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Think Big!

(Just to give you some context before you begin reading this article, I’ve competed in triathlons and enjoy watching the Tour de France – the biggest professional cycling race of the year.  As such, I follow several members of the cycling and triathlon communities on twitter which is where I found the following story.) Think [...]

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Learning from Success and Failure

People succeed all the time. There are blogs, Twitter hashtags, Facebook pages, and news stories all celebrating the monumental successes of the world so they may live on in infamy. Certainly, success implies an exposure to risk – embarrassment, injury, loss – but success is also an invitation to learn and grow. People fail all [...]

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How to Be Assertive

At some point in time, you’ll need to be assertive.  The ability to be assertive without coming across as aggressive or offensive will be key to your effectiveness.  Following these steps will lead to assertiveness success. Think Before You Speak Define the issue you want to address. What’s bothering you?  Think about specific actions or [...]

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How to Procrastinate

Search Google for how to procrastinate and you’ll find over 800,000 hits. On Amazon, there is actually a 192-page book entitled How to Procrastinate.  You can browse through the Google search or buy the book, but are you really going to get around to doing that?  In this post I’ll share some thoughts on procrastination [...]

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Implementing Best Practices

The term ‘best practices’ is used to describe the processes and activities that have been shown in practice to be the most effective. If you are engaged in student organizations or a work setting during your college career, you may eventually hear the term ‘best practices’ and be asked implement them. They may relate to [...]

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Change Management

“The only thing constant in life is change.”  - François de la Rochefoucauld Your ability to manage the directionality of change – either positive or negative – will largely define your success as a change agent. Establish yourself as an effective change agent by helping people prepare and manage seven reactions they typically have to change. [...]

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College Graduation: A Credential or a Meaningful Experience?

In the October 26, 2009 edition of Newsweek magazine, former University of Tennessee president and current Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander wrote an article called The Three-Year Solution: How the reinvention of higher education benefits parents, students, and schools. Three-Year vs. Four-Year College Career The debate over three versus four years of college has devolved into [...]

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Learning from LeaderShape

I spent this past weekend in Chicago completing Program Coordinator Training for LeaderShape.  Here are three transferable learning points I gained from my time with the LeaderShape Staff and some opportunities for you to make LeaderShape a meaningfulexperience for you: Communicate your Brand Consistently and Constantly LeaderShape’s focus is on teaching young adults to lead [...]

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Meaningful Experiences

When I dwell in possibility my thoughts are usually shaped by, and continuously informing, my guiding philosophy. Posted on the wall in my office, just above my computer screen within easy view, is my guiding philosophy: Students are developed over time through a series of meaningful experiences. I attribute the phrase to one of my [...]

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Dwelling in Possibility

I have weekly regular time set aside on my calendar to “Dwell in Possibility”. Dwelling in Possibility is my time for personal and professional development, planning and action.  Writing these posts, connecting with colleagues, keeping current in my field, developing my ideas and bringing my brand to reality are the items on my list of possibilities [...]

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    Dan Schawbel, the founder of the Student Branding Blog, is a world renowned personal branding expert, the international bestselling author of Me 2.0, as well as the publisher of the Personal Branding Blog.


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