This is a guest post by David Pinkley, The Resume Sage. How do you describe yourself in your resume: team player?…quick learner?…detailed oriented? Do you really believe those self-proclaimed descriptions? Consider this: so does everyone else. That’s the problem. When it comes to describing ourselves…
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Review: Tribes by Seth Godin
Read moreOn a recent flight, I began reading Seth Godin’s Tribes. On the return flight, I finished it. It was my introduction to Seth Godin—no idea why I hadn’t found him sooner!—and what an introduction it was. The book blew me away. It is the best…
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Carousel — 02.26.10
Read moreSnow, snow, and more snow! Are you beginning to notice a theme here? I sure am. We’ve gotten ten inches over the past few days & the forecast calls for at least another 10-15 inches by tomorrow night. I am actually writing this on Thursday…
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The Courage to Confront Your Dream
Read moreWhat is a personal calling? It is God’s blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don’t all have the courage to confront our…
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Let Go of Your Goals & Unleash Your Dreams
Read moreDreams are Just as Important as Goals I’ve written quite a bit about setting & accomplishing goals; overcoming fears; and making the best out of difficult situations. But what I haven’t written enough about is flat out—unleashing your dreams. Goal setting is a very mathematical…
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Carousel — 02.19.10
Read moreOh, what a week! I’ve been busy catching up after my recent trip to South Carolina last weekend. (Thanks for all of the positive energy that sent my way—the presentation was a great success.) For the past two days, I’ve spent 14 hours participating in…
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The Journey
Read moreby Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each…
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Baby Steps into the Free World: How to Put Yourself First & Succeed
Read moreSeveral months ago, a friend of mine wrote an excellent guest post titled, Corporate Fluff. His mission was to free us all from the trenches of corporate slavery! The post starts off like this: “The corporate world and the office work model are too full…
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Carousel — 02.12.10
Read moreHello my darling readers. By the time you read this I will be cruising at around 30,000 feet or so above the Earth. I am headed south for a few days on business. Unfortunately, even though I am going to South Carolina (where it’s supposed…