Sometimes people who’ve met me in recent years have trouble imagining that I once wanted to be a Great American Poet. No one had heard of deliberate practice back then, but I set up a regimen to practice my poetry that even Anders Ericsson would love.
I took strips of paper and wrote the name of [...]
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
Jim Ryun
In raising Ajax, our 7-month year old guide dog puppy in training, we have learned alot again about just how long it takes to learn a new habit. Our first guide dog puppy seemed to take forever to learn new habits but he [...]
From the week of October 12
Paid search spending on the rise. Data from Efficient Frontier show growth in paid search spending from July to September, but it’s still 5% lower than this time last year. Watch for costs on some keywords to begin rising. More details at MediaPost.
Top keyword nears $100 a click. Curious? It’s [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about how to keep looking, career malaise, [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: How to Make Knowledge Work Fun
Competencies: career planning, managing yourself
Who benefits: consultants or consultant wannabes
Consultant Usage: how to pick clients; your Google business card
What’s it about? I had loads of fun writing today’s posting. Know why? Cuz I know how to pick my clients!
Author and professor Larry Stybel has a [...]
Last week, Business Week ran a story titled: “The Lost Generation.” Gertrude Stein coined the term to describe the generation that came of age during and immediately after World War I.
Business Week used the term to refer to young people who would normally be entering the workforce but who can’t find a job. Here’s the [...]
“First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure.”
Mark Twain
The prevalence of self-enhancement (i.e., high regard for one’s own skills and abilities) is not hotly debated but there is controversy on whether it is adaptive or maladaptive which has implications for understanding and interpreting multi-rater feedback1. If self-enhancement means seeing one’s self [...]
From the week of October 5, 2009
Bing search traffic appears to be dropping. Two web tracking services (StatCounter and NetApplications) released reports showing Bing’s Q3 market share had dropped to the 4% range.
Internet advertising passes TV advertising in the UK. The Guardian reports that UK advertisers spent more on online advertising that [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about branding yourself, executive job seekers’ biggest [...]
“The best thing is to do the right thing.
The next best thing is to do the wrong thing
The worst thing is to do nothing.”
I have no idea who said this originally but it’s a quote I heard often from one of my more memorable bosses. If you think about it long enough it can give [...]