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Job Search Strategies

Reaching for the Top

June 7, 2010

There is no magic formula for ramping up your business and getting it to take off.  Of course, people will tell you there is, and you’ll get all kinds of interesting offers to that effect.
But I’m not buying it.  Not if you want that last 10%, the upper echelon of whatever it is you’re striving [...]

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Boxing or Ballet

May 17, 2010

It is simply part of the human condition.  We twist oursleves around a discursive thinking process where logic and reason prevail.  Our minds ramble on and on trying to make sense of an idea, conflict or challenge.

Should I play it safe or be frivolous?
I want to do this, but maybe I’m not good enough.
Is the [...]

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Why Buy Matching Socks?

April 19, 2010

A therapist approached me the other day saying she was lost in uncertainty.  “I don’t know who I am anymore within the profession,” she said.  My initial response, “Good for you!  You’re one of the lucky ones.”
Now before people start throwing tomatoes my way, let me explain.  I’m well aware that uncertainty is not [...]

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In 1990, a young man named Geoffrey Canada, returned home to Harlem on a mission.  His goal – to “end the cycle of poverty in Harlem by transforming all aspects of children’s lives”.  Most would say it was an unrealistic goal rooted in naivete and bravado.  But Mr. Canada, a man who had defied all [...]

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Why Not “Flop”?

January 4, 2010

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
- Einstein
In the mid 1960’s, a lanky teenager named Dick Fosbury was working on his high jump technique with limited results.  At that time, the “correct” method for high jumping was known as the straddle method.  It’s an obvious technique whereby the jumper approaches the bar [...]

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Today’s job market is tough.  We’re all painfully aware of this fact.  In a previous post I spoke about selling yourself and thinking differently when conducting a job search.    Now, more than ever, it’s essential to leverage your network and to use your creativity to get noticed.
One way people are beginning to make an impact [...]

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