I Hate Your Job

Big thanks to Hannah and her husband Jason for teaming up on the new banner images on my site. Jason took the pictures (around the office park where I used to work, appropriately enough), and Hannah edited them to say “I Hate Your Job.”
It’s the first of many improvements to the appearance of this […]

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The appreciation of hold music is an essential skill for success in today’s workplace. It shows an attention to detail and a sensitivity that important people are looking for in their business relationships. In fact, for many CEOs, if you are lucky enough to reach them, the first question they’ll ask is, “Quick, […]

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As part of Blog Action Day, I’m writing on the topic of the environment.
Trade a Redwood for A Raise?
Let’s be honest. In the grand scheme of things, the grand scheme of things isn’t really that important to most of us in our daily lives. Rather than worrying about AIDS in Africa this […]

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What’s on your calendar? What’s not?
A friend told me recently, “You can learn a lot about what a man values by looking at his checkbook and his calendar.”
Our calendars tend to be full of work:

Schedule in some value as well including short breaks:

Work on your novel, play with your kids, start a blog, exercise, […]

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The 6th Sense
Have you ever taken a job despite those nagging feelings that you should stay away? Our instincts are often vindicated a few months later, and we’re stuck wishing we’d paid more attention to the little voice in our head.

Haley says: “Don’t take that job. This guy is lying.”
To help you listen […]

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Have you ever witnessed what happens when someone hits “Reply to all” when they clearly didn’t mean to?

It usually starts innocently enough. Someone mistakenly sends an email to hundreds of people when they intended it to only go to one person.
For example, Kathy, in Atlanta, errantly sends something like this to the entire sales […]

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When it comes to determining how your life will play out, you have only two options. You will either choose based on impulse or you will choose based on intention. It is impossible not to choose.
For example, if I don’t have a budget, I will spend my money where I am naturally inclined […]

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