Thursday, November 3, 2011
Last year I wrote that “Your Online Resume is Everywhere.”
Whether it’s Twitter, LinkedIn, FaceBook, or a personal blog, many smart people have figured out that leaving these digital breadcrumbs for others to follow online can be a wise career investment.
Especially when the others might turn out to be future employers, colleagues, customers or people of “influence and persuasion”.
Here’s an example from the marketing world that I like the look of.
Gareth Case is a b2b technology marketing manager in his day job but also makes time to run a personal blog, and is also active on Twitter as@Gareth_Case.
By following these online trails I can quickly get an idea of who he is, and what skills and experiences he might bring to a future opportunity.
All good career nurturing content.
But here’s what encouraged me to check Gareth out further (by following his Twitter feed.)
(Continued)
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Seems like no time since I was enjoying ‘Great Depression 2‘ drinks in a Tokyo watering hole back in Dec 2008. However, what the Japanese media calls the ‘Lehman Shock’ kicked off in 2008. And here we are in October 2011, now facing an overlapping troika of massive personal, sovereign and supranational indebtedness whose resolution is by no means guaranteed.
Trying to unravel a complex and dynamic mix of socio-economic variables is beyond most mortals, in my opinion. Yes, political leaders and central bankers believe they know how to tinker with systems and kick cans down the proverbial road of our future. But, and I’m sure they all know this too, it’s well nigh impossible to legislate for human greed, stupidity and stubbornness – theirs, as well as their constituents.
What I’m reasonably sure of is that all systems, whether nature’s or our own, eventually reset in one way or another because they have built-in limits to growth . (For more background see this post entitled, “career Growth Primer – The Malthusian Approach‘.)
At the micro-economic level, if you’re an individual who has in-demand talent, experience that’s valued, and are internationally mobile; your career horizon remains relatively bright. But for those with little experience (recent graduates), or with domestic or extended family responsibilities that require a local presence, prospects are even tougher than they were just three short years ago.
So what’s to be done? (Continued)
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Months ago, I recall responding to a request for bloggers to review Guy Kawasaki’s latest book, “Enchantment”. The deal? Publisher (Penguin) sends the book, said bloggers then read and review it.
Well, alas my review has long missed that book launch, due to other committments.
I finally read the book piecemeal, while riding the Tokyo subway over a period of several weeks.
Alas, it did not grab my attention in either style or content. Perhaps because I’ve read too many books about doing business with others, and am now somewhat jaded when presented with the same basic ideas…
That said, any casual but interested reader (actually, a skimmer would be perfect) can learn a lot from reading just the subheads in each chapter. Someone has really thought these through and they probably contain about 80% of the book’s message. They certainly are visible proof of the power behind well-crafted words.
Should you Buy this Book?
Before deciding whether to buy a book I often check out the reviews on Amazon.com. Imagine my surprise on seeing that of the 220 customer reviews, 175 were marked as ’5 star’. While it was a decent book on “the Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions”, I certainly wasn’t that enchanted and would rate it as 3 stars for content and 2 for presentation.
Another way of making your purchasing decision is to check out the (61) slides-only view of Guy’s enchantment speech.
Enchantment v3.0
Guy, thank you for the opportunity to read and comment on your book.
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Time for another visit to God’s wee country where, despite the media’s obsession with localized rioting and anarchy, most people are just trying to get on with life.
The view from the “Far East” is somewhat different, as fallout from political and financial nukes exploding in Euroland, seemingly on an almost weekly basis now, drifts this way.
Quite simply, the economic fates of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are in the hands of others. One’s locked into externally-imposed austerity and the Euro-project. The other’s dependent mainly on state largese and how deep go the government’s public sector cuts.
There are, however, some chinks of light in the financial gloom; the entrepreneurial technology sector being one. (Continued)
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This post’s based on the 1-3-6 method I blogged about back in Oct 2008.
Current Weight: 83 kg
a) The 1 important outcome is:
Goal: Achieve target weight of 77 kg by 31 Dec 2011
b) The 3 things I can do that increase the probability of achieving the desired outcome:
1- Increase my walking from (approx) 10 minutes to 20 minutes per day.
2- Add a seven minute circuits session (using own body weight) to running-in-the-park sessions.
3- Walk up nine flights of stairs an average of 3 times per day (rolling monthly average.)
This is natural weight training for the legs and really does tone muscle, in my experience.
And now comes the harder part. (Continued)
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