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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Patience is highly overrated IMHO
In my book patience is not a virtue and good things don’t come to those who wait. You can quote me. Continue reading
Finding Your Networking Value Proposition
For years I resisted the whole idea of networking. My mental association was an image of Herb Tarlek, the consumate slick salesman, wearing white shoes and an insincere grin handing out business cards two at at time with instructions to … Continue reading
Mental Hoarding
Hoarding has gotten a lot of press over the last year, thanks in large measure to a reality show called Hoarders. What keeps me watching the show is my fascination with a different kind of hoarding — one that can afflict today’s knowledge … Continue reading
Posted in Self Management
Tagged Clear thinking, employability, knowledge worker, learning, mental hoarding
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Working Mentorship
Last month I had a conversation with someone who counseled me to ensure that I was keeping a healthy balance of tactical versus strategic goals. I love that we had that conversation and have given quite a bit of thought to it in … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Communications, Getting Results, Inspiration, Leadership, Management, Networking
Tagged coaching, engage, focus, Vision
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Considering Relocating For a Job? Networking and Growth Opportunities Await You!
Moving to take advantage of career opportunities has been an excellent experience and one that I highly recommend if your personal circumstances permit. Working in new environments not only helps to round out practical experience, it exposes one to new … Continue reading
Pulling versus Pushing
It’s great to believe ourselves capable of inspiring people to action — that we can influence behaviours simply by painting a compelling picture of a bright, shiny new future — but the truth is, it’s much harder than it looks. And if we’re truly honest with ourselves, we may be doing more pushing than pulling. Continue reading
Posted in Getting Results, Inspiration, Leadership, Management
Tagged communication, Dwight D. Eisenhower, engage, Leadership, team, Vision
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What I Learned From a Month Without Twitter
I didn’t go cold turkey on purpose. It was not an experiment to see if I could do without Twitter. I just got really preoccupied with an extremely demanding professional schedule. What I learned surprised me. Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Inspiration, Leadership, Networking, Social Media
Tagged learning, professional development, Twitter
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Don’t Get “Should On” by Your New Year’s Resolutions
What’s the most popular blog and editorial topic every January? It has to be New Year’s resolutions. Promises to do better, be better, make a difference, make a change or take a chance. If you are one of the millions with a 2010 resolutions list, hold your list up to these questions to see if they measure up as truly useful tools capable of pulling you toward what you really want this year. Continue reading
Posted in Getting Results, Inspiration, Self Management
Tagged goal setting, new year's resolution, self improvement
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