Goodbye “Starving Artist,” Hello Artist/Entrepreneur (1)
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Once the tryptophan wears off, have a look at an article I wrote for today’s New York Times, “Transforming Art Into a More Lucrative Career Choice.” It features a few examples of business-minded artists who are abandoning the “starving artist” stereotype and instead building remunerative careers based on their artistic talents. In some cases they are starting young; Alexander Niles, the young man in the photo, is only 14. If there are any artists in ...
Google sheds some fat — up to 10,000 people (1)
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All these time that competing company Yahoo has been announcing layoffs after layoffs, no new has beens heard about Google’s status and its roster of employees. Maybe they’re not affected by the financial crisis as much as the rest. Then, there’s the rumor that caught fire last Monday — about 10,000 contractors are affected by Google layoffs. According to an SEC filing, Google reported 20,123 employees by end of September 2008. However, the real number ...
CCIE water cooler gossip: China and India beat out USA in new CCIE count growth! (2)
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This week Cisco released the November 2008 net new worldwide CCIE count. According to Dual CCIE #18532 Security/Routing and Switching - George Morton, Ph. D: "The torrent pace of new CCIEs is back on track after the doldrums of summer. The net new count of CCIEs from October 10th 2008 to November 24th 2008 grew by 367 or 8.155 new CCIEs per day. "The big news for the November count was that China accounted for ...
Will We Ever Find Our True Talent? Not Likely Says Malcolm Gladwell (7)
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This past June, I wrote a post titled How Many of Us Find Our True Talent? It was a look at whether people tend to land in professions that fit their “highest and best” talents: My own theory is that each of have talents that are uniquely strong in us. For some, these talents would put them on the world stage. For most of us, they’d probably vault us to the top of a particular ...
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"I don’t want to leave this post on a down note. Many, many of us will find vocations that we are good at, and which make us quite happy."
Ten Fundamental Steps for Online Career Networking (10)
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Jerome writes in with a common question: I constantly read articles about how important it is to network online to help advance my career, but outside of emailing people I know in my field, I don’t really know where to start. Any advice? Let’s start with the big question. Why? What is the point of doing online networking for your career? How is it any better than simply keeping in touch with people you know ...
Just Add Imagination – Follow Up (1)
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By far the most read, most linked to, most popular by any measure blog post I ever wrote was called “Just add Imagination” and was written two years ago about about a 12-year old middle school student who created his own web browser. When I last checked it had over 2100 Diggs which accounts for the traffic. I still get traffic to that post from Digg and from other links on a daily basis. It’s ...
Doing What Comes Naturally (1)
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We don't pay much attention to what seems to come easily to us. We should. I'm working with mid-career executives on their professional development. One has a grouping of talents that would make any major construction or engineering firm drool with the anticipation of hiring him as a project manager. So when I pointed out his natural strengths, what was his response? "Oh, of course, but that's just stuff that I've always liked to do." ...
JETHRO TULL - Benefit (1970) (1)
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Review I'vestoppedcountingbynow, Benefit, Jethro Tull, 1970Even in the already quite unusual Tull catalogue, Benefit is an oddity. Unlike the following Aqualung and Thick As A Brick, it seems very uncertain as to where it wants to place the stress, which results in a slightly muddy recording full of good playing and good writing, but not a lot of focus. With You There To Help Me and To Cry You A Song are comfortably the most ...
7 Tips To Reduce Your College Costs (1)
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College costs just keep escalating and gasoline appears to have a better chance of moderating than college tuition. With college costs expected to consistently rise ahead of the inflation rate, it’s becoming more and more difficult to comprehend that 18+ years of saving will not be sufficient to cover the costs of college. What’s a parent to do? More importantly, what’s an 18 year old student to do? Options to reduce your college costs. 1. ...
Feedback, Truth, and Love (1)
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Sodium is an active element found naturally only in combined form; it always links itself to another element. Chlorine is the poisonous gas that gives bleach its strong and offensive odor. When sodium and chlorine are combined, the result is sodium chloride--the common table salt that we use to preserve meat and bring out its flavor. Love and truth are a lot like sodium and chlorine. Love without truth is erratic, often blind, and even ...
Explanation Of Today&8217;s Economy And Stock Market In Easy-To-Understand Language | 20s Money (2)
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If you flip on TV to try and see what the heck is happening with your job, your company or your 401(k), you probably hear terms like derivatives, toxic assets, de-coupling, etc. After a few minutes of the ridiculous financial jargon, you say, “Screw it” and turn off the TV. The reality is that the current situation, the current crisis can be much easier explained. Since we aim to help 20-somethings, who for the most ...
Looking for Happiness In All The Wrong Places | Frugal Dad (3)
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Last week I had the opportunity to be in downtown Atlanta during mid-day rush. I stopped along a bustling business district to grab a cup of coffee and kill some time. Watching the business crowd hustling along the streets from my warm coffee shop window seat I noticed nearly every passerby had one thing in common. I was reminded of the scene in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness where Will Smith’s character is watching ...
How To Use The Right Words At Work (5)
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"Remember the meeting time." "Don't forget the meeting time." Do both of those say the same thing? Not as far as your brain is concerned. Why not? The brain doesn't register negatives. So if you use the negative sentence, “Don’t forget the meeting time,” your brain will ignore the “don’t” and hear the statement “forget the meeting time.” If you use the positive sentence, “Remember the meeting time,” you’ll have a much better chance of ...
Fortune 500 series: How OfficeMax uses social media (3)
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OfficeMax is facing similar economic woes that other big businesses face, however the company is still focused on continuing the social programs it started testing out in 2006
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"So when I say, “Don’t make ads, make news,” I’m saying develop content that’s compelling and exciting. Create advertising that is fun. Create advertising that people choose to experience and talk about." >> Great interview about how a major corp views the world of social media.
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