57:42. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. CTRL ALT Delete is now available too! In conversation with Jessica Bacal. Mistakes I Made At Work. Wurtele Center for Work And Life at Smith College. Follow Jessica on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Get David's song for free here: Artists For Amnesty. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #428 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising podcast blog blogging brand business book business podcast david usher digital marketing facebook google huffington post itunes jessica bacal marketing podcast mistakes I made at work smith college the new york times twitter wurtele center for work and life at smith college
“Lessons We Learn From Our Mistakes” Do you try to forget your mistakes and focus on moving forward? If you do, you are missing out on a huge opportunity to learn from your mistakes! This week we’re talking about mistakes and the invaluable lessons we can learn from our mistakes. As women we often strive for perfection and this quest for perfection…which is of course impossible to achieve, blinds us to the many lessons we can learn. This is not a subject that is often discussed but my guest today, Jessica Bacal, author of Mistakes I Made at Work, interviewed 25 highly successful and influential women to find out what their worst day on the job was and what they learned as a result. I know I would love to forget some of my mistakes. I cringe when I think of some of my worst days at work, but there are always lessons to learn and today Jessica will help us understand how these mistakes can help us grow professionally. Jessica Bacal directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, which focuses on teaching skills that are crucial to success but are not measured on tests – for example, the ability to learn from mistakes. She received MS. Ed. from Bank Street College of Education and an MFA in writing from Hunter College
"Lessons We Learn From Our Mistakes"Do you try to forget your mistakes and focus on moving forward? If you do, you are missing out on a huge opportunity to learn from your mistakes!This week we’re talking about mistakes and the invaluable lessons we can learn from our mistakes. As women we often strive for perfection and this quest for perfection…which is of course impossible to achieve, blinds us to the many lessons we can learn. This is not a subject that is often discussed but my guest today, Jessica Bacal, author of Mistakes I Made at Work, interviewed 25 highly successful and influential women to find out what their worst day on the job was and what they learned as a result.I know I would love to forget some of my mistakes. I cringe when I think of some of my worst days at work, but there are always lessons to learn and today Jessica will help us understand how these mistakes can help us grow professionally.Jessica Bacal directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, which focuses on teaching skills that are crucial to success but are not measured on tests – for example, the ability to learn from mistakes. She received MS. Ed. from Bank Street College of Education and an MFA in writing from Hunter College
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