April 2006

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• 04.29.06
  Never fear the want of business. . . .   Growth (1)

  “Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.”
       -Thomas Jefferson
  If we want success we must first qualify ourselves for our callings. Often times we think we just need a lucky break to get started, but in fact we just need to grow ourselves. [...]

• 04.29.06
  Overcome Your Fears   Growth (0)

  Overcome Your Fears
  I’m introducing something new in May, a monthly group coaching meeting on important topics with a new topic each month.
  May’s topic is Overcome Fear. Fear plays a dominant role in our lives. Though it does serve to keep us safe, because of the prevalent use of fear in parenting, marketing, religion, employment, [...]

• 04.28.06
  Motivation   Uncategorized (1)

  Motivation has been on my mind a lot over the past month.
  I’ve been wrestling with my own motivation, watching my to-do lists fail to get shorter because I couldn’t find the heart to do anything. It’s not that I don’t like the tasks on my to-do lists. I actually like the vast majority of them. [...]

• 04.27.06
  Calling all 100Bloggers!   Uncategorized (5)

  As all of you are aware, a lot of changes have taken place over the last month. A move to a new domain and URL, and a lot of new people writing for the site.
  There’s more to come and that’s where you come in. I am gathering pictures from our bloggers for a special project. [...]

• 04.27.06
  Organize to be Creative   Growth (3)

  I like to consider myself a creative person but often I find myself staring at a blank screen, peice of paper, etc. when “trying to be creative” I admit I “freeze up” when asked to “just be creative” by a client or anyone else who wants me to produce something because they know I have [...]

• 04.27.06
  Stephen Lewis: He continues to race against time   Uncategorized (1)

  By Lucy MacDonald

  I wrote about Stephen Lewis’ Race Against Time and raved about the speech he gave. Stephen Lewis is the United Nations General Secretary’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Stephe Lewis calls HIV/AIDs in Africa “the ultimate ethical issue”.”
  No exaggeration - listening to his speech was and continues to be life changing experience [...]

• 04.27.06
  More on Consciousness   Growth (1)

  Talk about finding what you are looking for. I caught this quote on a quote of the day list I am on. It is really relevant to what I was saying yesterday on Choosing Thoughts.
  Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.
  -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  Author of Flow book [...]

• 04.27.06
  Divest Sudan!   Uncategorized (1)

  Do everything in your power to contact your local politicians and urge them to support divestment from Sudan.
  Divest Sudan
  Sudan Divestment Campaign
  UC Divestment Sudan
  Student-Driven Sudan Divestment Campaign Grows
  Save Darfur

• 04.27.06
  Why Face-to-Face Still Matters   Uncategorized (0)

  From the Creating Passionate Users by Kathy Sierra:
  “We email. We wiki. We blog. We IM. We convince ourselves that as long as we can write well, these are all good forms of communication. Perhaps in some ways even better, since we’re not distracted (blinded, biased, seduced) by the person’s physical presence.
  And we are wrong.
  According to the [...]

• 04.24.06
  Master the Random Encounter   Uncategorized (2)

   
  By Dave Lorenzo of The Career Intensity Blog 
  Can a cup of coffee make a difference in your career?
  Sometimes a random encounter is the best way to make a business connection and help create some buzz. I call these opportunities “Starbucks Moments”.  A Starbucks Moment is your chance to meet someone who can potentially help your [...]

• 04.23.06
  Tolerance is Ignorance   Uncategorized (2)

  by Jo Simon from jo-zone.net / Germany
  The Problem of the German nazi-past and our dealing with integration and immigration
  Tolerance is ignorance.
  At least in the way practiced for many years now in Germany.
  Intro:
  Germany is not very used to murder and shootings. It of course happens that people get killed, but it has never happened before, what [...]

• 04.23.06
  5 Ways to Never Stop Learning   Growth (1)

  “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive business advantage.” – Jack Welch, General Electric chairman and chief executive
  If you work in an organization, you have no choice, if you want to succeed,than to never stop learning and turn that learning into action. There are so many [...]

• 04.17.06
  Any other “SOUL” proprietors out there?   Uncategorized (4)

  by Jodee Bock of You Already Know This Stuff
  I’m inspired to write today because of a conversation I had on Friday with another “soul” proprietor I was put in touch with by our friend Phil “Make It Great” Gerbyshak. As we all know, Phil has a gift for connecting, so I was certain I [...]

• 04.16.06
  Blindfolds, or new eyes?   Uncategorized (1)

  by Stacy Brice of Virtualosophy
  This post was inspired by Lauray, whose comment to to this post (also posted here, which is why I’m posting this follow-up here), in part said:
  Blindfolds - what a concept! They could sure remove much of the prejudice in the world today, don’t you think?
  For some reason, her comment sparked [...]

• 04.16.06
  Get a New Job Offer Each Month   Uncategorized (1)

  by Dave Lorenzo of The Career Intensity Blog
   
  Sometimes opportunity finds its way to your door and sometimes you need to find it and give it your address.
  Creating opportunity is not just a good idea – it is your responsibility.  How many job offers (or new pieces of business for you entrepreneurs) have you received this year?
  If your answer is less [...]

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