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5 Ways to Get Unstuck Today to Achieve Your Goals

September 22, 2009

Are you stuck in a Geico commercial? You know the one. Unsuspecting men and women are pursued by a stack of money with enormous, plastic googly eyes. “You could be saving money,” the eyes imply with their accusatory stare. Perhaps you’re not being stalked by anthropomorphic cash, but you may very well have a set [...]

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Not getting the job you want? Double your efforts

July 28, 2009

A woman I met recently shared how she had been laid off,  and was able to get a great new job in slightly over a month. Her experience defies the conventional wisdom about job search.  She didn’t search for one month for every $10k of target salary.  She searched for one month.  Period. Lesson:  It [...]

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15 minutes a day to more productive work

July 10, 2009

In my house, no crime is more likely to end up in instant dismemberment than scuffing my Precious Portfolio. I have a beautiful, classic black leather portfolio from Levenger that I use for all of my business “stuff.”  I carried it to meetings at my last job, I carried it to interviews when I was [...]

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Recruiting and Maxwell’s Laws: Excellence through exceeding yourself

April 12, 2009

photo credit: jurvetson It’s often said that A players hire A players, while B players hire C players, or worse. A players hire A players because they understand that the single most important responsibility of a manager is to deliver value to the organization from his team that vastly exceeds the cost of supporting that [...]

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