Leadership
The Art of Listening
Sometimes it’s good to just sit back and listen to the conversation around you. There are many voices out there, and many stories to be told by those voices. One of the best skills to have is the ability to listen.
It’s a hard skill to learn too. How often do we jump into a conversation, [...]
Letting Go
Sometimes it’s hard to let go of what we do. What I mean is that it can be hard sharing everything that you know, and teach other people what your job entails. The natural reaction is to hang on to that knowledge, be the expert, the guru that can do it all.
However, are you [...]
Learning to listen
I’ll tell you one of the most important & introspective lessons I’m learning: it’s listening to what people say. It’s a critical one that many of us find ourselves in the middle of when working on our personal improvement strategies.
While I’ve only really become aware of my own efforts to improve my listening abilities, [...]
Personal Branding Magazine - Issue 2
I’d like to point you to Issue 2 of Personal Branding Magazine. While this publication is still quite young, there is significant traction with the authors, editors and publisher Dan Schawbel. This issue breaks new ground for the magazine with several new contributing writers, reporters, editing staff and sponsorships.
While this is a non-profit magazine [...]
Less is More
In communication it is easy to “over-do” it. We all use email, voice, IM, RSS, and more. The trick is to manage your time, and other’s expectations at the same time. We’ve grown used to instant contact to nearly everyone in our address books over the last decade (or more) to the detriment of [...]
Further Example Of My Job Description
Seth Godin writes a job description that mirrors my professional odyssey to date and into the future.
Seth’s Blog: Jobs of the future, #1: Online Community Organizer
Technorati tags: Community Organizer, Social Networking
Unanimous Declaration INDEPENDENCE
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the [...]
It is done…
Over the last several weeks and months I’ve alluded to a coming change in my career, and it is finally taking place. After a lot of thought and deliberation, I have tendered my resignation at Michael Foods, Inc. I am vacating the Sr. Technologies Analyst position at the end of April 2007 to pursue consulting, writing, [...]
