Rethink text book distribution

Text books are made for the education and instruction of students in our society right? Well, that’s the academic answer at least. Certainly the amount of money in the text book industry is benefiting a load of people in the value chain. Authors, publishers, distributors, retail stores, etc.

But really. Have you seen a student lately? They [...]

6 reasons I still love Twitter

I still love Twitter and here are six reasons why:

It gives me the ability to connect with brands and people on my terms. I choose who and when I want to listen and engage with others. Twitter content providers, including myself, can “push” content all they want to. The readers choose if they want to listen [...]

Sharpening the saw – people to people

Most likely you’ve read or listened to work by Stephen Covey. His seventh habit of highly effective people is “sharpen the saw”. In his metaphor people are the saw, and we sharpen ourselves as we develop regular habits of emotional, physical, and spiritual renewal. This ultimately makes us more mature and effective in our lives.  As [...]

Taking timeout for the important stuff

I didn’t get around to posting this week because I spent much of the week in the hospital visiting a relative recovering from cancer surgery.  It’s good to see the altruistic nature of a person as they abandon all else to aid another.  It’s also refreshing to see the good nature of people who helped as [...]

Career mentor specialists?

We live in an age of specialization. You see it in the medial profession, in corporate america, and in professional sports.  One area where I have not noticed a great deal of content about specialization is in career mentoring. Career mentoring itself gets a great deal of thought in books, blogs, and self-help publications. From my [...]