Articles Archive for September 2007
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I'll openly admit that I'm not always the best employee. It all relates to a stubborn streak that I inherited from both my mother's and father's sides of the family (though Baileys and Garretts often claim the other is worse). The things is that I like to do things my way. I often bristle if someone tells me what I should do, if they tell me the best way it can be done, if they tell me that my way isn't going to work. See...telling me just isn't going to work. I'm just going to have to learn on my...
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Lorelle laid out another post in her series of blogging challenges that happens to coincide with my upcoming three year anniversary of blogging. Her writing challenge is: Blog about the path your blog took to get to now. Here's the possibly boring and predictable chronology, but I'll follow it up with some lessons I've learned about not only blogging but myself over the past three years. Timeline September 2004: The beginning...I started blogging because I just took the plunge to become a full-time career and leadership coach (back when this blog used to be called imaginactive musings and hosted through...
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Via my favorite corporate bullshit haters, here's a link to a project called Their Circular Life. Beyond the interesting effect of watching the same scene change through one day, there's some great learning here to apply in our life. It's Flash-based so make sure your browser has the plugin. Once you get to the site, choose Enter with Intro to get a flavor of what's to come. Take some time to explore each scene and pay attention to the little things that change along with the more noticeable ones. And don't neglect the tips to the bottom left of the...
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You'll notice that I'm subtly reintegrating The Alchemy of Soulful Work into Bailey WorkPlay. I never really meant to sweep it aside, but somewhere over the course of the past year I did. Here's how I see this playing out... Bailey WorkPlay right now is a project, the foundation for my work and professional identity. It is and will be the home for writings, speaking gigs, coaching, and other business ideas that I continue to hold on to. It symbolizes all the exciting possibilities for what's next. The Alchemy of Soulful Work is the blog. Once upon a time, someone...
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Tomorrow is Labor Day in the United States. It's a day in which its relevance has changed significantly since it was first officially celebrated in 1882. It began as an industrial age idea, when the concept of work was very different from now. Back in the latter portion of the nineteenth century, folks were fighting for the very things we now take for granted like the eight-hour workday, better workplace safety regulations, and child labor laws. We need to give thanks to these individuals and their struggles; if not from them, it's likely that we would not be able to...
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