Why Do Things Have To Be So Complicated?

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This is a question I’ve been asking myself for some time now. It seems like everything has a longer instruction manual, more undecipherable terminology, and more pieces to break, than ever before. My job at work has become incredibly complicated as the State of California keeps multiplying their requirements for student data. My cell phone [...]

Are You a Leader or Facilitator?

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In the world of work, I’ve held positions of leadership and also secondary ones where I was called upon to make something happen. In our modern corporate structure, there are many standard leadership positions, such as CEO, COO, CFO etc. But for each leadership position there are many second level job descriptions that call for [...]

Get A Head Start On Your Competition

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They say the early bird gets the worm, but if you live on the west coast, early birds get the sales. If you sell for a living and you reside in California you are already behind the curve by three hours to all of your competition on the East coast. If you sell widgets and [...]

A Million to One: Finding My True Voice

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I just got back from an amazing social media conference in Chicago called SOBCON. Put on by Terry Starbucker and Liz Strauss, this meetup of 150 people came to one amazing conclusion. We need to be true to ourselves… We need to put aside fear and speak from the heart… We need to find our [...]

Telling a Better Story

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I just got back from the SOBCON blogging conference in Chicago over the weekend. It was a great event with a huge array of speakers and panel members. I met quite a few incredible, life changing, people. As the conference wound down I found there was one over arching theme this year. One big take-away. [...]

The Elephant In The Room

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I was at a Toastmasters meeting the other day and one of our long time members was giving a speech about creating the ultimate presentation. His voice was smooth and his words were strong and right to the point. He used pauses and had great gestures. He urged us all to take our speaking skills [...]