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MAINTAINING JOY IN UNEMPLOYMENT
I was unhappy, bored and wasting time so I drank a lot. Too much, and I figured out that I didn’t want to waste the things I have learned and the time I had left by medicating so quit drinking. I had issues so sought a Christian therapist who got me through them and [...]
YOUR JOB ATTITUDE, AM I CRAZY?
I think a lot. Sometimes I come up with good ideas, other times they fail me, but I keep on and write about some of them. Lately I have been interested in the pursuit of happiness as allowed in the Declaration of Independence. I really like that concept and also believe that it is a [...]
HERE IS A STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN SURVIVED AND MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD!
Now don’t exit right away, I am not going to preach! But I do want to share an interesting story about survival and careers from the Bible. I believe it is true and that God orchestrated it, but will tell the story in secular terms just because it is fascinating. And, you may find that [...]
My blog talk radio interview with with Felice Gerwitz, author and book coach
I just completed a 1 hour interview with Felice Gerwitz, Media Angels, on her blog talk radio program. I had never done something like this before but it was a great experience for me. If you like, check it out here:
One way to protect your future.. start building a consulting business early!
Do you want to be a consultant? I am a consultant/coach but I never planned to be one. I just fell in to it when my job changed at Norwest (now Wells Fargo) and I didn’t want to find another position there. So, I took my severance and hung up my shingle! My goal was [...]
DO YOU KNOW YOUR MARKET?
In the venture capital business one of the most important factors in an investment decision is the size of the market for the product being introduced. Another important side to this is access to the market. In addition to management skills these are critical when looking for investors. Individuals have the same challenge. We need [...]
LOOKING FOR SUMMER JOBS?
The unemployment thing is a real problem for many. On the other side, I still hear from business owners that it is hard to get good “help”! How can this be in this market? I spoke at a high school a few weeks ago and one of the interests was summer jobs. The students had [...]
Why did I write my book?
I have a very brief clip of me and a young friend of mine discussing why I wrote my book. I used a system called “Proclaim” which is a product of Netbriefings as a test for marketing my book as well as a showcase for Proclaim for my friends at Netbriefing. I think this system is great [...]
Do we need to learn survival skills?
This video is hilarious, but is there some truth in it? Click on the word ‘survival’ below to see the clip! Survival
YOUR EMPLOYER MAY HAVE BACKUP PLAN, FIRE YOU! WHAT IS YOURS?
In my last article I wrote about running one’s life like a business, with mission, core competency/product, sales and marketing and money management. In this one I will discuss the idea of transferrable skills and obsolescence. I define transferrable skills as core competencies that we have developed that can be used almost anywhere. Thing like [...]
