You Cannot Plan Your Entire Career
When I meet new clients or speak at a conference I always make sure to briefly describe my background so people understand my perspective better (and so they know I’ve had a solid mix of education and experience). More than half the time someone mentions that I have had a pretty unusual career. Yes. Yes […]
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- Nov, 27, 2017
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Nov, 27, 2017
Never Give Up
Marathon runners have many sayings, one of which is “The race truly begins when you are ready to quit.” The point here is that when you feel like giving up, that’s when you need to dig deep and call upon all the strength you have. Nobody wants to stop 10 kilometers from the Finish, so […]
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- Nov, 13, 2017
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Watching for New Opportunities
Fans of the Fox TV show Arrested Development — cancelled back in 2006 — were happy to see it reappear with a new season on Netflix in 2013. Though other cancelled shows have returned to television in the last few years (Family Guy and Futurama come to mind), Arrested Development returned online. That may set […]
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- Oct, 23, 2017
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Avoid Feeling Fenced In
I’m running the Athens Marathon in November, so I can’t let a little thing like a business trip get in the way of my training. A recent visit to Singapore, though it was packed full of events, was actually a good thing since there are so many open spaces and it’s pretty easy to find […]
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- Sep, 28, 2017
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Seize the Moment
Years ago, when I was teaching at Georgetown, one of my students loaned me a book called The Medici Effect which I found to be pretty interesting. (One of the great things about my time at Georgetown, BTW, was that my students gave me as much reading as I gave them — and I loved […]
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- Posted in Book Reviews
- Sep, 21, 2017
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