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It’s raining today, but tomorrow…
There’s something to be said about life in “paradise”… “Be careful what you wish for.” We made the transition from many, many years in Massachusetts, with a brief respite in Hawaii, to Florida hell-bent on getting away from frigid winters … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Community, Creativity, Decisions, friendship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, mistakes, Perceptions, public relations, Relationships, teaching
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“Ch…ch…changes”
We’re closing in on the third anniversary of the signing and handshake that finalized our “Where do we retire?” planning and landed us here in Riverview, Florida. For anyone who has paid even the slightest attention to my places-lived record … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Curry College, Evaluation, Inspiration, job hunting, job search, networking, Planning, public relations, The University of Tampa, Thinking, University of Tampa
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Management, mistakes, Perceptions, teaching
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Summertime…and the livin’ is queasy
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am having a devil of a time trying to convince myself that there is a bright-ish side to all this chaos and uncertainty that we have been experiencing. I realize … Continue reading
Your Career and You: Life’s Little Challenges
I haven’t been as consistent in my posts recently as I would have liked to have been. A lot of “stuff” has managed to poke its nose into my life that I really would have preferred NOT to have encountered. … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, feedback, networking, Planning, pleasure, PR, PRSA, PRSA Tampa Bay, public relations, The University of Tampa, Thinking, Time management, University of Tampa
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, Productivity, public relations, teaching
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Frustration…It Happens
It’s easy to say to someone, “Be patient. Things will get better.” It’s a whole ‘nother thing when you, yourself, are faced with a situation…or a series of situations…where things just don’t go “right.” The people you’re dealing with seem … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Creativity, Decisions, Innovation, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, Productivity, Relationships
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Disinformation versus Reality
(Note to readers: This is a copy of a “Letter to the Editor” of the Taipei Times that I wrote and was recently published. We hear so doggone much about “fake news” and “disinformation” and all that. What do YOU … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Communication, Critical Thinking, Education, Evaluation, feedback, public relations
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Decisions, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, reading
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Listening…The “Secret Sauce” in Mentoring
I reconnected with a former student recently when Facebook alerted me that it was her birthday. As is my custom, I sent her a short “Happy Birthday” note. A couple of back-and-forth notes, and it dawned on me that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, friendship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, Relationships, teaching
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Your Career and You: “Dare to Dream”
Three simple words that my “home” from 2004-2017, Curry College, proudly and confidently displays around campus for students to see, think about, and aspire to. Samuel Silas Curry championed this thought…and I embraced it wholeheartedly from “Day One” of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, Education, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, Relationships, teaching
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Your Career and You: “What’s Next?”
One of the hallmarks of my own professional life has been a never-changing “itch” to try something new or different. Even while in high school and college, I dabbled in jobs like grocery store bagboy, bartender, poolroom manager, highway department … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, business management, Challenges, Change, Creativity, Decisions, Education, Enthusiasm, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, Productivity, public relations, teaching, workload
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Your Career and You: “New Experiences…Be Excited!”
I just had a fun chat on Facebook with a young friend/former Curry College COM/PR student who has just started his spring semester internship with a prestigious Boston PR firm. Right from the get-go, they’ve put him on two account … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, Productivity, public relations, Relationships
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