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Every week, TK Coleman and Isaac Morehouse break down your questions about life and work.
This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac discuss TK's new video series, "TK's College Tour of Bad Arguments," before answering listener questions about the purpose of social media and whether or not you should aim for quality or quantity in your marketing work.
Questions covered this week:
1) What is the purpose of social media? 2) Should I aim for quality or quantity in my marketing work?
Also covered in this episode: - TK's new video series that launched last week -- "TK's College Tour of Bad Arguments" and the response he received from Professor Gardner on Twitter - Isaac and TK's thoughts on some of the feedback they have received from people criticizing them for being too "anti-college" - The difference between demonizing college and demonizing bad arguments for college - How the strategies of Christian Apologetics can be applied to college opt-outs
Links referenced in this episode: - Episode 1 of TK's College Tour of Bad Arguments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqvfeR-MvI4
If you’d like Isaac & T.K. to give their two cents on your toughest professional challenges, email your questions to tk@discoverpraxis.com to be answered in upcoming Office Hours episodes!
This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac discuss their take on Kanye’s SNL performance before diving into listener’s questions. Questions covered this week:
In this episode of Office Hours, Isaac and TK debate the value of debating. Then they jump into answering listeners' questions about how to know when you're ready for something, if self-improvement is overrated, and how to explain yourself to naysayers. This week's questions are: 1. What does it mean to be ready for something? 2. Is it ok if I’m happy with myself and I don’t believe myself needs to be improved? 3. How should college opt-outs explain themselves to the haters and naysayers?
This week on Office Hours, TK confronts the idea that he may be a gnostic, Isaac discusses the difference between experiential knowledge and book knowledge, and then they answer listener questions about what kind of questions to ask an interviewer in a job interview and whether or not it’s worth it to persuade unmotivated friends to act on their ideas.
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 application process - Just in time learning vs. just in case learning - Learning as a way of hiding - Letting your work brag for you - How to get value out of Glassdoor reviews - What are soft skills? - Praxis isn't for everyone, but that doesn't mean they should go to college
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 misunderstood - Taking responsibility as a parent - Educations savings plan - Bad arguments for college - Don't base your career on what works for 'the average' person - Degrees don't magically get you jobs - The gap between what college grads think they can do and what employers think they can do
If you’d like Isaac & T.K. to give their two cents on your toughest professional challenges, email your questions to tk@discoverpraxis.com to be answered in upcoming Office Hours episodes! _____________ Praxis is a twelve-month program that places young people with startups to apprentice, learn, grow, and walk away with valuable career skills.
Learn more at: http://discoverpraxis.com/ Apply now at : https://www.discoverpraxis.com/apply
Questions:
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 - Knowing when to pursue an idea - Not resisting negative thoughts - How to bounce back after getting laid off - Living in a way that creates opportunities - Bringing new energy into your work
If you'd like Isaac & T.K. to give their two cents on your toughest professional challenges, email your questions to tk@discoverpraxis.com to be answered in upcoming Office Hours episodes! ---------------- Praxis is a twelve-month program that places young people with startups to apprentice, learn, grow, and walk away with valuable career skills.
Learn more at: http://discoverpraxis.com/ Apply now at: https://www.discoverpraxis.com/apply
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 gospel?
- I have a big project at work that needs a lot of buy-in from others. How do I stay organized and get stakeholders to help me?
Topics Discussed:
- Building a body of work as a teenager
- Demonstrating discipline through your interests
- There are lots of jobs in education outside of the traditional school system
- Don't limit your platform to your profession
- Living out your values instead of pushing them on others
- Staying organized when you're working on a complicated project
- Glamor vs reality of working in marketing
- Overlooking opportunities
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