Chris McConnehey’s Final, Biiiiiiiiig Question (“What would I really have said?”)
I didn’t think I was going to make a series out of my presentation at Westminster, but it just kind of worked this way. Chris e-mailed me with this question: …
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Chris McConnehey’s Three Questions on Blogs and Careers
Remember my post “I’m Glad We’re Not All Crazy” from last week? I blogged about how surprised I was that so few people in an MBA class were on LinkedIn …
On Building Intimate Relationships
From my post last night you know that I spoke to an MBA class, and I started and ended with the idea from Keith Ferrazzi’s Never Eat Alone that we …
Be Better than Grandma at Sending Thank You Cards
Do you have a grandma that never misses your birthday? You get a thank you card a day or two before your birthday? Here’s what you can do to be …
Where Do You Find The Best Leads? Not From Family And Friends!
I feel like the topic of this post violates what I wrote yesterday, about not liking career advice :p Oh well. This had a profound impact on me, so I’ll …
Why I Dislike Career Advice
Actually, I usually hate it. It drove me mad last year, in the heat of my job search. Why? Because I felt that most of it didn’t apply to me. …
7 Easy Steps to Have the Guts to Become and Entrerpreneur
I regularly get e-mails from people asking how did I have the guts to become an entrepreneur. They are asking because they’ve thought about starting their own company (or side …
Sneak Preview: The Job Journal
JibberJobber is a career management tool, useful before, during and after a job search. The newest feature, scheduled to be released next week, is a non-job-search feature — The Job …
Career Management Visualization – an example
Yesterday I introduced the idea of a visualization, which my coach prompted me to write. Today I will present a visualization that is similar to my business visualization, but customized …
The Visualization – Where Will You Be?
One of the first things my coach had me do was develop a document titled “The Visualization.” This is a very personal one-page document with very specific targets, written in …