By Pat Meehan
“Managing change is the art of breaking down unknowns into predictable and hopeful visions of the future.”
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Fear of the Unknown …. That phrase doesn’t really make much sense does it? Fear is not measurable or tangible. It is a…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 30, 2010 at 1:49pm —
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By Pat Meehan
There is nothing more enlightening than to watch a person who has worked for a company for thirty or more years to continue to improve himself/ herself and have visions of his/her career future. It is so commendable when a person, who is fifty…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 29, 2010 at 5:44pm —
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By Pat Meehan
Building a network over a lifetime is the most accountable thing we can do. It is the epitome of being a proactive person. Day by day, we build on this chain of meaningful personal relationships to which we can exchange the gifts of our ideas and influence. We should value these relationships and put great trust in them as they continue to develop. Stephen Covey teaches that a relationship is like an “emotional bank account.” We must nurture this emotional bank…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 29, 2010 at 12:13am —
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Each person has many opportunities for self-improvement that fall in line with his/her self –awareness, or “realized, developed skills.” The recipe for effective self-improvement is as…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 26, 2010 at 10:00am —
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If you own or manage a small business, you know the importance of cash flow. Without it bills can’t be paid, payrolls can’t be met, and stress infiltrates the…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 25, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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By Pat Meehan
This is not, by far, a scientific study or measured analysis but it seems to me that the slowest part of my day, meaning incoming calls, emails and people answering the phone, happens from about noon until 4:00PM. Then from 4:00 until 5:30, it all picks up again. …
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 23, 2010 at 12:01pm —
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In this time of recession and recovery, the greatest opportunities of your life lie ahead of you. Your mind and your being, combined with purpose, will produce your best work yet. Never suppose that you are nearly finished, for…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 22, 2010 at 2:08pm —
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By Pat Meehan
Once self-awareness is ingrained in habit, the search for self-improvement becomes an ever evolving natural course.”
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If you have started reading this first sentence and are still reading, you are really thinking that you can pull off a new life long career growth…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 21, 2010 at 2:30am —
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Executive recruiters, often known as “
Headhunters,” are independent contractors. They are hired by companies to search for talented candidates that…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 20, 2010 at 10:55am —
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In your job search and through building your resume you have discovered some new things about yourself. You have become much more self-aware of your skills and accomplishments and now it’s time to start evaluating where you are now and where you want to go from…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 20, 2010 at 12:12am —
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By Pat Meehan
A small businessman can get pretty wrapped up and self absorbed in a tough economy. That’s what was happening to me about a year ago. The old saying "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" was holding true for me as well. About that time, Bluegrass music came back into my life. I've played music in four local…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 14, 2010 at 11:37pm —
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As a baby boomer myself, at age 57, and even though I can do pretty well on this desk top computer I’m typing on, I don’t own or operate a blackberry, I don’t like laptops, and I never send text messages. I even have a cell phone that doesn’t take pictures, much less opens up Microsoft Outlook. I have no desire to get emails 24 hours a day. Yet, in 2009, the toughest economic year in nearly 70 years, nearly one third of my…
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Added by Pat Meehan on April 13, 2010 at 4:45pm —
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