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February 23rd, 2007

Seven reminders that will Pimp Your Work

The following was provided by one of my coworkers with attribution to an unknown company. It is seven reminders that will help you frame your work on a day-to-day basis. Pimpalicious tips on career strategy, if you will.
Here they are:

Have a passion for excellence and hate bureaucracy.
Be unyielding on accountability and commitment.
Have the self-confidence to […]

By Scot Herrick -- 0 comments

February 22nd, 2007

Contracts Pimp Your Work?

One of the principles of contract workers is exactly that: the contract. The contract governs the relationship between the person, the project, and the company for the work being done.
Contracts, of course, are two-way streets when it comes to the relationship with the company paying your for the work. You can request what you want […]

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February 21st, 2007

Good and Great

There is an interesting saying out there: the enemy of great is good.
I don’t know about you, but I had a hard time with that saying for a long time. After all, there are few things that anyone can be great at, but quite a few things that each of us can be good at.
And […]

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February 16th, 2007

Resistance is futile: Reflection time

One of the things I decided to do for myself the year before last was to attend one of those GTD: Roadmap seminars from David Allen. The place was packed with people from all over the country coming into the seminar — I was fortunate in that I was able to simply take a bus […]

By Scot Herrick -- 0 comments

February 6th, 2007

Creativity Constrained

When you think of creativity in your work, do you think creativity means being able to come up with anything to solve a problem?
One of the more interesting concepts about creativity is that creativity doesn’t work real well when you can, in fact, come up with anything to solve a problem.
There is a principle of […]

By Scot Herrick -- 3 comments

February 1st, 2007

Effort tells you about passion

You know how you’re supposed to be passionate about your work, right? Right? Being passionate means you wake up in the morning ready and willing to face the work day; perhaps even really looking forward to the work to be done.
Not all of us are like that, however. For some of us, work is a […]

By Scot Herrick -- 2 comments

January 26th, 2007

Networking with Jason Alba: Part V

We’re interviewing Jason Alba, of JibberJobber.com, an Internet software Career Toolset that helps people manage their relationships. It has been a good week with the questions, answers and comments from readers.
Networking is a critical component of today’s work, no matter your position, location, or type of work that you do. I’m really pleased that Jason […]

By Scot Herrick -- 2 comments

January 25th, 2007

Networking with Jason Alba: Part IV

We’re interviewing Jason Alba, of JibberJobber.com, an Internet software Career Toolset that helps people manage their relationships. It’s been a good week, too, with some really good answers to the questions.
Here are the questions from the last three sessions:

What are the 3-5 incorrect perceptions about networking?
I’m starting at “ground zero” in terms of networking. What […]

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January 24th, 2007

Networking with Jason Alba: Part III

We’re interviewing Jason Alba, of JibberJobber.com, an Internet software Career Toolset that helps people manage their relationships.
Here are the questions from the last two days:

What are the 3-5 incorrect perceptions about networking?
I’m starting at “ground zero” in terms of networking. What are the first action items I should do to start building a network?

Good answers […]

By Scot Herrick -- 2 comments

January 23rd, 2007

Networking with Jason Alba: Part II

Yesterday, I started the first in a series of questions with Jason Alba, of JibberJobber.com, an Internet software Career Toolset that helps people manage their relationships. The first question was “What are the 3-5 incorrect perceptions about networking?”
In today’s edition, we’ll take a look at the second question:
I’m starting at “ground zero” in terms of […]

By Scot Herrick -- 1 comment