For some reason I think people get a little blind once they’re in the thick of things at work because I know I’ll be having one of the busiest days of the entire week or month, and I’m on a telecom and have a pretty big headset on my head, but that doesn’t seem to […]
Your Career Change Plans Suck! 3 Things You Need to Consider
I regularly talk to people at work, on the internet, and in person. They all seem to think that wherever they’re at, it’s pretty much where they’re going to be for life. Sure, they could see maybe a lateral move to a different company or industry, but they don’t think that they are going to […]
Top 3 Ways You Can Overcome the Fear of Failure
I remember the first time I decided it was time to upload a video to YouTube. And this wasn’t just any video. This was a video of me trying to get across a life mission of mine. Wow! I want to tell you: not only was it a disaster. It was really just… it’s plain […]
How Is Career Development Different For Women?
Maybe I’m just looking at the world through rose-colored glasses, but I like to think this world is fair. I like to think that human beings are mature, have good common sense, and like to treat the people they work with an amount of understanding and fairness that everyone should have. I believe this should […]
Top 3 Virtual Teams Technologies to Boost Your Output
When I was taking some of the upper level engineering courses back in my college days, I remember swapping files back and forth via USB. I remember those horrible times of having 18 different versions of every Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Project file, and Word document from start to finish of the project. You want to […]
Successfully Managing a Business With 3 Simple Tips
This has been a relatively new revelation for me in my side business adventure. I’m greatly interested in leveraging everything I have to up my sidewages. Let it be known that every little tip I can get to more effectively do things with a limited amount of time and resources that I have highly piques […]
Is Changing Careers At 30 Years Old A Good Idea?
Not too long ago, I thought I was too old to do anything more with my life professionally. I thought I had kind of hit a glass ceiling of growth and performance in my engineering endeavors in the space industry. This was especially true after the space shuttles were retired; I wasn’t really sure where […]
3 Proven Training Program Objectives to Guarantee Success
The first couple of years of my business were done pretty nilly-willy. Sure, I had kind of a overview understanding of what I needed to get done and how to get it done, but I didn’t have a repeatable process in place. After some time, I decided to create and implement standard operating procedures for […]
Yes, Mobile Workforce Management Will Kill The Cubicle Farm
Not too long ago, I started to realize that I could turn the resources that I have an abundance of into the resources that I’m lacking. Andy Kessler in his book “Eat People” brought this point home and it really stuck with me. The same is true whether you’re an entrepreneur, a business owner, or […]