Sell Out Your Soul

How to Find a Job After College

Posted on November 30, 2017 by TheSellOut

This is a detailed resource to help you find a job after college. Use these lessons to become more valuable and more attractive to employers. PRELUDE You made it. This is a resource for people serious about developing skills, earning a good living, and becoming valuable to their company and industry. It’s about mastery. It’s about discovering what your…

How a reader went from waitressing to a career in 3 months

Posted on March 27, 2017 by TheSellOut

I often regret calling my book, How to Find a Career With Your Humanities Degree in 126 Days. It kinda sounds like a scam. But when I wrote the book, I had a plan: I believe 18-weeks (126 days) is all the time any humanities major needs to build the skills to land a full-time career. I spent a lot…

7 incredibly useful resume tools

Posted on March 8, 2017 by TheSellOut

Some good resume tools I’ve found.

23 of the Best Jobs for History Majors

Posted on February 9, 2017 by TheSellOut

Below, you’ll find the internet’s largest list of the best jobs for history majors. Last updated in 2017.

Should I go to law school? A reader writes in.

Posted on July 20, 2016 by TheSellOut

Yesterday, I received an email from Eden. She wanted to share her story about why she decided not to go to law school. Since bailing on law school, she’s been writing a blog about following her own career path with freelancing and traveling the world. Here is her story. My name is Eden, I’m 23 years old, and I spent…

“Will I regret leaving academia?”

Posted on June 28, 2016 by TheSellOut

A fiercely smart man wrote me an email and we talked about a few things. I asked him to share his story about academia. He received a PhD in philosophy. And then decided to quit the academic life and find a new job. Does he regret his choice? Here’s what he had to say: “I would like to share lessons…

Another reader gets a job—no wait, a reader AND her best friend!

Posted on March 24, 2016 by TheSellOut

Hallelujah. A few weeks ago, I got this email from a nice woman who bought my book and followed my advice. The story has a twist. (I’ve removed her name and details at her request). This is her sellout story: About a year ago I decided to start reading your book and working the steps. Mostly because I had nothing…

The 2X Secret: What Nobody Tells You About Earning More From Your Skills

Posted on February 14, 2016 by TheSellOut

When building our skills and advancing our careers, we tend to reach for the same skills again and again. But there’s a simple way to make your skills more valuable and career more secure. It’s a path that people like Elon Musk, Matthew Inman (creator of the Oatmeal), and Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) have all used to amplify their core talent and earn more money.

How to find your career focus and start earning a good living

Posted on February 5, 2016 by TheSellOut

I get the same email over and over again. “James, I know that I don’t want to stay in the academic life. I want to find a new career. But I’m just not passionate about any of the options out there.”

It was a hard leap for me to go from studying art to working an office job.

I’ve created a video class to help you decide on a career focus. By the end, you’ll know how to pick a direction that both earns you money and keeps you happy.

Here’s the best answer I’ve heard to the question: What is the meaning of life?

Posted on October 1, 2015 by TheSellOut

I recently finished the amazing book Man’s Search for Meaning, written by a concentration camp survivor. The book has a simple premise: what was everyday life like in a concentration camp and in such a horrible existence can you find meaning? When Vicktor directly addresses his friend Otto, a man who he has just made memorize his last vows, and…