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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
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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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Your Career and You: “Tomorrow”
As we close out the old and prepare to ring in the new, the optimistic (to me, at least) song from “Annie” comes to mind. I firmly believe, as she says so positively, “The sun’ll come out tomorrow…” This past … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Community, Decisions, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, Relationships, teaching
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