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Tips & Tricks
Here’s the scene: About four years ago, I was retained to work with an individual as her coach. We spent about six months together. Additionally, based on the work we were doing, she spent time with her boss and several of her boss’s peers. This was done with the full knowledge and blessing of said [...]
Last Thursday night, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to a sellout crowd of 270 Big 10 graduates. By all accounts, the night was a hit. I was glad to be able to do my share. Inevitably at an event like this, a few people will ask me what it’s like to be the [...]
One of the most difficult things to admit to oneself can be a feeling of not measuring up. The human psyche is incredibly adept at avoiding the acceptance of other people’s superiority. The problem with this, besides blinding us to our development opportunities, is that what happens when we try to communicate with people who [...]
Just because you love someone, or something, doesn’t mean you can’t be honest about it. Take my dog, for example. I tell people she’s not so swift, and they tell me I must not understand her. Oh, really? Look at this: That’s my dog, Lenny, looking for my cat, George. See George? He’s very much [...]
New to the business world? Take advantage of every chance you get to attend a mocktail like this one before you have to network for real. It may sound silly, but it helps. Your parents figured it out on their own, but only because they started much younger. Now, with school as structured as it [...]
We have a small sledding hill on our property, thanks to a drainage easement in our side yard. A few years ago, I had a hedge removed from along our driveway to give our a better line when sledding. One thing led to another, and now we keep all our ski gear by the back [...]
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