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Striving for Perfection

If you personally strive for perfection in all that you do, please consider the following:
“Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is.… It’s your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.” – Sir Laurence Olivier
It is important that you distinguish for yourself whether you want to strive for [...]

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Volunteering: Your hidden lifeline

Have you seen those recent PSAs on television from iParticipate with various famous people, like Morgan Freeman, encouraging us to volunteer? They state that by helping others we help ourselves, our community, and our nation. (CLICK HERE to view one) It’s amazing but true, that volunteering can have such a strong impact on others and [...]

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Making Your Own Opportunities

Last week, Seth Godin professed that “safe is risky.”  Many people follow directions, aim for approval from professors/bosses, and color inside the lines. This aversion to risk is actually risky — in that you risk not taking advantage of the world of opportunities around you.
Godin used the example of a student only interviewing with companies [...]

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Book of the Moment

Upstarts!: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success by Donna Fenn, is all about Gen Y and the 21st century entrepreneurial revolution. Our generation is collaborative, creative, driven and tech savvy. How do you use those traits to turn an idea into a true upstart? This book will show you. --> Buy the book

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    Dan Schawbel is the founder of the Student Branding Blog, the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y, the best-selling author of Me 2.0, as well as the publisher of both the award winning Personal Branding Blog and Personal Branding Magazine.

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