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10 Steps to A Happy Life
These steps are based on my years of experience of doing it wrong; so I have it on excellent authority… my own happiness… that if you follow these steps … you may not be ecstatic..but you will be in a...
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Yawn, I’m Comfortable With Who I Am
For those of us who have a ‘good’ job; one that we’ve been in for several years – we’re probably feeling a combination of smugness – “well, I haven’t had to go through all that so I must be really...
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Is Job Hunting Really Just Sales?
If you are successful in sales, you’ve either had training or you’ve learned what works through trial and error . For the rest of us (90%!), we don’t really have any idea how to sell. Sure,we may have...
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It’s a Defined Contribution World – Are You Ready?
You can’t learn to surf without getting in the water. You can’t learn to participate in the new world of career and reputation management, if you don’t dive in and try stuff. No matter how much you...
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(More) New Tools for Managing Your Career – Are You Tired Yet?
Whether it’s job hunting or managing your career; it’s all a big pain. I need to learn new stuff, talk to people, use my brain and do things I don’t want to do. So every time I read about more new...
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Creating Work You Love (Sounds Scary or Ridiculous)
Why am I an entrepreneur? “We’ve made the decision to let you go,” my boss said over the telephone. I was shocked and upset.That was, the first time. The second time I was let go, not so much. By the...
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Single Best Piece of Career Advice
People at all stages of their careers look for work that ‘fits’. But most of us don’t know how to find it. This is as good an assessment tool as I have seen. The intersection of these 4 things is...
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Why We Work?
The Buddhist point of view is that work has 3 purposes, to: give a man a chance to utilize and develop his faculties enable him to overcome his ego-centeredness by joining with other people in a...
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Embrace the Mess – A Key to Innovation
Do you embrace the mess? If you want to hear someone interesting talk about problem solving like an artist, thinking like an artist; here is designer Marc Ecko sharing his thoughts on embrace the...
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Swearing and Spelling
I find it surprising and disturbing that recruiters are still holding two things against job seekers in their social media posts: Swearing and spelling. Really? In the infographic, “Watch What You...
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Creating Work You Love (Sounds Scary or Ridiculous)
Why am I an entrepreneur? “We’ve made the decision to let you go,” my boss said over the telephone. I was shocked and upset.That was, the first time. The second time I was let go, not so much. By the...
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Single Best Piece of Career Advice
People at all stages of their careers look for work that ‘fits’. But most of us don’t know how to find it. This is as good an assessment tool as I have seen. The intersection of these 4 things is...
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Why We Work?
The Buddhist point of view is that work has 3 purposes, to: give a man a chance to utilize and develop his faculties enable him to overcome his ego-centeredness by joining with other people in a...
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Embrace the Mess – A Key to Innovation
Do you embrace the mess? If you want to hear someone interesting talk about problem solving like an artist, thinking like an artist; here is designer Marc Ecko sharing his thoughts on embrace the...
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Swearing and Spelling
I find it surprising and disturbing that recruiters are still holding two things against job seekers in their social media posts: Swearing and spelling. Really? In the infographic, “Watch What You...
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Oh, Oh… I Got Fired
Oh, Oh… I Got Fired If you’ve been fired in the past year or two and it was your first time, you might still feel bad about it. I was fired 3 times (well, technically fired twice and laid off once)....
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Be Coachable — At Any Age
But I Haven’t Got the Talent Sometimes I hear people giving up on their goal. That can be ok. Sometimes surrender is the right thing to do. But sometimes, giving up is a very bad thing. We act as if...
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Diary of A Wimpy Adult
Wimpy Is As Wimpy Does Yes, I’m calling you wimpy. I’m calling me wimpy. We’re all a bunch of wimps. Well, not really. But I do think many of us could toughen up. I’m not saying there aren’t lots of...
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A Reputation Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
First Impressions Matter: In Person? Online? Your reputation has as much impact on your life as what you actually do. Early assumptions about you are sticky and are difficult to change. The single best...
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Self-Esteem Is Overrated
Acting As If Everything is Fine I like to act as if everything is fine. I don’t want to be a burden to anyone. I want people to see me as self-sufficient. This is both a blessing and a curse. A...
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