Archive for May, 2008
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Warren Buffet: Integrity, Intelligence, Energy |
| By:Angelika Blendstrup on Tue 27 May 2008 1:07 PM under Business, Uncategorized |
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I was listening to NPR this morning and people were discussing what kinds of advice to give to graduates – high school or college. One of the listeners quoted Buffet as saying that the people you work with should exhibit, integrity, intelligence and energy.
It ties in to a discussion I had yesterday with [...]
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Are You Using Social Networking Features to Your Advantage? |
| By:Liz Strauss on Tue 27 May 2008 6:47 AM under Careers and Job Search |
Groups, Events, Questions
Our TV and sound system has a remote with too many buttons on it. I don’t have clue what most of them do, because I’ve never needed them.
Just this week I walked a few blocks out of my neighborhood and found stores and restaurants that I’d never seen before.
This [...]
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The Unseen People who Influence You |
| By:Bill Sherman on Mon 26 May 2008 12:53 PM under Personal Success |
List five people in your social network who significantly influence your choices and behavior. These people might be any of the following:
Your significant other
Your closest friends
Your parents or children
A coworker
However, research published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that we’re strongly influenced by people outside of our immediate zone of awareness. [...]
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How Much Do You Deserve? |
| By:Aurora Medina on Wed 21 May 2008 10:37 PM under Money and Lifestyle |
How much do you deserve?
Aurora Medina MA. www.AuroraMedina.net
I was driving my Prius, which I absolutely love, when I saw a car in front of me with a bumper sticker that read, “Earn what you deserve”. That sounds great isn’t [...]
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This communication technique leaves me speechless! |
| By:Valli Bindana on Wed 21 May 2008 11:43 AM under Business, Communication, Corporate culture, Entrepreneurship |
Here’s a unique practice the startup Zendom Inc is using at their workplace. “Mauni babas” are hermits and holy people in India who enforce a period of silence lasting a day, a week and in extreme cases years. It is when a person doesn’t talk no matter what the provocation. He may choose to communicate [...]
