How often have you called someone, and gotten a generic “Leave a message after the beep”? Or not even a message at all, just a beep? You’re left wondering if you’ve dialed the right number, or perhaps been given the wrong number. Now think about what the other person’s reaction might be, if […]
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I grew up as a Math nerd. Math and related topics such as computer science were my favorite subjects. I loved logic puzzles. I was convinced that whatever I did in the futute would be Math-related. So what did I do? I went into Actuarial work – a great practical application of Math,
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During the month of January, I have participated in the Ultimate Blog Challenge. The idea is to commit to writing a blog entry every day, thereby building your writing and execution muscles, while building more of a following. And you know what, it did exactly that! A friend runs this challenge quarterly, and I
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I often work with clients on building a powerful network that will tap them into the hidden job market. (The hidden job market is the large percentage of jobs that never make it to a formal job posting.) I will ask them to come up with a list of people they can network with.
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“I am my first client… I am my biggest success story.” Have you ever known someone who had a health crisis that caused them to re-evaluate their career and life direction? I had the chance to interview Karen Sammer on her literally life-saving transition, and it was a truly inspiring story. Karen went
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As a teenage driver, I was very concerned with following the rules of the road. I had a friend who laughed at me because late at night, with no one else on the road, I would still be using my turn signal in his neighborhood. Would there have been much risk if, late at
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As I was shoveling our walks today, I thought about what happened to my Dad in his late 70’s. He was out shoveling snow, and stubbornly just wanted to finish. He pushed past the point where he probably should have stopped, and found himself deeply fatigued afterwards. Later, we found out he had what his
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I was listening to an interview with James Altucher, author of The James Altucher Idea List, and someone who has over 1 million followers on LinkedIn. I was struck by this statement: “If you can’t come up with ten ideas, come up with 20 ideas.” (I then tracked down an article he wrote
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Venting can be good for us. It releases the valve on the pressure cooker that holds our frustrations in check. It lets them out so we can reset a bit. I recently wrote about some of the problems when we do it the wrong way or in the wrong venue. So now let’s look
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In my last post, I talked about the pitfalls of over-competing. I shared how I try to adjust the level of my play at Pickleball (or Tennis, or anything competitive) to the people I’m playing with. This morning I started out playing in a foursome who were significantly below the level at which I’m
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