High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Is Your LinkedIn Profile Up to Date?

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

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• 9 Reasons You Must Update Your LinkedIn Profile Today: "All kinds of people use all kinds of ways to learn about you. LinkedIn gives you an opportunity to control what they discover about your strengths and, more important, about your brand."

• 3 Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile: "By simply beginning a conversation at appropriate moments, you keep your relationships real. This is what networking is all about."                                                      
• Reduce Your Stress in Two Minutes a Day: "Evidence ... suggest(s) knowledge workers check email as much as 36 times an hour. The result is increased stress. Giving each activity your undivided attention ensures you’re in the moment and fully living that experience."


• The Profit in Principles: "When it comes to core principles, those are the words you should constantly review, whether they are the principles of your company or your own personal rules for life."


• To Grow in Business and In Life, Show Gratitude and Appreciation: "The foundation of asset management is gratitude. If you’re grateful for something then you’ll appreciate it; if you appreciate something then you’ll care for it."