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I'm looking at a mountain view this morning in Alaska enjoying a week of work and play with the family. Yesterday, my boy and I worked side by side at a coffee shop like a couple college kids studying together. We got to enjoy a full day of
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I can only imagine how much pushback employees at Coca-Cola gave when their management decided to pull the plug on voice mail. Can you see the arguments for keeping it around? Lots of defense of the status quo. The reality is that a whole generation is in the workforce now
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The year has flown by for me and I wanted to simply take a moment and be thankful for the many blessings, friends and kindness I have experienced in this last year. When I step back, I can only smile. Life and work can get pretty exhausting and it'
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Yes, you can disguise it and simply work harder. That's the heads down way of looking like you are winning. But are you building something? Are you advancing your assets, growing your systems or increasing your value from one month to the next? Ideally, you can get the
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When we lived in a more static world, working hard had its reward. The target - selling a customer, launching a product or winning market share - remained intact because things that were true a month ago would be true the next month and thereafter. Salespeople could work the same
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One way to play the game of gaining attention is to keep a look on the horizon and do things first. Of course, this is a relentless pursuit. You have to stay on top of what is coming out and continue with trends that shift and turn. There is that
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When you think about the click moment, much of what has to happen comes down to connecting and timing. That interpersonal touch which puts you on the same wavelength with another person is important to get any traction. No connection then no reason to make something happen together. The timing
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Being in a connected world sure does make control hard. It's difficult to anticipate what crises or demands on our attention and time will happen next Tuesday. The fact that people can reach us on a whim and pile on work for us is not to be lost
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Making something happen of significance is often not complex. In fact, it's pretty simple, but it does not discount how hard it is. Getting out and connecting in real relationships opens doors for opportunities. It's simple. But for some, it's hard. Doing it a
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I have not been on LinkedIn in quite some time. I left it a while ago and provide my reasons here. It became more of an attention suck than a true place to connect and exchange value. Recently, I kept getting invitations from people on LinkedIn to connect. After seeing
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If you have worked in corporate environments, then you may have heard about career glass ceilings. It's where your skills, influence or situation prevent you from getting promoted any further in the pyramid structure on the org chart. Something is limiting you, whether yourself or your environment. If
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I believe in a fundamental truth about any situation that is not working. It's what I have been trained as an engineer to embrace and have learned about the world at large. In fact, I think my optimism stems from this trait, and it keeps me on the