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Category Archives: overload
The Importance of Being ‘There’
I provided a comment for PRSA College of Fellows’ “Pearls of Wisdom” recently, reflecting on the impact that my supervisor during my US Army Training and Doctrine Command Public Affairs Intern beginnings had on my experience learning a new (for … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, feedback, Inspiration, internships, Leadership, mentoring, networking, overload, Planning, PR, public relations, Thinking, Time management
Tagged Challenges, Decisions, friendship, intern, internship, learning, lessons learned, Management, public relations, Relationships
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Your Career and You: “Don’t Be Anti-‘Social’”
Okay…a random-ish thought for my Curry College COM/PR student-friends and Curry College PR Student Association members sparked by having participated in three or four Twitter chats in the past couple of weeks courtesy of colleagues scattered across the globe… How … Continue reading
Posted in Action, CCPRSA, Communication, Curry College, Curry College PR Student Association, Curry College Public Relations Student Association, feedback, internships, job hunting, job search, networking, overload, PR, PR students, professional organizations, public relations, social media, Time management
Tagged Attitude, blogging, Challenges, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, Productivity, public relations, social media
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Your Career and You: “Professional Development-It’s the Way ‘Up’ for You”
My Madrid-based friend and colleague, Corina Manea, published a thought-provoking piece recently on professional development in which she laid out a terrific roadmap for planning your route to future success. I immediately shared it with everyone I could think of, … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Critical Thinking, Curry College, Education, feedback, Inspiration, overload, PR, PR students, professional organizations, PRSA, PRSA Boston, public relations, Public Relations Society of America, Thinking, Time management
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, Education, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, workload
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Your Career and You: “The Rollercoaster Called ‘Life’”
The past several months have been “less than optimal” on my side of the world. There have been some more-than-appreciated “ups”…accompanied by what is starting to seem like an increasing number of “downs.” Kind of like a rollercoaster…which I rode … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, Education, feedback, overload, PR, PR students, public relations, Thinking, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, Education, friendship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, Relationships
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Your Career and You: “I Didn’t Have Time”
A colleague at Curry College, where I oversee the Public Relations Concentration in our Communication Department, made an interesting comment recently that got me to thinking about priorities and common sense. We were talking about how the spring semester had … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Curry College, overload, Planning, PR, PR students, public relations, Time management
Tagged Challenges, Decisions, lessons learned
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Your Career and You: “Life and ‘Overloads’”
I’ve been doing something recently that doesn’t come naturally…never has, so “progress” will be interesting to measure. Apparently I’m genetically incapable of saying “no,” and I occasionally (aka: “often”) find myself on the edge of mental and physical implosion. I’ve … Continue reading
Your Career and You: “It’s Teatime Somewhere”
One habit that I’ve maintained religiously since my first experience more than 30 years ago at The Peninsula Hong Kong is a commitment to a late-afternoon break for a cup of hot tea. Now things were a smidge different back … Continue reading
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