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Send Your Dream to Your Future

Sunday, February 4, 2007

When Peep Laja first contacted me, he wrote, “…often we run through life not knowing where we want to go or what to do with our lives.” Because we seldom think about our dreams or know where we want to end up, he developed Dreaminder as a way for you to think about your dreams, [...]

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Career Path or Available Jobs

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

When I was researching about career paths many years ago, I made the same flawed assumption that many people still make today: I was really researching “available jobs” and not a “career path.” My confusing a career path with job openings made for inefficient professional development. I put on mental blinders during the exploratory stage [...]

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Success and Improv

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Every Tuesday evening, I go through the same feelings of anxiety and dread as I had experienced for many Tuesday evenings. I go to a beginner comedy improv class. If you think I have a bad case of the nerves now, you can imagine the cold sweat and nausea I had last semester. You may [...]

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Rules for Professionals

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

As for people: Always believe in the positive things said of other people. Be skeptical of negative things said of other people until you have proof through personal experience. Good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. As for consulting or advising or business conduct: If you don’t have a [...]

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Book Review: Danger Quicksand – Have a Nice Day

Monday, June 27, 2005

When you read David St. Lawrence’s Danger Quicksand – Have a Nice Day, you may smile ruefully and say, “I wish I had this book years ago when I was going through the corporate crap described in this book,” or your eyes may open wide and you may say, “Is what’s described in this book [...]

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