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Summary Sunday

September 19, 2010

Generally, I do a lot more reading than I did this week.  Here are some of my favorite posts from the week.  I shared them on Twitter.  I know, many people don’t want to be there, so that’s why I capture my favorites here, so you don’t miss them.  The other way you can find [...]

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Self Improvement 101…who teaches this?

August 18, 2010

There are thousands of self improvement/self help books on the shelves of every bookstore in the country.  (Who knows, this whole concept of buying a book in a store may change one day).  The topics range from communication differences, managing emotions, financial health, new age wellness.  Do people really read these books or do they [...]

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Organizing Your eLife

August 11, 2010

I struggle every day (and have for a long time) with how to file emails. I am afraid to delete messages that I might need in the future. When I get really ambitious, or fed up with my lack of organizational skills, I create seemingly meaningful folders in my inbox. Sure, that works fine the [...]

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Retraining Alone Is Not the Answer

August 5, 2010

For those of you who are not familiar with Peter Weddle and his newsletter and other resources, I encourage you to peruse his site here. His most recent "eye catching" news letter article was entitled "Retraining is Useless".  Weddle sites a Department of Labor study of 160,000 Unemployment Insurance claimants and the outcome…neutral.  Completion of [...]

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Reading Again…

July 23, 2010

Instead of selecting "beach novels", I've been busy reading "work" related books this summer. While on vacation, I got plenty of comments and a few dirty looks while reading a book that clearly wasn't deemed "summer reading". Strategy, Leadership & the Soul goes beyond the traditional "leadership" books.  It takes a look at the future [...]

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Who Do You Need To Know?

July 17, 2010

Over the past two weeks I've had conversations with a lot of interesting people.  They were with an MBA intern, Branding Guru, Human Resources enthusiast, Leadership author and Social Media/website pro.  And that's only a partial list. The backgrounds and talents of these people were all over the map. This is what made it so [...]

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