Archive for the ‘Performance’ Category
Monday, June 20th, 2011
I've lined myself up in front of fish tank on purpose for this particular video because the fish are going to be part of the story. I know many of you read the transcript and enjoy following the blog that way and I think that's great. But I also know ...
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
I want to talk to you today about when you're thinking about how much effort you put into what you do, and whether or not anybody actually notices. The reason for this story is because I had an opportunity to talk with the candidate just recently and they said to ...
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
I saw this mask when I was out shopping with my wife for the holidays and, of course, like anything, whenever I see something like this my thoughts always go to business. I thought about a kid holding this up like this and thinking that the person whom you get ...
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Even in these difficult economic times, our clients still find it very difficult to find quality candidates that they are prepared to hire. We would like to think that people are just sticking out there, you know, hanging around the telephone booth waiting for the phone call but the fact ...
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
We’re going to review an email that I received over the weekend. These are the kind of emails that can really make a weekend special let me tell you. I’m going to leave off the details because they’re irrelevant to the story but it reads like this:
It says, “Hi Bob. ...
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
You maybe aware of a quote from Henry David Thoreau - probably
something he came up with on a rainy day, when he was sitting at Waldon Pond,
which said, “most of us live lives of quiet desperation”. I’ve always found that quote
disquieting and I really feel that it doesn’t necessarily apply ...
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