Monthly Archives: August 2008
How do we know the real reason behind our successes?
I wrote an article today on my main blog about Hillary’s speech last night and whether we know the reasons for our own success. (And by the way, I’m not commenting on whether I think Hillary understands her own success. … Continue reading
How we explain success may be different from what really causes it.
I was reading Steve Salerno’s “anti-SHAM” blog as he was commenting on Hillary’s speech at the DNC last night. He didn’t think much of her story. She told a story of her success, he said, that may have been a … Continue reading
What are the delusions we all share about career success?
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I was interviewed on Total Picture Radio about my presentation on “The Ten Cultural Career Lies.” You can listen to the episode as we explore what we believe about careers that’s just plain wrong.
ARRGH!!! The book title is TAKEN!!!! HELP!
Someone—not me—is coming out with a book called “Work Less, Do More” in just a few weeks. Rats rats rats rats rats. I so loved that title. Any suggestions? I’m at a loss. Grumble. Grumble. Grumble. The way I’m thinking … Continue reading
It's not so easy to say "subprime borrowers" should be responsible.
The New York Times had an article today on the advertising campaigns that led to the spate of subprime borrowing. The reader comments fall into two broad categories: “Borrowers should have known what they were getting into.” and “Big, bad, … Continue reading
Why no purchasers from YouAreNotYourInbox.com?
I’m stumped. We’ve had 500 visitors to YouAreNotYourInbox.com, from a variety of sources, and under 1% purchase from people who find the product via that page. This is what we call a “learning opportunity.” If you have visited and decided … Continue reading
Do "broad stroke" and highly-specific tips go together?
I’m collecting the final list of tips for the book. I’m noticing there are two categories of tips and am not sure they would work together in a book. Here are samples: Broad-stroke Narrow Use networking for your job search … Continue reading
Giving feedback: is the "sandwich" valuable, or trite and ineffective?
Conventional wisdom has it that you should sandwich negative feedback between two pieces of positive feedback. You can read about “the hamburger method” here. Shelle Rose Charvet points out that most people already know the method. Now, when they hear … Continue reading
Any ideas on how to market my email overload product?
My new product, “You Are Not Your Inbox: Overcoming Email Overload” is ready! The question now is … how do I market it? Can you chime in with ideas and insights? Continue reading
What do you drop and what do you keep?
I’m overloaded! Yes, it happens to me, too The problem happens when I take on a new project, here’s a delay in the project (e.g. I’m waiting for someone to get me a document), and during that delay, I start … Continue reading
