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 [...]
ArchivesDo this for your career right now: Start a company and sell it for a dollar.
Posted to: Entrepreneurship
July 28th, 2011
 
How to see the need for change
Posted to: Self-management
July 25th, 2011
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 [...]
Why most career coaching fails
July 22nd, 2011
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 [...]
On Sunday my son sold his pig
Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Parenting
July 19th, 2011
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.
What Gen Yers don't know about themselves
Posted to: Knowing yourself
July 15th, 2011
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.
Self-publishing update: My import/export business
Posted to: How to blog
July 14th, 2011
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.
How to compete with Generation Z
Posted to: Fulfillment
July 12th, 2011
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 [...]
My accidental vacation
Posted to: Parenting | Self-management
July 8th, 2011
I have never been a fan of vacations. Why would I need a vacation from my life if I like my life?
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Skateboard class emergency: My Xanax spills into the halfpipe. Too steep for my feet. I have to ask a kid on his board to pick up my pills. 6 days ago
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