Posts by Carol Ross
Mini-Coopers and Oatmeal
Thanks to everyone who filled out the 360Reach survey, designed to help me figure out my personal brand. There are two questions that are particularly fun: If Carol Ross were a car, what type would she be, and why? If Carol Ross were a type of breakfast cereal, what type would she be, and why?…
Read MorePostscript
I opened up my inbox one morning to find a email from "carol" with a subject line of "the another Carol Ross." I had a feeling it was one of the Carol Ross’s I have found by googling myself last fall and blogged about in a posting. Sure enough, it was. This Carol Ross was…
Read MoreQuestion #3
We continue with Ilene’s answers to specific questions: What would you have done differently in your life that would have made it better? What do you regret not doing during your life? What I would have done differently, always throws me into a tailspin, because I really think I did the best I could with…
Read MoreWork That You Are Meant to Do
People have been congratulating me on being photographed and quoted in U S News and World Report magazine. What strikes me is how this is a sign of doing work that I’m meant to do. That’s different from work that you are good at or work that you are capable of. As an engineer for…
Read MoreHow To Sleep Better At Night
Yesterday afternoon, I charted all the "to-do’s" for my professional life onto Stephen Covey’s quadrants: Urgent and Important Not Urgent and Important Urgent and Not Important Not Urgent and Not Important This was an assignment given to me by my coach last week, when I was feeling overwhelmed. The engineer in me enjoyed the picture…
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