Motivation on the Run

Do you have a corporate or an entrepreneurial mindset? Do you love climbing the corporate ladder or do you get frustrated with the “politics” of whole thing? What path interests you in getting to the top? What gets your juices flowing with anticipation?
Every year a larger number of people break away from the corporate rut [...]

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Skip of ‘Random Thoughts of a CTO’ has a great comparison of the two sides of management, friendship or aloof. A lot of what he covers involves the personality types we’ve talked about before. I’ll leave the final discovery for Skip to explain.
Random Thoughts from a CTO: Can you be friends with those that you [...]

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When someone you work with is struggling, whether is their personal or business life, what is your first inclination? Do you avoid eye contact and escape out the side door to avoid the long conversation about all the troubles they are having, or do you see the need and reach out to help. Do you [...]

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle
If you are having problems getting motivated to do your best, read this quote every morning for a month. In fact, read it every morning and evening.
At the end of one month, leave me a comment on what effects it [...]

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A fabulous week this week. A return of the sun and the temperature has dropped back into the low nineties. This is episode 58 for the fourth Wednesday of July and I am using new podcast software. This is the trial run to see how it works. Let me know what you think, compared to [...]

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In case you wondered where Get Motivated is in August.
Get Motivated Seminars
Aug. 16, Greenville, SC
Aug. 29, Salt Lake City, UT
For more information about the seminars please call 800-431-8306.

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Personal development is a concept I have seen more of in the last two months, than in the rest of my adult life. Articles on every website, articles on every blog site, and even in print. The other evening I was flipping channels on the television and on PBS (fund raising time) they were showing [...]

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This week’s episode of Motivation on the Run is recorded on a different software program than I normally use. Audacity has been the recording software of choice because it allows for editing and converting to the required mp3 file, however it requires several extra steps in the process.
I found PodProducer about a year ago, downloaded, [...]

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Oh, the bane of the ever present ‘um’ and ‘ah’ that is the non-prepared speaker’s crutch. Tim writes a great article on how to remove these from your speech, and from experience, I can attest to how well it works.
Toastmasters is a great lab to work and learn in, and with the help of peers, [...]

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To follow up on the Skype review on this week’s podcast, more Skype phones are announced that don’t have to attach to a computer. These appear to have built-in WiFi and communicate directly with your wireless access point. These will help boost the presence of Skype in the VoIP market.
Photos: New Skype phones | CNET [...]

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