Work 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…

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How 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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Likeability Factor

I’ve had a piece of paper in my "interesting but what to do with it?" pile for about six months. It’s entitled, "An L-Factor Assessment" by Tim Sanders, author of the book, "The Likeability Factor."  It’s a quiz that one can take to understand their Likeability Factor–the ability to create positive or negative feelings in…

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Leading With A WHOLE NEW MIND

I’m pleased to announce a new podcast program, Leading With A WHOLE NEW MIND, based on the book, A WHOLE NEW MIND by Daniel Pink.   Each month, I interview a pioneer whose work is to bring an aspect of right-brain thinking into a left-brain world. So far, I’ve had a blast interviewing a Laughter Yoga…

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Free Long Distance Calls

For those of you who haven’t tried out Skype, the long-distance provider that routes calls over the Internet, there’s a new reason to try them out. Skype-to-Skype calls, where both ends have downloaded the necessary software and created an account with Skype are free. SkypeIn and SkypeOut calls, where either the caller or the receiver…

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