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Five reasons you didn’t get the job
You’ve submitted your resume, maybe endured multiple rounds of interviews with HR, the hiring manager and team members, and now you are staring at the rejection letter. “After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that we have chosen another candidate.” You are begging for feedback, but mo...
Executive wheels: Toyota twinsies
Toyota certainly doesn’t need to copy BMW in all of the other measurements – performance and technology come to mind; the famous Japanese carmaker does its best to mimic BMW in its luxury line, Lexus. Toyota has plenty of performance and technology, but it isn’t pushing envelopes here. However, th...
Top seven ways to step out of crazy-busy…
Do you believe this mind-numbing pace in body-numbing surroundings is sustainable? Not only does this take a toll on your mind, body and soul, living your life at this pace diminishes your creative capacity. It puts a damper on your next big idea in your life. It stops you from stepping into your...
Best of ColoradoBiz: Five secrets of high achievers
Let everyone sweep in front of their own door. Then the whole world will be clean. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe This is a tough love message, so be forewarned. Entitlement […]
The jealousy-jungle solution
Have you ever experienced jealousy? It’s as if a crazy little creature takes over within you; you can’t think or respond with any amount of clarity. Jealousy or envy flow from an ungrateful heart and, if prolonged, have the ability to physiologically affect your body. Envy flows from a desire to h...
Best of ColoradoBiz: Nine ways to maximize your coffee meeting
Getting someone to agree to a coffee meeting is only the first step in obtaining leads. Your coffee meeting is an opportunity to build trust and exchange information. If you […]
Want something more in your life?
I hear it all the time. I want something more in my life. Perhaps you long for a bigger presence in a role or field that you’re already in today. It might be the new job that just got posted or an entirely new career path calling to you. You may have a budding idea whose time is right. Or, you may...
More on solving a billion-person problem
I often think about the billion moment-sucking black holes that have been incorporated into our global system architecture. Every time I delete spam from my inbox, I feel a tiny piece of my life flitter away. Sitting needlessly at stoplights, or watching the minutes tick away as I wait in some lin...
Growth industry
First of all, let’s get one thing straight: Hemp is not marijuana, and it can’t get you high. Dozens of countries grow industrial hemp for its seeds, stalk and fibers – employing hundreds of thousands and bringing in truckloads of revenue. Until last year, planting it anywhere in the U.S. was proh...
The businessperson’s case for investing in kids
University of Chicago economics professor and Nobel laureate James Heckman says investing in the development of young at-risk children leads to increased productivity, better health outcomes, a decreased need for special education, remediation, social services, and less likelihood of involvement w...
Executive wheels: Lexus redeems itself
I recently reviewed the new Lexus NX (for “Nimble Crossover”), and I was not impressed. Basically it is a Toyota RAV4 on technological steroids, with enough added gadgets to offer distractions galore. What I said was that today’s definition of luxury – in Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Infiniti – see...
How to stop self-sabotaging
What causes a natural expression of our inner truth and wisdom to come to a complete stop in the midst of delivery? This is a situation that you will rarely ever experience in a kindergarten classroom. With each question posed by the teacher, the majority of the students are so eager to share thei...
