By Jane Hanson
By Daniel D. Goering and Christina S. Li
A great deal of career advice, while given with the best of intentions, is often not based on verified evidence and is anecdotal, hackneyed, contradictory, or outdated. We now have more clear evidence of what constitutes good advice in terms of which mindsets to hold while navigating one’s career. According to the evidence, some is powerful and effective, some is at best unhelpful, whereas some is downright bad. The authors break down which of the four most common career mindsets relates to objective career success, subjective career success, and employee job outcomes.
Dalina Soto is a dietitian and nutritionist that doesn’t put her clients on diets. Yes, you read that right. She’s a dietitian that doesn’t believe in diets, and for good reason too. While studying to be a pediatrician at Penn State years ago, the now 33-year-old Dominicana took a nutrition class that helped her realize that her passion was actually in preventative care. She came to understand that she could help the Latinx community be healthier and live longer without having to give up important aspects of the culture, and the course of her future changed forever.