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As human beings, each of our time on this planet is finite. We know that time is precious, and we want to spend it doing things that make us happy. For many of us, one aspect of happiness is the ability to make a positive difference, to help put other people into a better position than [...]
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Greetings fellow BAs. As you know, I’ve written before about how you are in control of your own career, progress, destiny, whether you wear matching shoes to work, etc. I’ve been thinking for a while about a new blog post and keep coming back to this topic, but don’t want to rehash the same ole’ [...]
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These past few months have been busy ones for me. I’ve finished building the Launching Your BA Career course content and launched enrollment for two new courses. The last two weeks in particular were quite intense — we closed on a house, attended two prenatal appointments, I finished enrollment on Launching Your BA Career, finished [...]
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It’s likely that if you’ve been celebrating Christmas or Hanukah or any other holidays in this year-end season, you’ve been focused on finding that special gift for someone else. Have you considered what gift you can give yourself? One person who inspires me the most is Jeffrey Gitomer…in fact, this is a nice reminder that I [...]
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Are you an over-achiever? Do you look inward for measures of success or outward? This post from a compelling blog titled “Stay out of School” really hit home. The post talks about video gaming and how addictive it can be. The author ties video gaming to achievement. Video games have consistent “levels up” where you [...]
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Some stakeholders are just better at helping us do our jobs. While some people carry on and get distracted by any sort of new, cool idea that makes its way into your conversation, others stay focused and even help you stay focused and on track. Some people start explaining things in the middle of a [...]
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Sometimes all we need is a little “validation”…This is a great short film and a nice reminder that when we’re dealing with difficult people maybe they just need their best qualities to be recognized.
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