Professional Development

Want to Work Harder? Play with a Dog

May 6, 2011

To work harder you need to keep your perspective and, to keep your perspective, you need to take time for yourself. Whether it’s commuting or an hour at the gym, find and take the time to relax and have some fun. Consider the following: Tight deadline, go for a walk. Knotty problem, take a nap. [...]

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Job Interviews – The Three Things You Need to Know

May 5, 2011

Job interviews aren’t hard. There are only three questions you need to answer. Come prepared and you can lead the process rather than letting the process lead you. Why do I say this? Well, business is good and we are recruiting a second production team. This means I will be interviewing candidates and will, once [...]

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What’s the Opposite of Passive Agressive Behavior

April 21, 2011

We hear a lot about passive aggressive behavior. But what’s the opposite? If we don’t want to be passive aggressive, what behavior do we want to demonstrate? We are coordinating a website build with, as often happens, multiple players. It’s a great team that is functioning quite smoothly except for a somewhat recalcitrant client. On [...]

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