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Entries from August 2008

Doubting yourself and your work

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Doubting yourself and your work
By Douglas E. Welch
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Doubting yourself and your work
August 29, 2008
Everyone, no matter their work, has to face their own doubts throughout their career. We may be working well, but then an unknown or difficult [...]

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Archive: 5 Small Risks to Take Today

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

(This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas)

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Career growth comes from challenging your own limits – stretching yourself and reaching for new knowledge and new capabilities. Despite all the benefits, though, many of us avoid challenges or situations [...]

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Join the Career Tips Conversation!

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the great benefits of doing my daily career tips on Seesmic is that you can join in the conversation with your own videos. Ask additional follow-up questions, chime in with your comments or just point and laugh. (SMILE)
Even if you view the tip hours after I post it, you can see the entire [...]

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What to do when you don’t like what you do anymore

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

What to do when you don’t like what you do anymore
By Douglas E. Welch
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It happens to all of us at one time or another. After years of working in the same area, [...]

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Archive: New Avenues - July 22, 2005

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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As an independent, high-tech consultant, I have the usual avenues for making money. One day I might be cleaning up spyware or viruses, on another I might be training a client [...]

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Get something done — Seth Godin: Like your hair is on fire

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments

What a great idea! If you have to be at work anyway during these often slow and unproductive times, why not get something done. When I was in the corporate world, I used this trick on more than one occasion.
Like your hair is on fire
In the US, the next two weeks are traditionally the [...]

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It’s not obvious to them

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s not obvious to them
By Douglas E. Welch
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While we all might like to be the smartest person in the room (and in some cases, we are) our knowledge can sometimes get in the way of our career. I know [...]

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Archive: Guilt by Association - July 15, 2005

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments

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Over the years of my high-tech career, a disturbing trend has appeared. More and more potential clients have started to treat me as an adversary with which to negotiate rather than [...]

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My first post from an iPhone

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I am playing around with my sister’s iPhone in preparation to picking up my own tomorrow. This post was written using the Wordpress app.

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Change before you are forced to change

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Change before you are forced to change
By Douglas E. Welch

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It seems a fundamental aspect of human nature that no one likes change. No matter how much we might talk about craving fun and excitement, for most [...]

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