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Quality and Innovation on the Road (or, Maintaining Momentum in Large Projects)
Hey everyone! I’m back. I just returned from a 16 state, 20 day, 6392 mile road trip across the US – by myself. For me, driving is one of the most meditative, mind-clearing, rejuvenating activities in existence – especially in the west, where traffic is almost a non-issue. Like usual, the little voice in my…
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Sparklers, Bagels, and Value
I have a 6-year-old, which means I also must have sparklers on the 4th of July. (And that’s about it; I don’t trust my klutziness to be in the proximity of most explosives.) So this year, I drove down to South Carolina on the eve of the 4th to make my purchase. I got 96…
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The Mature Entrepreneur – Part III
(This post is the result of a collaboration between Amy Shelton and Nicole Radziwill. Image Credit: Doug Buckley of Hyperactive Multimedia at http://www.hyperactive.to) In our first post on this topic, we talked about the thirty-something entrepreneur who, after building a career working for others, is now ready to be her own boss. In our second post, we talked…
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The Hidden Value of Weakness
(Image Credit: Doug Buckley of http://hyperactive.to) What if your weaknesses were actually your strengths – but you just haven’t figured out what those weaknesses have been trying to tell you, or how to transform them intro strengths yet? (Wouldn’t you feel better about feeling weak?) “I believe in shaking up the way things are done.” …
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The Secret to Innovation = A Cure for Depression?
I really like Doug Buckley’s Facebook posts (he’s from http://hyperactive.to). Our connection was purely accidental – he tagged a picture of the back of my husband’s head on Facebook as his own, and after a short online debate (where he finally acknowledged that I was probably an expert in recognizing the back of my own spouse’s…
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The Poison of Performance Appraisals – Part I
(Image Credit: Doug Buckley of Hyperactive Multimedia at http://www.hyperactive.to) I call this Part I not because I know what Part II will be… but because I know there will be at least one followup to this post sometime in the future. Last weekend I finished preparing the report that will be used for my Annual…
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I Can Solve Your Problems Better Than Mine
(Image Credit: Doug Buckley of Hyperactive Multimedia at http://www.hyperactive.to) Last week in a conversation with a friend I mentioned “you know how it’s easier to solve other peoples’ problems than to solve your own?” I was using this as a lead-in to a longer discussion, because he has some problems (in my opinion), and I’m…
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