Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

August 29, 2010

Image by jimbowen0306 via Flickr One of the greatest football coaches of all time, Vince Lombardi, once said, “Practice doesn’t make perfect.  Only perfect practice makes perfect.”  When I was younger I had a coach who utilized an iteration of this idea by telling our team, “You play like you practice.”  These maxims beg the [...]

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How to Manage Your Manager

August 28, 2010

Management is not a unilateral relationship.  Although, in some cases it certainly does appear to be the case.  Here are three tips that will help you to make sure that you are managing your superiors as much as they are managing you.  When executed properly, “managing up” is beneficial to you, your superior and the [...]

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Goal Setting

August 27, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Someone recently asked me to write a goal setting post as a follow-up to my “Empowering Others” article.  Goal setting is a tricky undertaking and there are far more nuances than I will be able to cover in this article.  Here, though, are a few thoughts as you layout your milestones for [...]

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Outsourcing With Virtual Assistants

August 26, 2010

I recently completed the book 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss which was a very enlightening and entertaining read.  In the book Ferriss speaks on the notion of “outsourcing everything” to increase the amount of time we actually have for ourselves to do the things that are important to us.  These services, obviously are not [...]

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What’s Your Mantra?

August 25, 2010

Recently I started reading the book, The Art of the Start, by Guy Kawasaki.  This book is another installment in my 2010 Tuition Free MBA Reading Challenge.  I very much look forward to reading the entire book as I have been impressed for some time with Kawasaki’s innovative thinking. One of the first points he [...]

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5 Tips For Writing a Killer Resume

August 24, 2010

With unemployment rates so high right now there are tons of people looking for jobs.  There are also highly qualified people losing their jobs due to downsizing.  These trends point to a number of things happening.  But the bottom line is that we are in the midst of a sea change and all of our [...]

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7 Ways to Distract Your Distractions

August 23, 2010

In this ever  complicated world of social media, cell phones, land line phones, instant messaging, facebook, email, etc. etc. etc. there are certainly more than enough distractions to completely monopolize our time.  When I was in high school, boarding school actually, I was always coached by one teacher to “Distract My Distractions.”  That has always [...]

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Slow and Steady Shapes My Blog

August 22, 2010

Lessons from A Little Over a Week of Consistent Posting Focusing on developing content is a good thing at the outset. Content is king.  Obviously, like anything, quality is better than quantity.  However, at the outset, I believe it is important to get in the mode of writing frequently and just getting a lot of [...]

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Chrome Extensions – Love, Looking Into, and Lost

August 21, 2010

I started using Chrome about a year ago then stopped for a while and now I’m at it again.  I find it to be a very innovative browser and I love the ability for programmers to contribute their own extensions.  While I have found it to be somewhat unstable at times based on different extensions [...]

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5 Reasons Why the Internet is Awesome

August 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia The internet has changed the face of culture and society in immeasurable (and I think mostly positive) ways. I say mostly because I believe there are a number of ways (especially for young people) that the internet can get you into trouble. However, with a good head on your shoulders, and in [...]

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