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Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Today’s proxy is barely passable. I don’t…

We’re getting toward the end of the week and to help us make it to the weekend, I’d like to share some more reasons why you are worth whatever you are being paid (or think…

I once had a job leading an in-house advertising department. I inherited a team of five people, each of whom applied for the job that I (the outsider) got. To quote John McClane, completely out…

What are your boundaries? What does that stripe mean? In football, that stripe means you are out of bounds. Step on that line even a little, and the play is over. In baseball, that stripe…

Your Zero to One Move What is your zero to one move? Well, what IS a zero to one move? Peter Thiel wrote the book Zero to One and he’s referring not to improving something…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Frequent readers of my posts (like you,…

Not long ago, I started a weekly series of reasons why you are worth every penny you are earning. That led to some great feedback and even more ideas. So let’s start Volume Two: ten…

Not long ago, I met with a new MBA student, at the very start of her program, who was having an identity crisis. It was job-related, and so much of our identity tends to be…

How do other people see you? And is that your identity? Does it matter? It does, in the sense of you have a personal brand. This is true whether you are a fan of that…

And it doesn’t matter if you’re the first choice as long as you get chosen. What do they call the medical (or in my case, doctoral) program graduate with the lowest GPA? Doctor. We all…