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There is a very interesting article in the February 2008 issue of the Harvard Business Review. Here in an online link to the story. I have posted before that I am a gamer. This article focuses on MMOG’s or massively multi-player online games. I am a paid subscriber to Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. [Thorium Brotherhood [...]

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The Week has a blurb from Science regarding new research around a man’s handshake. I realize I may becoming somewhat of a nut about handshakes but this site is about personal branding and I firmly believe your handshake is part of your brand. Meet enough people, interview enough people, be able to assess people quick [...]

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[This post comes from the old site. I am trying, slowly, to move the relevant posts over. 48 Days to the Work You Love can be found on Amazon.com] More on personal branding. I mentioned in my last post that I was de-constructing myself. I pick up this book to help. There is a quote [...]

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[This was originally posted on the old site.] Lifehacker struck a nerve with me yesterday. Great post and commentary thread on the customer of shaking hands [Give a Good Handshake]. I was motivated to post a comment! I have been a long-time reader/fan of Lifehacker but this was the first topic that got me riled [...]

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[Originally posted on the old site] I am sitting in a hotel room in Brentwood, TN (outside of Nashville). I am in town for some training. It gives me a break from bringing up a 500+ seat customer contact center in DeLand, FL that has me commuting 3 out of every 4 weeks to Daytona [...]

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Great article over at CareerJournal.com on what is often the first question in the interview process: tell me about yourself. Written by Arlene Hirsch, this article provides an indispensable road-map to navigating this first set of treacherous rapids in an interview. Hirsch provides many solid tips and points out the potential danger spots. As I [...]

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For the last year or so, I have been working at a startup customer management outsourcer. Emphasis on the startup aspects. Today, I agreed to an offer from a local telecom company. This decision was largely a financial one. In short, I needed the money. My family just could not survive at the salary I [...]

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Raj Setty of 25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself fame touches on boxing in a post from earlier this week. (I posted a comment – but you have to register.) Earlier, I wrote about our tendency to fit people in neat and tidy boxes. I talked about hiring managers but Raj talks to the fact that [...]

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FCnow, the blog for Fast Company magazine had an entry on shaking hands today. I posted a comment and effectively (I think) recycled a post I made last January on interviewing and making a first impression.

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Finally just got through reading Rajesh Setty’s 25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself manifesto on Change This. He positions this towards technology professionals but it will apply to anyone. EVERYTHING is becoming commoditized. This is a big foundation point of the start-up I am attempting to help launch. Add value. Don’t just sit in a cube. [...]

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