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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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What in your life was a surprise to you?

October 20, 2009

What did you want to be when you were five years old?
Maybe it was a firefighter, or a veterinarian, or President.
At that age, we see everything as a possibility. But truthfully, our view of the future is probably a bit fuzzy.
Even when we get older, when we have a stronger vision of our direction, when [...]

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Networking Ninja Tip: Know What You Need

October 15, 2009

There are hundreds of opportunities for networking, and if you take advantage of a fraction of them you’ll likely meet scores of people with whom you can “network.”
You can take their info, follow up, schedule a face-to-face meeting. In fact, the networking events that I’ve been to lately are huge proponents of the face-to-face meeting [...]

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Managing your commitments, and a note on managing mine

August 12, 2009

On the one side, I encouraged all of you to say yes.  And yet there will come a time where you need to say no for your own sanity.  But how do you determine when to say no?
Here are some reasons that you should consider saying no:

If you’re only saying “yes” because you feel you [...]

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Get motivated: Check off your to-dos

August 11, 2009

This weekend, I took some time to shut off the demands of the world and focus on the good stuff.  I spent time with my husband and my little girl.  I hosted a dinner party with good friends.  And Sunday, honestly, I took a long-overdue nap.
Sometimes, a break is in order.  But you may find, [...]

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Make the decision: Managing your attention

February 2, 2009

Even the most organized person can sometimes find themselves looking over their to-do list when they should be calling that client or submitting that resume, hashing and rehashing the most effective use of their time. But excessive focus on time management can result in mismanagement of another resource: your attention.
The first step in managing [...]

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