My Life Planning Model (Lifehack)
Try to speak clearly (Seth Godin)
Ten steps to mental fitness (Lifehacker)
Heart-Centered Motivation (Steve Pavlina)
Arm-Mounted Index Card Scabbard (David Seah)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Life Coaches Blog)
Michael E. Porter is the most famous professor in business school whose teachings and works are must reads in the MBA program at Harvard as well as other business schools around the world. He is a Bishop William Laurence University Professor at the Harvard Business School who has written eighteen books and countless of resource materials. Regarded as the gold standard in management thinking, he has received various academic, business awards and civic medals almost only given to military and extraordinary sports achievers.
Biography
Michael E. Porter was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan to an army officer on 1947. He studied mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University finishing with a B.S.E degree with honors. He then transferred to Harvard where he got earned his MBA and PhD in economics.
Read the rest of this entry »I recently invited one of my previous officemates to send her resume for a job opening at our company. She was very concerned if our company accepted people of her age.
I was surprised because she was only in her late 30s and I did not feel she was old enough to worry about it either. Knowing she worked with the company for more than 15 years tell me she wasn’t exposed to what was happening in the outside world to know her value and remain confident she could compete anywhere.
Simple ways to keep up with the changing times
Read the rest of this entry »People usually remain silent after their possible future employer have asked them a ton of questions in an interview. Tired from answering a barrage of questions, continous thought and evaluation on how they performed, and feeling a sense of freedom to go back to their usual self are some of the reasons that people do not ask questions to the interviewer anymore. Leaving without asking anything is a big mistake for your career.
Read the rest of this entry »Jack[Manager]: What is the status of your tasks right now?
Joe[Staff]: We have completed Phase 1 and have started with Phase 2…
Jack[Manager]: Good Job! Any challenges or problems you are facing right now?
Joe[Staff]: Yes, we don’t know the approach to take for Phase 2…
Jack[Manager]: And?
Joe[Staff]: Hmmm… How do you think we should approach this?
Never come empty handed whenever you report problems to your superior. Never give them the impression you are waiting to be spoon fed with solutions and approaches to help you in your problems. Give them options. Give them something to show your thought process. Give them a list of things they could start helping you with. Doing so, you give them a reason to recommend a raise or promotion for you.
[tags]Career, Business, Management[/tags]
One of the most celebrated swimmers in the history of the sport, Ian Thorpe nicknamed Thorpedo, retires at the age of 24. But why? He has a few more years ahead of him and could add more to his current five Olympic Gold Medal and 11 World Title accomplishments. Ian contends that breaking world records was no longer as inspiring as it should have been which I view is a case of diminishing returns. Below is Ian’s comments from Foxsports.
Read the rest of this entry »In Steve’s forum someone posted about hating small talk because it is a big waste of time and instead should engage in intellectual conversations.
Don’t be a loser
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