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Nobody has to die here

February 3, 2011 in Business Start-Up, Finding Passion, No More Mondays with 5 Comments

For many years the most popular business management training seminars and books have used analogies from sport and war.  Thus, someone has to lose for there to be a winner.  Book titles like The Art of War, Win the Talent War, The Business Battleground, From the War Room to the Boardroom, Just Business Just War, Declaring War on your Business, Business as War, confirm this popular theme.  In the Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers will leave the field with one winner and one loser.

Healthy business, however, has little in common with either sport or war.  Wars and sporting events always anticipate a winner and a loser.  Business, on the other hand, is not a zero-sum game.  Success in business and life does not require domination or defeat of someone else.  Read more »

Don’t Chase That Snake!

February 2, 2011 in Interviewing, Job Search, No More Mondays, Personal Development with 6 Comments

Looking back can keep you trapped in defeat – looking forward will release your success

When I was 10 years old, one of my best friends was Bob Queen.  One afternoon while exploring the backacreage of our neighboring farms, a snake bit Bob. Seeing the snake slither off, my immediate response was to run after the snake, track him down and repay the scoundrel for what he had done to my friend.  Bob, however, being a much wiser hunter and outdoorsman, quickly pulled out his knife, lanced the bite, sucked the blood out and spit out the poison.  The focus for him was on his own well being, not on repaying the snake.  Read more »

Don’t be a “Discouraged Worker”

February 1, 2011 in Finding Passion, Interviewing, No More Mondays, Personal Development with 1 Comment

Every quarter the US Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles the employment figures.  One of those calculations is for what they actually call “discouraged workers.”  These are individuals who wanted and were available for work during the last 12 months.  But they are no longer counted as unemployed because they have not searched for work in the last 4 weeks.  According to the Bureau’s calculations, in December of 2010, there were 1.3 million “discouraged workers.”

Here we are in February.  The official figures are pretty much the same.  ”Discouraged workers” are not a true indication of the economy or of the workplace possibilities.  Rather, they are examples of using methods of looking for work that don’t work.

What to do if you’re a “discouraged worker.”  Read more »

  • Change your job search strategy – something’s not working
  • Be very clear about your strongest areas of competence

Holiness vs Happiness??

January 31, 2011 in No More Mondays, Personal Development with 37 Comments

Dan, Sometimes I think we focus too much on career and not enough on holiness..  I am happy to just have a job…period…all these career cruises, etc. seem extravagant…especially when we are just trying to have a roof over our head and food to eat. It seems to me that the rich can go on cruises and vacations and seminars to find their “calling” but when do we acknowledge the Lord and thank him even for our basic needs being met? God is MUCH more concerned with our holiness than our happiness.  –  Michelle

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Interesting perspective.  I’m thrilled we don’t have to choose either holiness or happiness – personally, I want both.  The dictionary defines “holiness” as being spiritually pure and “happiness” as being characterized by contentment and joy. Will people be drawn to what we are sharing if we are holy but not happy?  Read more »

Don't be safe

January 28, 2011 in Finding Passion, No More Mondays with 4 Comments

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore.  Dream.  Discover.” -  Mark Twain

What are you doing this year that you were afraid to attempt last year?  If you’re doing only the same things – you’ll get the same results.

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