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Apr.22.2013
Last week my employer announced it failed to meet its quarterly earnings and revenue numbers. Naturally the stock price dropped as soon as the news was made public. It was something like the first time in eight years that the corporation didn’t meet its quarterly targets and as a well-...
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Mar.20.2013
If you're a writer, you probably don't think much about "career" or "the long view," but taking that view is a vital element in success as a writer. Thinking business isn't why you came to be a writer, but as the link below indicates, it's necessary.
Write well, and write prolifically!...
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Mar.13.2013
In April 2013, Harvard Business School (my alma mater) celebrates the 50th year anniversary of admitting women to that prestigious institution. After years of being an all-male institution, as the premier institution for training managers they finally accepted the fact that training women and...
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Feb.28.2013
My co-worker is warping under the job's pressure. It's painful to witness. I keep reassuring him that he's doing great, that he needs to relax some and let go.
He knows that on the intellectual level. Accepting it emotionally is challenging. Letting go of these matters...
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Feb.22.2013
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Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon
For all the verbiage there’s not much here - but then there is. If you’re looking for interior looks at characters and a memorable story, you won’t find either. But then that’s the way of this postmodern novel genre. (I won’t go...
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Feb.13.2013
Ever wonder what goes through a book designer's mind with a manuscript to promote? How a cover should represent a novel or nonfiction book?
The link below is a presentation by former Knopf designer Chip Kidd on just this subject.
Lesson to learn re: presentations - -Make the intellectual/...
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Feb.08.2013
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most of us have been taught the social graces necessary to behave properly in polite society; however, a good number has either chosen to forget or refuses to comply. Good manners shouldn't be a cultural convention...
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Jan.26.2013
Some days, it doesn't pay to get out of bed. I used to hear that a lot and I always wondered if it were true. It might be age, it might be the season, being pre-Spring and all, and it just might be my irritating sunny disposition, but I think life pays to get out of bed even if you...
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Jan.08.2013
For women, the second half of life brings with it many career choices and questions. For some women, continuing in a current career doesn’t fulfill personal, spiritual or financial needs as it once did. For others, re-entering the workforce has become a necessity due to the changes in the...
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Jan.08.2013
I spent the months of December, January and part of February offline and out of my office recovering from extensive surgery. Truth be told, it was life-saving, life-changing surgery. And that made it non-negotiable. For women like me, non-negotiable is often the only way self-care gets done.
We...
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