I’m going to be one of the contributors to the 2008 version of Age of Conversation.   Last year, two marketing bloggers, Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan “challenged bloggers around the world to contribute one page — 400 words — on the topic of “conversation.”  The resulting self-published book, authored by 100 writers and thinkers, [...]

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Last Friday, [tag]Oprah[/tag] had [tag]Marcus Buckingham[/tag] on her show as well as four participants in his workshop, on career interventions. (Thanks, TIVO). As a public service, here is the link: Free Workshop. By the way, there are very well qualified career coaches in almost every US metropolitan area. Any of them can help you find [...]

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  Who among us hasn’t uttered these words: “When I grow up, I am NOT going to be like my dad!” I am sad to say, I am more like him than I care to admit. As my father got older, he became a curmudgeon like [tag]Peter Boyle[/tag] on [tag]Everyone Loves Raymond[/tag]. His favorite thing [...]

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Odor tester…. Several years ago, I met [tag]Nancy Rica Schiff[/tag], a writer and photographer based in New York City, who had just written a very popular book called [tag]ODD JOBS[/tag]. I wrote her earlier this week. Dear Nancy…I hope this finds you well. It’s been awhile, and I am wondering how your second book, [tag]ODDER [...]

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Harley sent me a letter sent to him by a friend of his, who I do not know.  Someone, then someone, then someone else sent him this letter, too.  The larger idea here is worth discussing.   Superficially, it really points out that when you send a note, particularly a personal one, it generally matters more [...]

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[tag]Toby Dayton[/tag] made a point today worth mentioning in his [tag]Diggings[/tag] blog about good design, mostly about his earlier post about [tag]Craig’s List[/tag], being so poorly designed, and on purpose. I absolutely LOVE good design. That got me to thinking…. Back in 1990, I was involved with another startup, called [tag]Insignia Systems[/tag]. Insignia’s product back [...]

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I am participating in a group writing project called Lessons From Odd Jobs. This was started by my friend Robert at Middle Zone Musings. Since all of us can benefit by learning about others’ jobs, I thought you might like to see some of the direct links to the contributors. From Robert’s entries: Once Upon [...]

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Years ago, [tag]Stanley Kubrick[/tag] brought us [tag]Dr. Strangelove[/tag], a 1964 black comedy about the absurdity of nuclear weapons. It is a seriously great movie and everyone should be required, almost, to watch it. It is on DVD now. Peter Sellers was me. Who would have thought that barely a decade later(1974-76), I would be living [...]

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  [tag]The Masters[/tag] starts this week and [tag]Tiger Woods[/tag] is the guy to beat.  After all, he has won seven out of the last nine events he has entered.  This is not like [tag]Kansas[/tag] winning the NC2A Title game last night…Tiger does not depend on out-of-my-rear-end last second shots to win his tournaments. What Tiger [...]

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From time to time, you hear things and just assume they are factual.  Here are my three favorites: Myth 1.  “We have a few more candidates to interview and then we will call you.”  Instead, chances are good you will not hear back from the company at all.  Few companies take the time to call [...]

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