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Warning: Inspirational pep talk ahead. I’m not good at anything. I didn’t excel in school and I wasn’t a stand out from the rest kind of office worker. I didn’t graduate from college, I didn’t earn any awards or accolades, and my peers in the business world probably spent more time making fun of my [...]

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I tried something new this year; I stopped making excuses. Whenever I forgot to do a task or let an email fall through the cracks, I told the truth. I didn’t make up an excuse. In fact, I stopped believing in making excuses. I admitted my screw ups and accepted the responsibility. I apologized and [...]

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Warning: Old lady rant up ahead. You know what I miss? I miss the early 70′s when stores and businesses were closed on Sundays. It wasn’t a religion thing as much as it was a family thing. Sundays were for spending time with families and that’s exactly what we did. Most families I knew growing [...]

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Several months back, I read a post by Seth Godin about the future of the library, and it stuck in my head. As the daughter of a librarian, this is something I think about often. As a kid, I spent many hours in the library, searching for books and bringing home as many as I [...]

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Im nt a bg rsk takr, bt I dnt sit & lt life pss me by, ethr. I <3 2 tk advntge f opps tht prsnt thmslvs, & prsnt opps f my on. Evn so, thr r a fw thngs I wnt do. I wnt jmp out f a pane or f a twr, evn [...]

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I’ve been wrong in the past. Quite a bit as a matter of fact. I don’t believe now is the time and place to list all my wrongdoings, but for the sake of this post I’m admitting I’m not perfect. Being right all the time is dull and if you show me someone who says [...]

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I’m often told not to worry about what other people think, that their opinions have no bearing on how I go about life. All of us are told we make our choices, and march to our own drummer and another person’s opinion shouldn’t influence our own. I’m not so sure I agree with this. I [...]

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So recently both Chris Brogan and Chris Garrett posted travel tips, and included arguments for both the window and aisle seat. I hope they don’t mind if I weigh in with my own point of view, and also offer some of my favorite travel tips.  I’m not as photogenic as Chris or Chris, so I [...]

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My grandmother used to like to tell what we called the “J.C. Penney story.” It goes something like this: At a dinner party held by J.C.Penney for his executives, Mr.Penney paid very special attention to several select execs. He was looking for someone to fill in a coveted V.P. positions.  One of his advisers suggested [...]

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