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Is Your Success Undermining Your Dreams?

January 4, 2010

“Good is the enemy of great.”
This, the opening statement of Jim Collins’ Good to Great, is a primary cause of dream abandonment.
You’re good at what you do. You’ve got skills. You meet deadlines. Your projects meet client needs. You bring home a paycheck that keeps you and your family comfortable.
It’s so easy to rest on [...]

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Taking the first step towards excellence

December 4, 2009

Today, I uploaded a new photo to my Twitter account.
It’s the third (fourth?) that I’ve used since I started on Twitter earlier this year. Each time I’ve been happier with the photo that I’m using.
The easiest thing to do might have been to go out at the beginning and get a professional head shot taken. [...]

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How NOT to win that job promotion

October 26, 2009

Today’s post is a guest post from Andrew Rondeau. His blog, Great Management, is a great source of information and inspiration for professionals.
Believe it or not, but not everyone wants a great successful career. Not everyone wants to get a promotion and earn more money.
So follow these guidelines and I guarantee you will NOT [...]

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The new digital divide, or Why Twitter will change the world

October 12, 2009

A couple weeks ago I was at a small gathering of senior-level women, sharing professional experiences in a cozy living room over wine and snacks. I mentioned that I was teaching a two-hour workshop on Twitter for business. The response from one woman was not uncommon. “Two hours? On Twitter?”
The class was last week, and [...]

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“Dream” is the ultimate action verb

October 7, 2009

Do you have dreams, or plans?
If you don’t have plans, then you don’t really have dreams at all. You have wishes — the kind of things that you hope that a fairy will come and grant for you, that with a *poof* will magically come to be.
You may have noticed I have a thing for [...]

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The Do-It-Yourself Behavioral Interview

September 14, 2009

Employers used to ask softball questions.
Of course, they didn’t think they were softballs, but as they started to realize their interviews weren’t predicting success, they switched it up a little.
They moved from “What would you do if…” to “Tell me about a time when…”
And the behavioral interview was born. While a behavioral interview is not [...]

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Back to School Day 4: 3 Ways to Be a Resume Ninja

August 27, 2009

Today’s video in honor of Career Mastermind Week is all about the resume.
Watch to find out three things that you can do today to make your resume more targeted, effective and successful.

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The Key to Success: Do it, Refine, Try again

August 26, 2009

Here’s the key to success:
Give it your best shot.
Learn.
Refine.
Do it again.
Many people get paralyzed by the idea of perfection and end up not doing much.  The thing is, a great way to find success is to invite failure first.
Kids learn to walk, but spend most of the time landing on their diapered butts.  We learn [...]

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Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring: Interview with author Ford Myers

August 18, 2009

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Ford Myers, a fellow career coach and author of the new book Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring. If you read this site regularly, you know that I don’t really make recommendations for books, products or services in the career space.  Share options?  Sure.  [...]

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Your personal “best”: Authenticity and your job search

July 30, 2009

The Career Adventure newsletter has a new look — it’s now the Career Kick Start!  One minute’s worth of immediately useful career advice delivered weekly.  And it’s free, as is the Results Focused Resume ebook (available through August 5).  You can get both here.
Success in a job interview requires your very best suit, your very [...]

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