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Category Archives: Professional Development
The key to survival is embracing your professional struggle
Most mornings I drive to a train station and hop on a commuter train heading to New York City from my town in the suburbs. I have lots and lots of company doing the same thing every day. Sometimes I … Continue reading
If you want to work with or for a company try asking them
Throughout my professional career much of my most important work has been done in winning engagements with clients. Yep, I am and always will be a sales guy. Did a chill just go up your spine? “Being in sales is … Continue reading
Apple Watch is an interruptive device
Last week I ranted about unwanted LinkedIn invitations. I had a few interesting conversations with readers. So now I turn my sights on the Apple Watch, which has been around for nearly two years. I know quite a few people … Continue reading
SO busy. Dropping in just doesn’t work any more
It’s gotten to the point where less and less frequently I call someone without arranging it beforehand. Do you schedule your calls with clients and prospects too? That happens with face-to-face appointments now almost exclusively. A far cry different from … Continue reading
Four years after my career upheaval I am still standing
In some ways the summer of 2012 seems like more than four years ago. In July of that summer I was…Forced? Compelled? Convinced? whatever you want to call it, to end the operations of my former business that had been … Continue reading
Should being the best version of yourself be your ultimate goal?
Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos has been taken to task over a recent article that appeared in the New York Times. A follow up article on August 18th h suggests a brewing debate over work culture. In my view it’s long overdue. The … Continue reading
Chipping away at the mountain is the only way sculpt a professional masterpiece
Every day I come to work and I have countless important things to do. The goals of business success are clear as I have noted in a prior post. Working day by day the small bits of progress can be … Continue reading
