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Desperate But Not Serious

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By Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

It’s difficult, if you like Representative Anthony Weiner, to not feel regret for a career undone.

Watching this absurd drama play out in public has been uncomfortable. And it’s downright frightening to watch a career so filled with promise come apart at the seams.

Following Rep. Weiner’s travails, Falstaff came to mind when he said, “The better part of valor is discretion.”

After all, in lying Weiner was trying merely to save his life.

Who can say with complete certainty he or she wouldn’t do the same if faced with a public revelation that threatened every aspect of his personal and professional life? [Read more...]

June 7, 2011

Business as Usual: Dealing With Uncertainty

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by Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

Lots of freshly minted college graduates are preparing to embark on new careers. Unfortunately, labor market reports aren’t rosy. While the recession ended last year, the economy is only halfhearted in its recovery.

Considerable uncertainty is making for a very bumpy ride.

So while companies continue to hold the reins on hiring, [Read more...]

May 31, 2011

Managing Your Time, Managing Yourself, Managing Your Monkeys

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by Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

Our workdays will always be filled with competing priorities, pressing deadlines and emergencies – making it impossible to get everything done. Many of us carry all our unfinished projects or unresolved problems around like monkeys on our backs. Too many monkeys can make it so difficult to concentrate and focus effectively that we can barely get anything accomplished.

Who are the heaviest and loudest monkeys? Usually those that represent unfulfilled commitments or missed deadlines. [Read more...]

May 17, 2011

Business as Usual: Yes, Virginia, There are Bad Ideas

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By: Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

Many meetings begin with the pronouncement, “There are no bad ideas.” The intent is to help everyone feel comfortable to share ideas freely.

Without getting into semantics about the use of “good” and “bad”, I don’t believe it’s incorrect to state unequivocally that there are bad ideas.  Truly, there are a lot of bad ideas.  The question is, Why isn’t it OK to say so?  What are we afraid of?  Can’t we admit that sometimes we might sound stupid? [Read more...]

May 10, 2011

Think Fast! Your Instincts Are Only as Good as Your Experience

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By: Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

It’s reported that a first impression is made within the first 20 seconds of meeting someone new. Within that first 20 seconds, we will draw conclusions and make value judgments – consciously or unconsciously – about things like a person’s ability, social standing and intellect. [Read more...]

May 3, 2011

Business as Usual: I’m Not an Expert, But I Play One on TV

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By: Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

We’ve all experienced a similar existential crisis: the dread fear of being unmasked for the imposters we really are.

It’s an uncomfortable and not uncommon phenomenon. [Read more...]

April 26, 2011

Business as Usual: Avoiding Disharmony, Conflict and Drama, Oh Dear!

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By: Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

Conflict creates drama.

What constitutes conflict? Let’s say a “state of disharmony”.

We all have some disharmony in our lives at any given time – be it physical, mental, financial, and emotional or some combination.

Sometimes the disharmony in our lives can make things a little complicated. Sometimes it creates challenges. [Read more...]

April 19, 2011

Competition: Love it, Live it, Be it, Thrive it – BE IN DEMAND

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By: Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

Where would we be without a little competition?

Maybe we’d still be working on Commodore 64s.

But Apple came along in 1984 and introduced the first Macintosh – changing everything.

Competition forces computer manufacturers to continually strive to create something better, faster, sleeker, more desirable.

Some companies achieve great success and think they’ll be able to ride the wave forever.

Assuming consumers will remain loyal to their brand, these organizations become complacent and slow.

They somehow forget a very basic rule: [Read more...]

April 12, 2011

LIFE: Free Will, Determinist and the Morning Sun

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By: Helene Cavalli, guest blogger

Do you believe in free will? Or do you have more of a determinist point of view?

The debate was revisited recently in The New York Times.

It comes down to a basic question of choice – do we make choices or are we compelled to do what we do by predetermined factors? [Read more...]

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