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What are some effective note taking tips while listening? How to take good notes I used to have the Speak Pipe plugin on my website, which allowed readers to leave me messages. One college student left a message asking me what is the most effective way to take notes while listening to a recording. From[Read More…]
Do you have good note taking techniques? How much of what you read do you remember? How important is professional development to you? The questions are meant for you to[Read More…]
Introduction: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon is not what[Read More…]
Learning How to Learn Recently, I published the article The Skills You Need to Succeed in 2020 on Forbes’ website. To date, the article has had over 28,000 views. I have been writing about this topic for about 18 months[Read More…]
Introduction: Book Review – Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier was published in 1938. Though it’s an excellent book, it bugged me a lot because the heroine, who is the narrator does not have a name –[Read More…]
It occurred to me to write a book on selective reading. The idea came to me, but I didn’t know that the term existed. It made sense to me that you could get the most out of the books you[Read More…]
Initial Thoughts: Stand Out by Dorie Clark Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It When I saw Stand Out by Dorie Clark in the bookstore, I decided to buy it without reading the[Read More…]
Have you ever heard of a 30-60-90 Day Plan? Does it make sense for you to learn the 10 key skills needed for future jobs? I think so. Many organizations from time-to-time have reported on key skills business professionals need[Read More…]
Introduction: Key to Yourself & Golden Keys to a Lifetime of Living by Venice Bloodworth It is important to look at the work you did years ago to see how far you have traveled. I read Key to Yourself by[Read More…]
Introduction to the World of New Collar Jobs The New Collar Workforce If you want to excel in the workplace, you must keep up with all the technological and other changes taking place. The rapid technological change will impact future[Read More…]
Do you ever go back in time to update work you previously did? That’s what I am doing with this blog post, “Were you born to blog?” I have been blogging for nine years now and I completely forgot about[Read More…]