July 2006

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• 07.29.06
  Professional development from other sources   Growth (3)

  I interviewed with the local library system earlier this year to be an assistant (work with circulation, assist patrons with varius library tasks, etc). During my interview, I was asked how I planned to stay on top of current library issues. “I plan to keep reading the library-related blogs I’ve been reading,” was apparently not [...]

• 07.29.06
  Shelley remembering Meg   Growth (0)

  Shelley writes: Sometimes the friendships we make in this space are so very fragile. There are days when you wake up wondering: OK, who will drift away today? Tomorrow? When I would see my patch on Meg’s quilt I knew that I hadn’t gone too far, and that [...]

• 07.28.06
  Flair up?   Uncategorized (3)

  I watched Office Space, one of my favorite movies, again the other day. If you aren’t familiar with the movie, it’s about a dysfunctional office where the managers are clueless, and the employees are frustrated and demotivated. Think Dilbert with a plot and a few famous actors.
  In addition to being spit-milk-through-your-nose funny, Office [...]

• 07.21.06
  Five Ways to Live   Growth (4)

  I recently received as a gift a bracelet with five “charms”, and here is how they were inscribed:

  Free Your Mind from Hatred
  Free Your Mind from Worries
  Live Simply
  Give More
  Expect Less

  Rather than wearing them, I’ve assembled the five charms right in front of me so I can read them many times a day.   Thanks to my friend for the [...]

• 07.16.06
  Einstein and Creativity   Uncategorized (3)

  I am reading this fabulous book called Cracking Creativity. It talks, among other things, about Albert Einstein’s creative process. I saw this quote today and it got me thinking:
  “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
  -Albert Einstein

  That is the whole beauty of linear and creative thinking. Most [...]

• 07.15.06
  Accountability Circles   Uncategorized (2)

  The topic of the month at Blog Synergy is goal-setting and our very own Phil Gerbyshak starts the conversation with his post Unleash the Power of We to Achieve Your Goals.  Phil offers up the concept of accountability circles to help keep you on track to achieving your objectives. 
  This is a great idea!  Check it [...]

• 07.15.06
  To reason or to intuit?   Uncategorized (1)

  I’ve taken more than my fair share of Myers-Briggs assesments over the course of my life. I took it for fun once as a child because my father had a book for assessing it lying around. I took it at the career center in the first university I attended. I took one in almost every [...]

• 07.13.06
  Be Bold   Growth, Uncategorized (2)

  Another great quote:
  “Freedom lies in being bold.”
  - Robert Frost
  To me, being bold means being yourself and showing up for who you are.  To many times we try to be and do what we think other people want us to be and do.  In the end we are not ourselves and people don’t like to be [...]

• 07.09.06
  Developing a brand is a lot like sculpting   Growth (2)

  I’m still working at developing my personal brand, but it’s slowly dawning on me that I’m really not developing anything. If anything, I’m discovering.
  Not unlike a sculptor, I’m slowly and methodically taking bits away and adding bits in to create this image of who I am perceived as, because it has also occurred to me [...]

• 07.09.06
  Whoever you are…   Growth (4)

  Whoever you are…
  whoever is reading this right now,
  and thinking about giving up…
  thinking about giving up on a dream,
  on a hope,
  or maybe on someone you love…
  don’t.
  Not yet.
  Remember…
  change is the nature of the Universe.
  So just sit for a while…
  don’t fight…
  don’t plan…
  just sit quietly…
  breathing.
  Then reach out with your mind…
  and watch in wonder…
  as the world changes around you.

• 07.08.06
  The Future Belongs to a Different Kind of Person   Growth (6)

  “The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind—computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch numbers.  But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands.  The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very [...]

• 07.03.06
  Thanks for helping me Make It Great!   Uncategorized (3)

  I wanted to let you all know that my first book, 10 Ways to Make It Great!, is now available for purchase here. Troy Worman interviewed me about my book and such here, if you’re interested in learning more about the motivation for the book.

  Thanks to everyone for their support of me in this project. [...]

• 07.01.06
  The Carnival of 100 Bloggers #4   Uncategorized (2)

  The wait is over.  The Carnival of 100 Bloggers is back!  And it features 17 fantastic posts from a diverse sub-group of 100 Bloggers.
  It’s All My Fault by Phil Gerbyshak at Make It Great! “Leaders don’t just whine and complain, they find a way to change policy, quietly, or they find another job. It’s that [...]

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