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The worst thing about worst-case scenarios.

Leadership/ Quitter December 16, 2011 • Comments

Sometimes, I like to pretend I am confident, but that’s not entirely true.

How do I know?

Well, for the last 12 years, if someone closed a door at work in an office or a conference room, I thought I was getting fired.

My assumption was that they shut the door so that they could talk about firing me. Even if I didn’t know the team members having a meeting, my first thought was that I should go ahead and pack up my stuff.

I don’t think that makes me a “glass is half empty” kind of guy. I think that makes me a “glass is half empty and the half that is there is scorpions” kind of guy.

My philosophy with life was this:

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5 reasons to hit pause on your blog this Christmas.

Blogging December 14, 2011 • Comments

Last Christmas, I saw blogger Tony Morgan do something on his blog that was brilliant. I swore in that moment that I would copy it next year and do the same exact thing.

Which brings us to today.

Last year, Tony hit pause on his blog for the last ten days of December. Instead of creating new content, he reposted the top ten most popular posts from the year.

Why am I doing that and why should you too? I can think of 5 great reasons:

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The lost art of being an apprentice.

Leadership/ Quitter December 9, 2011 • Comments

Sometimes, people get in my ear. Not literally, but metaphorically. And under the guise of advice, they’ll say some interesting things.

Here is something I’ve heard a few times:

“Wow, I’m surprised you joined Dave Ramsey’s team. You could be doing all of this blog and book stuff on your own by now. Why didn’t you just start your own thing?”

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FREE book from the Seth Godin Domino Project today!

Resources December 7, 2011 • Comments

How awesome are the words in that headline?

Free
Book
Seth Godin

Today you can get the new book from the Seth Godin Domino project for FREE on Amazon for your Kindle or Kindle app. It’s called The Flinch and it’s written by a guy named Julien Smith. Here’s the description from Amazon:

Julien Smith has delivered a surprise, a confrontation, a book that will push you, scare you and possibly stick with you for years to come. The idea is simple: your flinch mechanism can save your life. It shortcircuits the conscious mind and allows you to pull back and avoid danger faster than you can even imagine it’s there. But what if danger is exactly what you need? What if facing the flinch is the one best way to get what you want? Here’s a chance to read the book everyone will be talking about, before they do. What are you afraid of? Here’s how to find out.

I haven’t read The Flinch yet, so this isn’t me telling you it’s wicked awesome, but I do know that wicked awesome is really the only thing Seth Godin puts his name to. And it’s FREE. (I’m not sure for how long, but it is today!)

Click here to get a copy. I got one today and can’t wait to read it. (I don’t have a Kindle by downloaded the free Kindle app on my iPhone.)

Dream Backward To Move Forward

Quitter December 7, 2011 • Comments

Most of us dream in the wrong direction.

When confronted with a job we don’t love or a life that feels purposeless, we look forward to the future and ask big discovery questions:

What do I want to be when I grow up? What do I want to do with my life? What is my calling?

In that moment, the answer we get is often a little terrifying because every option in the world is on the table.

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The road to dream job rarely leads through jerkville.

Quitter December 5, 2011 • Comments

I used to be a serial Quitter. I had 8 jobs in 8 years and the same thing would happen at each one. I’d have a six month honeymoon period at a new job and things would be great. Then I would get bored and bitter and eventually become a jerk. I’d say things like, “They don’t get me here! They’re not using my talents the right way. I could be doing so much more with my life!” Then I would demonize my boss and the company until eventually I’d quit.

Then I’d start the cycle all over again at a new job.

Turns out, I’m not the only one who reacts that way. Curtis Honeycutt did too when he was an administrative assistant. He found himself headed to jerkville at his job. What happened next? I’ll let Curtis tell his story (and maybe yours too if this resonates with you.)

I’m an administrative assistant, but I want to be a graphic designer.

The great thing was I was working in a dream organization. I didn’t want to work anywhere else. The problem was, I had been an administrative assistant for three years going on what felt like thirty, and I began to feel like my dream was slowly slipping through my fingers.

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How to be humble.

Leadership November 30, 2011 • Comments

Someone once told me that the secret to being humble is remembering that it’s not all about you.

“It’s” meaning the world, the day, the conversation at a coffee shop, the traffic jam you’re stuck in, etc.

My friend said that in order to really believe it’s not all about you, you have to believe that everyone is more interesting than you. The person who cleans your room at a hotel, the guy next to you in traffic, the businessman who sits next to you on a plane. Everyone.

I thought this was an impossible feat. And honestly, kind of dumb advice.

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30 seconds to a better resume.

Quitter November 28, 2011 • Comments

People often put their goal or objective on the top of their resume.

They write things like:

“My goal is to be a project manager in a fast growing company at which I can contribute my people skills and forward thinking approach to projects.”

I stopped doing that kind of thing a few years ago.

Why?

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