Employee Poaching: What It Really Means

October 6, 2011

So during this volunteer project I’ve been working on, a blog post was written about sponsoring the event. In that post, my writer made a comment about networking and “stealing” employees that she connected with. A certain person who was unhappy that he wasn’t totally getting his way with the event tried to make a [...]

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Experiment in Disconnecting

September 27, 2011

Over the past few months, I’ve had two things bugging me. One: how incredibly high my internet bill was and two: How slow our internet was getting. It gradually got worse and worse even after two different service visits. Today my modem finally died and I decided to act on something I’d been thinking about. I [...]

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Why Sometimes You Just Have to Cut Your Losses

September 8, 2011

In addition to coaching business owners and bosses on how to better manage the people that work for them, I also coach people who are having issues with their bosses. This is a conversation from a recent call used with permission (name removed.) Her: My boss fired me because a project was late while we [...]

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Help Wanted

June 8, 2011

Over the past few months, I have considered hiring an “intern” for my business. Well, it’s definitely time. Intern/Assistant/Helper Wanted I primarily need an assistant. Some tasks could be done remotely, but this person needs to be local to Murfreesboro, TN. This may not look like a typical Job Ad because this probably isn’t your [...]

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Intense Focus?

June 3, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot about intense focus. For the last 3 weeks, I have been taking a May-Mester class. So I’ve been in a classroom from 1-5 everyday of the week. Believe it or not, I actually liked the set up. It was intensely focused. There was no mucking around because we had so [...]

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Therapy in an Email

May 23, 2011

My Intention is to set daily intentions and realize I can’t control everything. Doors open when I stop fighting it. Over the past few weeks, I’ve mentioned my supposed quarter-life crisis a few times. The past 6 months a lot of doors have closed behind me and the next few months just as many more [...]

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Creative Scheduling

May 18, 2011

Recently I started using The Action Method by Behance. It’s based on the book Making Ideas Happen* which I picked up on the suggestion of Jeff Goins. Did you catch his guest post on Monday on Why You Need Creatives in the Workplace? Let’s talk a little bit more about what I’ve learned from Jeff. [...]

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Creatives in the Workplace: Why You Need Them

May 16, 2011

Today’s post is from my friend, Jeff Goins. Be sure to visit his site and follow him on Twitter below. Creatives are weird. Plain and simple. Creative professionals don’t work like the rest of us. They struggle with deadlines and typical 9-5 schedules. They procrastinate and sometimes make excuses. They can be unmotivated and even [...]

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Horton Hears a Who Day

May 14, 2011

On the 15th of May, in the jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing…enjoying the jungle’s great joys… When Horton the elephant heard a small noise. So Horton stopped splashing. He looked towards the sound. “That’s funny,” thought Horton. “There’s no one around.” Then he heard it again! [...]

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Life Happens

May 8, 2011

So I haven’t blogged in over a week. Normally I schedule in writing time every day. But let me tell you the past two weeks have been insane. My great-grandmother passed away semi-unexpectedly. I strained a muscle in my neck and could barely sit up straight for several days. My laptop crashed. The OS reinstall [...]

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