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Participation, Expectations, and Responsibility

More and more people have an online presence today. For some, it’s casual and conversational and sporadic, for their personal use and not necessarily consistent. For some, it’s a supportive career move. It’s not their job to be online, but doing so lends some additional benefits, connections, visibility. And for Read more »

The Power of The Definitive Affirmative

I’m not talking Stuart Smiley here. Sure, sure, affirmations are fine. You’re good enough and smart enough and I’m sure people like you, mostly. And I’m not talking about empty “positive thinking” either, the crap you read in lousy self-help books that tell you to look in the mirror and Read more »

The New Court of Public Opinion

There’s an interesting characteristic of the online world that makes things sticky sometimes. We can get opinions from anywhere. The ubiquity of information means that not only can we comment or opine on anything, but it’s easy, and even widely accepted to do so. It’s rather understood that Read more »

Working Hard Or Working Lots?

In the realm of phrases that are often used to talk about what we do every day, we toss around “working hard”. Everything from what it takes to succeed in life, to social media and business and writing and all the things in between. But here’s something to consider. Working Read more »

My Dirty Little College Secret

I have a lot of people ask me where I went to school, and what I studied in order to set myself up for the career path I have now. So it’s time for me to come clean with my dirty little secret: I don’t have a college degree.   Read more »

Picking Your Battles: 6 Questions to Ask

You’re in a meeting with a boss or your client, and it happens. They present an idea or a plan, and your inner monologue says “WHAT? No way. No, no, no. We can’t do it that way.” Disagreements and debates are inevitable, even healthy and progressive. But you can’t always Read more »

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