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Antenna’s Up
My friend, Drew, has a deep love for one-liners. No, not the joking one-liners, I mean one-liner mantras. Some are of his own making, some are shared with others from various trips, and some are just quotes. All of them, though, could probably be boiled down to one phrase he uses frequently; “Don’t Hesitate.” Besides…
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A Simple Act That Goes a Long Way
“If we opened people up we’d find landscapes.” Agnes Varda I recently gave a short presentation to a small group of students on the topic of networking. The goal was to help them develop some skills and self-confidence around successfully connecting with young professionals in their field of interest. After we finished, one of the…
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Don’t Search for the Answers
I have always been fascinated by stories– particularly stories that dig deeper into an individual’s motivations. This has drawn me to (auto)/biographies, professional documentaries, amateur documentaries on Youtube, spiritual readings, and even self-help literature. In these different forms, you get to see the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to someone’s journey–…
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Putting ‘The Why’ Before ‘The What’
A couple of weeks ago, I had a student come by my office to talk about creating a portfolio that she needed for her senior capstone project. For the sake of this article, let’s call this student Charlie. Charlie also wanted to make sure that her portfolio could be used professionally after she graduates this…
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Simplicity: Don’t Blow it!
Some of my favorite commercials of all time were created by the Kona Brewing Company. While I was living in San Diego, the Big Island based brewery had two local Hawaiian bruddahs poke fun at the strange but normalized customs of the ‘mainlanders’ (i.e. the continental, American business culture). One of these ads was called…
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Sustainable Self-Improvement
The self-help (or self-improvement) industry is now a multibillion dollar industry. It has guest speakers, one-on-one coaching, online modules, reading lists, and many other activities that are all aimed at helping you achieve your full potential. While the folks in this industry are hard working and genuinely do help people, there still seems to be…
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Can You Tell Me How To Stand Out?
I often talk with students about what they want to do after school. I will go through a litany of questions with them surrounding their interests, their major, desired location, preferred company culture, salary etc.. The usual. And then, inevitably, at some point during my work with them, they will want to hear about what…
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9 Miles to Jordan
It was my first bike tour. We were beginning day ten in Lewistown, Montana and heading east. The goal was 3,300 miles in 30 days to raise $50,000 for the DawgPatch Bandits, a nonprofit founded by my riding partners, Drew and Payton, that raises money to help folks who are battling addiction. In those first…
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