A potential client relies on your reputation, your professionalism, and your ability to articulate when deciding whether to hire you.

That’s what “they” say, anyways. Let’s see what a Google search turns up, shall we?
Search: clean desk symptom sick mind
Lanfranco Muzi of Italy (and now of Oregon) uses the phrase, “A clean desk is the symptom of a sick mind…” as something of a tagline on his website. Mind you, this isn’t a blog but [...]

I love this woman’s approach to consulting! Pamela Slim writes the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog (introduced here.)
This is what caught my eye in her post yesterday:
Your goal as a consultant is to work your way out of a job.
Her questions following this statement are excellent examples of real service. They focus on causes, not [...]

This morning at Toastmasters, two things stood out to me:
1. A reminder of important planning and preparation are.
2. How much I’ve taken these things for granted with our Toastmasters group.
In the Inc magazine article I read yesterday, the concept that resourcefulness is more important than resources was attributed to Tony Robbins.
Was that blatant [...]

Dessert at the Chinese restaurant is usually my favorite part of the meal. Just as many kids in the inner city have no idea where spinach comes from, as a kid, I had no idea where fortune cookies came from. They were so wise, getting the right fortunes to the right people, they must have [...]

The theme of the week is “space”. Last night at class (Zen and the Art of Comedy Improv), our teacher asked us what we see when we look up at the sky at night. “Lights” “Stars” “Satellites” “Constellations” were some of the answers.
“What about space?” he responded. “Everything is suspended in space. Space is [...]

Several years ago when studying Italian to prepare for a year abroad in college, we got to the national pastime of the country I’d be visiting–Italy.
The word that corresponds to “fans” is tifosi. I remember being a little surprised that the word had a connotation of being frenzied, die-hard fans passionately attending to their [...]