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Character, Trust, and Courage

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

If I could distill the business life “lessons learned” in a post, I would sum up my past few years’ experience as follows: Character – Trust – Courage. Character. Before you even bother with a business plan, before you think about the financials, ask yourself if you have the character to be in business. For [...]

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Quality of Money You Earn

Thursday, March 29, 2007

How much would you want to earn? $500,000 a year – or – $250,000 a year No brainer, right? Who wouldn’t want to earn $500,000 a year instead of $250,000 a year? But wait. Let’s add the following qualifiers to the amounts: $500,000 a year, traveling the road warrior rate (usually over 75% time away [...]

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How Do You Treat Competitors?

Friday, March 16, 2007

Recently at a conference, I met a few consultants with whom I had corresponded via email but not yet met face-to-face. I always look forward to an opportunity to finally meet with a person whom I feel like I know from email or telephone conversation. One of these professionals was an industry veteran in his [...]

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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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Three Things I Have Learned About Career Paths

Friday, January 26, 2007

1. Remember the “Path” in “Career Path.” Early on in my professional career I completely forgot about the “Path” in career path. I also ignored the wisdom of “life is a journey, not a destination” because it conflicted with my overly goal-oriented mentality. I had to personally experience how my frenetic outward motion of achievement [...]

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