I've found way too many good links to start off a post with some rambling incoherence. So, in the interest of maximizing the amount of information, I'm just going to ladle out some hot, steamy links to get your week started off right.

Let's just get on with it ...

Personal MBA Lists the 12 Core Human Skills Every Successful Person Should Posses: OK, essentially there are two paths to success: Become the best in the world (the top 1%) at 1 specific thing, or become very good (top 25%) at a large variety of different things. This post focuses on the latter (of which I subscribe - but fail). This post lists the core human skills that you can utilize for success. A highly recommended read. (via Lone Gunman)

The Washington Post Reports On a New Generation of Workers - The Digital Nomad: "They work -- clad in shorts, T-shirts and sandals -- wherever they find a wireless Web connection to reach their colleagues via instant messaging, Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and occasionally by voice on their iPhones or Skype. As digital nomads, experts say, they represent a natural evolution in teleworking. The Internet let millions of wired people work from home; now, with widespread WiFi, many have cut the wires and left home (or the dreary office) to work where they please - and especially around other people, even total strangers." It may not be as pleasant as it sounds, however. Check out the piece for more info.

The Lone Gunman Explores The Ideal Workplace: In this case it's all about maximizing creativity. Decorate in blue to inspire relaxation and a peaceful state of mind; increase psychological distance to encourage abstract thinking; live abroad to inspire input for the creative process and the psychological readiness of new ideas. Now, I guess you combine all of this with the digital nomad-ism from the Post piece and you have the perfect work place to maximize creativity and productivity.

BlueSky Resumes Addresses the Issue of Authenticity in Marketing Yourself: "When I first started resume writing, I did it like everyone else. I wrote resumes the way I saw everyone else do it. My resumes were good, but could have come from 10 other resume writing services. But now that’s not the case. Because instead of trying to squeeze my clients’ histories into a template, I am focusing on their individuality." This is a valid point. Explaining what makes you unique or different from other job candidates can go a long way towards getting you the job you want.

Monica O'Brien Gives the Lowdown on Mentors: How to get one and how to keep one. Learning from someone you admire in a field you strive to occupy can be extraordinarily helpful. More than just a contact, mentor's can provide useful, real-world advice and guidance on your career. Monica has some very good advice for approaching a potential mentor and how to cultivate the relationship.

The New York Times Reports on Some Picky Recent Grads: So, apparently, this year's crop of grads don't seem to worried about the foul market. In this article, one recent grad turns down a job for location, and one for the inconvenient hours. While the career counselors think these grads should be worried, many that appear in the article seem unconcerned, and assume the right opportunity will eventually come along. I'm not sure how representative of the rest of recent grads this is, but it would certainly mark an interesting development.

Mashable Explores Free Online Education: At some point (in the near future) I'd love to delve into this more. There are plenty of resources to supplement and further your education online that can really give you a leg up on competition in the job hunt. I, for example, am currently utilizing MIT's open courseware, which we've linked to before, to develop some computer skills I am sorely lacking. The Mashable article lists a few more resources.

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