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January 2013

January 21, 2013
I hate failure. More to the point, I fear failure. It’s a major pain-in-the-ass disruption...
January 16, 2013
For those of you interested in getting a close up view of the intimate details...
January 14, 2013
Here is an excerpt from my e-book, "At Work as it is in Heaven: 25...
January 08, 2013
My first entry-level professional job paid enough for a decent apartment with a sofa and...
January 01, 2013
Last year I decided to subscribe to a new-ish blogger who was addressing workplace management...

December 2012

December 26, 2012
Some new neighbors moved into the house across the street from us a few months...
December 11, 2012
Continued from the previous post.  Here is the truth about me, as I’ve gotten older:...
December 07, 2012
I met up with an old business colleague while in New York City for a...
December 04, 2012
A colleague was telling me about an epic deal he was working on, involving dozens...

November 2012

November 30, 2012
When was the last time you laughed so hard that you almost peed your pants?...
November 26, 2012
The following is an excerpt from a piece I contributed to a book compiled and...
November 20, 2012
A friend confided that, lately, he goes home from work every day feeling like a...
November 13, 2012
I attended a business conference last week, and at the end of the first day...
November 09, 2012
I was sitting in a very serious Board meeting, glazed over from a too-heavy lunch,...
November 06, 2012
After two years of unemployment, my friend Mark finally landed a sales job. It’s not...

October 2012

October 22, 2012
I took my little family into Philadelphia for a day in the big city. We...
October 15, 2012
Here is an excerpt from my e-book, "At Work as it is in Heaven."  ...
October 09, 2012
I recently overheard a conversation between two relative strangers: a middle-aged, mothering woman was asking...
October 01, 2012
Several executives were standing around my office the other day, debating what to do about...

September 2012

September 25, 2012
I decided to spruce up my drab office with a colorful and enigmatic modern art...
September 18, 2012
A couple weeks ago I was sitting in a circle with a small group of...
September 13, 2012
I am in the midst of my annual God-cation (solo retreat) in the Adirondack Mountains....
September 11, 2012
My friend, a high-level manager at a financial services firm, confided he felt as if...
September 04, 2012
I once hired a gentleman - let’s call him Aaron - on a contract basis...

August 2012

August 28, 2012
Last Friday I spent a couple of hours thinking about my job instead of actually...
August 21, 2012
Here is an excerpt teaser from my e-book, At Work as it is in Heaven....
August 13, 2012
I was on speaker phone the other day with a colleague, Bruce, closing up several...
August 07, 2012
Are you facing another bleary-eyed morning, scrambling to get to work, wishing you hadn’t indulged...

July 2012

July 31, 2012
I always wanted to be extraordinarily good at something. Not just as in, “Great job,...
July 24, 2012
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Glynn Young, posted today over at The High Calling, where...
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