This is entrepreneur and author Frans Johansson giving a talk the 99% Conference on one of my favorite topics: Executing Ideas. Whether it’s a blog post or a business idea or a product, what’s the most effective way to get it from your head into the real world? One of the things he talks about [...]
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What’s Your Type? Do you like someone tall with a good sense of humor? Or perhaps you are more focused on finding a good dancer with curly hair? I know, it’s not deep, but just like people have certain preferences when it comes to the type of romantic partner they are looking for (and admit [...]
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I’m not going to lie to you. Though author Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (affiliate link) is a compelling page-turner, is not an easy read. It is the true story of Louie Zamperini, an Olympian who had competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and was training for the [...]
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I met Springfield, Massachusetts-based Doug Foresta when he found me on LinkedIn (ahem) and approached me to be a guest on his blog talk radio show, “The Doug Foresta Show.” In doing my homework to decide whether I wanted to be on the show (YES!) and then in preparation for the appearance, I listened to several interviews [...]
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[Note: For the first time ever, I am putting the same post on both MoveYouForward.com and YourIndustryInsider.com. Everyone can benefit from this post. Read on!] Not long ago, I did a post on why everyone needs a resume, even YOU. It’s the single most valuable bit of career advice I give to clients, friends, and associates. [...]
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In February, I met a woman who changed what I thought was possible. Here is the post I wrote about that evening. The woman in question, distance swimmer Diana Nyad, inspired me to dig deeper in goal setting, to consider my aging body in a different way, and to challenge conventional wisdom about what was possible. [...]
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