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Do this for your career right now: Start a company and sell it for a dollar.

Posted to: Entrepreneurship
July 28th, 2011
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This is the column I wrote for BNET. Usually I keep my best ideas for my blog, but after I posted this on BNET I thought: Hold it! This is a great idea! Everyone should be doing this to make their career great. So here’s the post.
If you want to make yourself stand out as …

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How to see the need for change

Posted to: Self-management
July 25th, 2011
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Jeanenne is my assistant. Of sorts. It was unclear what her job was when I hired her. She is sort of the nanny, but I don't really need a nanny. I am with the kids almost 100% of the day. You might wonder how I can do that and still have a job. The answer …

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Why most career coaching fails

Posted to: Finding a career | Mentoring | Parenting
July 22nd, 2011
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Melissa left yesterday. She moved back to Austin. She moved for a job that I think is totally stupid, but her future employer reads this blog, so I have to watch what I say. On the other hand, she ended up giving references the same day I posted about me worrying about her having an …

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On Sunday my son sold his pig

Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Parenting
July 19th, 2011
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When the pig litters came in January, the Farmer helped my son pick out pigs for his 4H project. They picked four, because you never know, really, how a pig will grow. So you start with four and pick two after a few months.
My son woke up every morning and fed his pigs, for six …

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What Gen Yers don’t know about themselves

Posted to: Knowing yourself
July 15th, 2011
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Now that I'm not the CEO of Brazen Careerist, I don't have to be the national cheerleader for Generation Y. I fantasized about this moment for years: the moment when I'd write the post titled, 10 Things I Hate about Generation Y.
But it's hard to hate people you hang out with all the time, and …

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Self-publishing update: My import/export business

Posted to: How to blog
July 14th, 2011
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I want to thank everyone who bought my book. I loved the process of selling the book, making it, and shipping it out. I learned so much.

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How to compete with Generation Z

Posted to: Fulfillment
July 12th, 2011
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I’m convinced that the biggest impact Generation Z will have on the workplace is in their schooling. They will be lifelong, self-learners, who take more personal responsibility for their ongoing education than any generation in history. I am not talking about graduate school here. I am talking about a more creative, independent way of learning …

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My accidental vacation

Posted to: Parenting | Self-management
July 8th, 2011
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I have never been a fan of vacations. Why would I need a vacation from my life if I like my life?
Also, I’m a fanatic about routine. After years of obsessive research about what makes people happy, I have determined that self-discipline is the key to happiness. And self-discipline is really difficult, but not in …

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