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5 Reasons you should specialize right now 29 May 2012 | 12:54 am
We are in a drought. Not a metaphorical drought. That’s for city people. We are in a drought that is crop failure. I’ve read a lot about the Dust Bowl during the Depression. My favorite book is a chi...
We are in the Age of Personal Responsibility 19 May 2012 | 04:07 am
When I moved to the farmhouse, I first replaced myself with a new CEO for my company, and then started reading enough about interior design to get a degree in the subject, if I believed in graduate de...
Attention to problems matters more than solutions to problems 11 May 2012 | 05:22 pm
Fortune magazine has started reporting about family in corporate life. We all know corporate jobs are messed up. Fortune magazine is a monument to how messed up corporate life really is. In November,...
How to choose a career if your interests are wide 9 May 2012 | 04:04 am
I’ve spent the last five years learning about farming. At first I couldn’t even tell the difference between a hay field and an oat field. Now I can tell when a planting is late. I have learned enough ...
What we can learn from the lies people tell 5 May 2012 | 06:46 am
I love watching people lie. I know that I probably have the same feelings the liars do, the feeling of being stuck. I like to think about what I do when I have that feeling, how people cope with it, a...
How to make amends for bad behavior 2 May 2012 | 12:38 am
Photo by Roz Joseph c. 1970 It used to be that the reason people hated me was because I offended them. Poor social skills. I’m sure you can imagine, but if you can’t, here’s the post about how I spok...
5 tips for business travel 28 Apr 2012 | 04:00 am
In the airport a fight attendant said to my six-year-old son, “Where are you going today?” He said, “California.” She said, “You’re a lucky boy!” He said, “Actually, I’m really tired of going to ai...
How to take ownership of what you really want 26 Apr 2012 | 01:29 pm
The novel Fifty Shades of Grey is selling faster than a Harry Potter book right now. The book is about sexual domination in a contemporary setting, including the career woman who has everything, inclu...
Your biggest barrier to starting a business 24 Apr 2012 | 03:03 am
Last month I gave a speech at the Natural Products Expo in California, and I took my son with me. Everyone’s an entrepreneur in my family, and my son’s first thought was that this would be a good way ...
Your biggest career decision is who you marry 17 Apr 2012 | 07:58 am
Sheryl Sandberg, the woman who runs Facebook, has said that the most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry. I have to agree with this statement. Here’s why: If you marry someone with...
