This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about some of the biggest lessons they have learned from helping young people launch their careers, and then answer listener questions about how to both be honest with your kids about their dreams and letting them learn hard lessons through experience. 

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about the importance of incentives for learning and then answer questions about using Glassdoor reviews, the skills the Praxis participants learn, and who Praxis is and isn't for. Questions: - Should you take online reviews of a company seriously before applying for a job? - Is Praxis only about soft skills? - Are you willing to admit that Praxis isn't for everyone? Are there people who are better off in college? Topics Discussed: - Our new...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac answer questions about gap year programs and saving for your child's education. Then, Isaac gets fired up about the argument that "not everyone is cut out for college." Questions: - Do gap year programs really address the need for college alternatives? - Would it make me a selfish parent to not save for my child's college education? Topics Discussed: - The significance of TK and Isaac's locations today - Gap year programs - Comfort with being...

Questions:  How to people in their 40's and 50's compete with all the young talent out there when making a career change?  You guys talk a lot about how to leave an organization, but how to deal with a great employee leaving from your organization?    Topics Discussed:  Reconciling the extreme confidence of a champion with the playful attitude you need to get started in a new discipline  Building confidence through experience It's almost always easier to learn from a fellow beginner...

On this week's episode of Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about the proper way to take advice, living with loneliness and answer listener questions on becoming more optimistic and what to do when you get laid off. Questions: - How can I become a more optimistic person? - What advice would you give someone who works hard and does their job, but still gets laid off? Topics Discussed: - Advice is an invitation to explore - The social cost of opting out of college - Loneliness and boredom ...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about how teenagers can use the pursuit of their interests to build a body of work and dive into questions about pursuing a career in the school system and managing complicated marketing projects. Questions: - What advice would you give to teens about building a body of work? - I love to teach, but do I have to do it in traditional high school? - How can I tell my high school students without upsetting my employer who preaches the college...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac start things off on a provocative note. Inspired by a recent conversation with an Uber driver about historically black colleges, T.K. delves into the topic of race and discusses the question of “Is college the answer for black people?” T.K. doesn’t think so and he not only shares his reasons why, but he challenges his dissenters to debate with him on the topic if they’re willing to step up to the plate. Additionally, they talk about why getting things...

In this weeks episode of Office Hours, Isaac and TK talk about how you don't find, but earn, the lifestyle you want and then answer questions about working with a challenging manager and handling imposter syndrome.   Questions: - What do you do if you feel like you are being poorly managed? - I'm three months into a new job and don't feel like I'm doing a good job. Is there anything I can do to improve my confidence? Topics Discussed: - Value creation is crucial to living a remarkable...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about the importance of being able to read between the lines to give people what they want in personal & professional life about if dressing professionally is important early in your career. Then they dive into listener questions on writing, norms for job search rejections, and "vulnerability" on social media. Questions: - Do you consider yourself a good writer? What is your writing process? How did you improve it? - Is it normal for a...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac discuss, doing something vs. being something, following career values when you've got lots of options, and knowing when to stick it out in a hard job vs. quitting and moving on.    Questions:  - My career values are to be challenged and to make a positive impact. How is it possible to get clarity and direction, when those values can be met by paths in hundreds of fields.  - I'm currently working in Outback Australia as a kitchen cook at a resort. I...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac discuss the tendency to overlook opportunities to leverage work, when the time is right to make a strong prediction, and the law of attraction before jumping into listener questions.    Questions:  How do you ask a good question? What are the key elements every good question needs? What is your personal stance on how much happiness should be prioritized in life? I want to be a life coach, but it seems like a crowded field. How do I get my foot in...

This week on Office Hours, Isaac and TK take on the idea that the Warriors are ruining the NBA, talk about the how organizational success is viewed differently than individual successes, and answer listener questions. Questions:  My younger brother is 19 and lives at home with our parents. He doesn't have a job and hasn't taken any steps into the real world. I've started to talk to him about going to college. Do you think college, where he could be around young people and grow up step by...

In this live episode of Office Hours recorded at FEEcon, Isaac and TK kick off season two of the podcast by talking about envy, competitiveness and take questions from the audience. Notes: - Is envy the most destructive vice? - Falling into comparison traps. - If other people achieving things makes you less happy, you are in a dangerous place. - How celebrating the success of others opens up new possibilities for you. - How you can use competitiveness to make your life better. -...

The final episode of season one of Office Hours. In this episode, TK and Isaac answer the remainder of the questions that were submitted during the season--35 in total--and offer advice and recommendations on how to overcome professional challenges.    Questions:  - How do I find a job that values me as an employee?  - How do I find freelance clients?  - How do I improve my time management?  - How do I learn to sell and advertise myself as a valuable professional - How do I find what...

Questions: - What do I do if my degree has pigeonholed me into a career I really don't want to be in? - What are some ways you can frame a short-term outlook on employment while making a value proposition? Topics Discussed: - The inspiration of Top Gun - Pushing pause during success stories (before success stories become success stories) - "That must be nice" moments are the outcome of that must be ugly efforts - You are never pigeonholed - Don't do stuff you hate - The dating...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about the popular but misguided approach by most popular “How to get what you want” advice, when is a blog post TMI, and learning how to follow through with ideas. Questions: - How do you know if your blog posts are TMI? How do you balance writing about personal topics with writing where coworkers and potential future employers might read it? - How do I become more than just an idea guy? Topics Discussed: - No one cares about giving you what...

Questions: - Is the social value of college unique to that environment? Can you replicate it outside of college? - What if you aren’t an entrepreneurial self-starter, should you go to college? Topics Discussed: - A great iTunes review - All problems are knowledge problems - Moral knowledge vs. pragmatic knowledge - Answers to questions you don’t have aren’t valuable - Is college actually valuable socially? - Age segregation in school - Do people go to college for the social value? ...

Questions: - How do I find my tribe? - Should you be careful when sharing self-help advice? Topics Discussed: - The fear of failing alone - Our capacity for self-deception - Breaking norms - Parents motivation for sending kids to college - Who gets blamed when our choices go wrong - What financial guru’s do vs. what financial guru’s advise - When people give you advice, they give you advice they think you can handle, not what they necessarily think is best - Neediness attracts...

Questions: - I’ve been working at my current job for two years and want to leave my job without burning any bridges? - Can following your curiosity go to far? Topics Discussed: - Is the title “entrepreneur” being devalued - Your identity and what your job is - Sharing things that interest you - How do maintain a good relationship with your employer when leaving a job - Using the golden rule to answer your own questions - Having a divided mind - Committing to projects for a finite...

Questions: - I’m thinking about investing in one of Tai Lopez’s courses? What do you guys think? - I have free time at my job but don’t know how I can create more value. How can I move forward? Topics Covered: - “You should get in touch with ____” - Swearing in branding - Branding is not just about attracting the right audience it’s about repelling the wrong audience. - Everybody gets one-star reviews - Thinking like an owner - Fear of getting stuck doing low-level tasks - Unless...

Questions: - How much time per day should an entrepreneur spend reading? - Businesses tell me I’m overqualified for entry-level jobs, but I come across as too risky for mid-level jobs, how do I handle this? Topics Discussed: - The danger and usefulness of labels - The broadness of marketing - How picking a major messes with your career - Focusing on projects you want to solve, not roles you want to have - Learning by working on specific projects - Just in case knowledge vs. just in...

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about why "family emergency" is a not a good approach to no showing things, how to balance professionalism with social media as a resource, moving away from home, and simple ways to come up with more ideas. Questions: - What’s the right balance between using social media for advice and being discreet to remain professional? - I’m 17 and my parents are going to kick me out when I’m 18. What do I do? - How can you get better at creating ideas? ...

On this week's episode of Office Hours, TK and Isaac explore why young people often dismiss and fail to do things they think are easy, and then answer questions about making sales at work and when is the right time to leave a day job to pursue a passion. Questions: - I work in retail electronics. Everyone in my position has a sales quota, and my sales are terrible. What can I do? - I work in marketing at an SEO agency, but my goal is to be a public intellectual. I’ve been at my job for...

This weeks Office Hours is all about new opportunities. From how to find and connect with great companies in a new city, to how to create opportunities for yourself on the job by pitching improvements, to how to set yourself up for great opportunities in the future when you aren’t sure what you want to do. Questions: What’s the best way to find great companies to work for in a new city if they aren’t currently hiring? How to pitch improvements at work? "I have a good position at a company...

In this episode, TK and Isaac break down three common professional challenges. From how to talk with your employer about the salary you want, to sending follow-ups, to the professional way to move on from a job.  Questions: - My employer wants to hire me full time and is asking me for a salary requirement, how do I answer? - I have two podcast guests, that have agreed to interviews, but aren’t following up to my messages about scheduling, should I take the hint, or keep following up? -...