How do you spark ideas?
What inspires you? What wakes you up and puts you in your most creative place? Do you have a conversation, doodle, space out, write everything down, go jogging or take a shower?
How do you capture ideas?
When ideas happen, how do you grab and retain them? Do you carry a notebook, write on your hand, write on a friend’s hand, leave yourself a voicemail, or use some online tool? What does your knapsack of inspiration look like?
How do you implement ideas?
Merry Christmas!
If I had the ability like Dwayne, I would do the same.
What movie, song or work of art should we transmit to outer space in case anyone is out there?
Waiting out the snow storm at work. I did come across an interesting discussion point.
What do you think you know about the future that few other people understand yet? What's going to happen in the next five years or so that will catch most of the rest of us by surprise, but not you?
X-Mas List:
1. Golf shoes/spikes.
2. Golf balls. Titleist.
3. Golf glove. Left hand.
4. I tunes gift card.
5. Red/White wine.
6. Red Sox tickets. Money for Bruins three pack.
7. Poker books.
8. Car. Although this has been on my X-mas list prior years, I think Santa might come through this year.
9. Money.
10. Long sleeve shirt. Tie.
11. Candy.
12. Gift certificate to Boston restaurant.
Checking the nonperformance of the 201k err....10k.....err....1k....It hurts to read how much is lost due to the past few weeks on the market. Even the investments are down 75-90%. Not worth selling to lock in losses and recoup 10 cents after trade costs.
New York travel guide.
Travel map.
Who gets the votes?
Interview questions.
Idioms.
How would your life be if you stopped making excuses?
Every company/person in America should declare themselves a bank and get some bailout money.
Budget travel.
Color test.
Crossword puzzle solver.
Memory test.
Bad sounds.
Desktop wallpapers.
Once you take the test, the knock on the door will confirm "How insane are you?" score.
Psych central.
Yoga journal.
Offices where I first started are no longer offices. A new location was bought for those that have not moved across the street. No more visiting the "old cubes". I wonder what will become of the rest of the building?
Student resources.
Problem solving tips.
Mad Money sounds.
9 Rules.
Quote finder.
Money tips.
Working from home.
Be a better person.
Study hacks.
Finance tips.
New President elect Obama. Not sure how many Democrats will be elected overall, but it can't be a good thing when the checks and balances of Washington are no longer in place.
Looks like fun.
Articles for later.
Developers toolbox.
Nothing but flames.
A day early, but Inspire Me Thursday looks pretty cool. Check back tomorrow.
Knife throwing game.
The sheep market. Herd mentality.
Hawaii info.
Things to know.
Eberts rule book.
Math games.
What I learned.
Wiki Links:
List of colors.
New President elect Obama. Not sure how many Democrats will be elected overall, but it can't be a good thing when the checks and balances of Washington are no longer in place.
Looks like fun.
Articles for later.
Developers toolbox.
Nothing but flames.
A day early, but Inspire Me Thursday looks pretty cool. Check back tomorrow.
Knife throwing game.
The sheep market. Herd mentality.
Hawaii info.
Things to know.
Eberts rule book.
Math games.
What I learned.
Wiki Links:
List of colors.
How long could you survive changed to a bunk bed with a velociraptor?
Result:
Congratulations! You could survive for 1 minute, 25 seconds!
Looking forward to a shortened work week. Hard to believe it is nearly the 4th of July.
Sequel quiz.
Illusion science.
Tribal Revolt.
Wiki links: Golden path sentence.
Paraprosdokian.
US order of precedence.
Micronations.
Extinct animals of the United States.
List of moons. We should have a better name for ours.
Beer advocate.
Ask Calvin's Dad. I knew the was a How to for parenting. Parents will deny this of course.
Big win over Detroit last night. Never easy in the NBA. Foul shooting certainly dragged the game out making fans stay up later than planned. Hopefully they can close the series in Detroit.
Not sure how I would introduce my profession or put on a business card if I were a herpetologist.
Civil literacy quiz.
Big Ass Pinatas. Not sure if I would eat the contents or not.
Funny questions regarding Star Wars.
Making fudge.
Not the news I would have expected to read about a friend from school.
No idea what is up with LOST. I didn't care for last nights episode. Locke and Ben aren't the most pleasant and with a war coming, Claire happy she is without her baby, and talking with dead people it is past the normal belivable part.
Cool photo of the volcano in a thunderstorm from Chile.
Roadkill toys. Not sure too many kids would be playing with one of these rather than say a Cabbage patch kid or GI Joe.
Interesting what you can make with paper.
Dino run.
Speed reading test.
Cool motorcycle. Not sure on the cost, but it would be tough to be a passenger.
Acedemic Blogs.
Old school games. Yeah I still have an Atari system. Not sure if it would even connect to the HD TV now. Same with my Sega.
One second the link works, the next it is blocked according to the viewing policy. Soon nothing will be accessible.
CIA Book on Intelligence Analysis.
Everything you wanted to know about n.
Invention that I didn't know existed until yesterday. Plastic magnets. Apparently the strength can be increased or decreased using different color laser lights. Even the most magnetic magnetar is mind blowing.
Thoughts/Advice:
HBR Article: "The Science of Thinking Smarter"
Try it yourself, ask yourself the following questions Sunday night, when your week is complete.
1. What will I try to improve on next week?
2. What was I most proud of this week?
3. What was my biggest accomplishment this week?
4. What have I done to get closer to my life goals this week?
5. What was hard for me this week, and why?
6. What was my biggest waste of time this week?
7. What did I do this week that made me ashamed?
Travel guide. Gridskipper.
Flavorpill.
Interesting photo site.
London info.
Productivity tips.
Will Ferrell as GB.
Interview of President Ferrell by Jon Stewart.
Marquette hires a Crean holdover? I don't think I would want to deal with any of his coaches right about now and start fresh given the opportunity. We'll have to see how many D-1 players this "great recruiter" can get. Chances of getting destroyed in the Big East? "I'm a winner." where you have a sub-.500 record in your one head coaching job? Way to go. Wake me when the BOT make a new decent hire.
Late fees of over 30 on one day late payments? WTF? How is Citibank losing money?
A cool collection of Space Shuttle launches clipped together. Youtube.
Ways to quiet a loud screaming crying baby on the T, play the guess which hand the coin is in. It only costs .1 for the kid to stop crying. Lesson learned: Does this encourage the kid to keep crying and get what he wants or give the rest of the train ride a quiet peaceful ride?
Home watching the NCAA tourney games. Stopped at Foxwoods to play a little bit of tournaments. Didn't do so well. 10th out of 74 in the Act 2 Super was ok and 30th out of 95 in the 100 tournament was good but I made one bad play and paid dearly for it. Lesson learned.
Marquette beat Kentucky. Glad to watch that game. Hopefully we can make it a game against Stanford. Not sure we match up inside as well.
Off to NYC for the today. I'll be back Sunday.
Checking the features of RSS readers.
Not sure what the world is coming to, but Arizona sure does have a few things wrong. 2-Second Hugs? Not sure if school shootings happen out there recently, but I wouldn't be surprised if they start to increase in the next 2-5 years as a result. Not that I think that is a smart way to handle things but these officials are mistaken if they think this is in the students best interest.
Not sure where the "LOST" show is going, nor what to make of the most recent episode.
Misc links:
Rodcorp
Dave Archer
Speaking tips.
Chinese Classics.
Rules of thumb.
Crummy.
Zen to done.
Work Happy.
Conducting an interview.
Bank Error collect 10.....errr....5,000,000. One reason Aaron would have a difficult time explaining things to the police. Apparently they always catch the guy who the money doesn't belong to.
Apparently the HOME team didn't get the memo that they were supposed to show up at the Bradley center to play a game no ESPN. No luck funding the hustle, tenacity, and scrappy play that makes ESPN pick this game to telecast. What a bunch of pretend players! I can't stand to watch a team not improve or fix the common mistakes that NEED to be corrected from losses.
I guess he was giving too much credit to the offense and not enough to his own defense. It must have gotten to Tom to know he took the bait and thought about it with his own response saying all teams should think they will be giving up more points to the Patriots. Fuel the Giants defense much?
Another addicitive flash game. Fill up balls to get to the next level.
Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.
General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher, pull everything out of your fellow students.
General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students.
Consider everything an experiment.
Be self-disciplined. This means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.
Nothing is a mistake. There is no win and no fail. There is only make.
The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.
Don’t try to create and analyse at the same time. They’re different processes.
Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think.
“We’re breaking all of the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.” - John Cage.
Helpful hints: Always be around. Come or go to everything always. Go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully often. Save everything, it might come in handy later.
There should be new rule
The receipe for my favorite Girl Scout Cookies are available here.
The rides to the 20th floor at work have some captive audience devices that give scrolling headlines, weather, sports and news from around the World. Well some of the stories are "yeah right, a dog saved the owner by dragging him out of his burning house" or "cat dials 9-1-1 to save the child home alone". Well, an interesting one that may have some urban myths about how people with blue eyes are mutants. Article here.
Would you rather puke for 3 days non stop?
or
Have a broken bone, for a month. A terrible pain for that month.
Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a good time ringing in 2008. So long 2007. Predictions? Expectations? Best of '07?
Would you look at what washes ashore these days? Mysterious container full of unknown liquids happens to wash ashore in Scotland. You know you are in trouble when Stinky Bay starts attracting people to check out the cool containers. I wonder if the Russians are sending you a message. Go ahead and open it up.
Goals for 2008:
Decrease weight by 20%.
Get a gym membership.
Increase my income from full-time work.
Limit eating lunch out to 4 times per month.
Stay on top of house cleaning. (Keeping my room neat.)
Try new recipes or be a better cook/baker.
Read and FINISH more books.
Travel more.
Get involved in a community organization.
Over/Under on the number that get a good laugh or laughed at: 1.
Ideas for drinks to ring in the New Year. List here at the JS.
Easycalculation. Ever want to convert or figure out what day of the week it will be your birthday in 2025? Now this site has the answers.
Other sites you might have missed.
Crazy insane. If you were ever going to try spicing up your food, try and keep this out of the ingridient list.
Guinness World Records. I've yet to figure out the category I would attempt, but at least I know some that I don't want to try for.
Party games.
Simple appetizers.
Famous quotes.
Open Yale. Similar to the MIT courses for free.
What to read next.
NY Times magazine.
Heads of State. Good for those double bonus trivia night answers.
Holiday Drinks. What to order at the company holiday party?
List of Speeches. Looking for a famous quote, I came across the list of notable speeches.
1. Bottle opener Wine bottles.
2. Wine saver corks Wine stoppers.
3. Bourne DVD series 1,2,3 Bourne Series in Wide Screen.
4. COPAG poker playing cards.
5. or Modiano cards Normal looking sets of 2.
6. Men's Warehouse Gift certificate. I'll need a suit soon.
7. I-tunes music cards Apple.
8. A nice fine wine. Dessert or dinner.
9. Plane ticket for Florida space shuttle launch.
10. Poker books or general interest books from Amazon wish list.
11. Money.
Either he is the smartest man (still alive) or the dumbest. One way around the stupid security laws regarding liquids on flights is to just chug whatever liquid you plan to carry on. Well if it is Vodka I suggest you check the bag. Details about the man in Berlin trying to get around the fee. Nice job to "extend" the vacation on a medical emergency.
A decent weekend at the poker games. I wish I had done better on Saturday so I would be able to get into the deep stack tournament qualifiers. I will take the positive results from the game and consider my luck of good cards along with the Packers and Marquette victories and consider at a great weekend.
Three games left and the Patriots have an easy route to finish 16-0 and lock up a bye for the playoffs. We'll have to see how the NFC shapes up to see if they can stay with 14 points come February.
Town hall meeting at work gives a picture into what we are doing globally and locally to grow the business. Hopefully some interesting news comes later regarding that meeting.
Cold and rainy here in December needs to be snow so I can start heading up North to snow board. Hopefully the mountains will be ready soon.
Glad to see someone, somewhere was able to figure out how long it would take to make a stop at every house, only to realize they would burn up in the atmosphere traveling that fast. Details here.
Your success in life, and in the realm of day-to-day living will depend on how you deal with adversity and problems you encounter. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Be a positive person - remain upbeat and concern yourself with finding a way to succeed instead of focusing on all the reasons you cannot. I wish some people would take this little lesson and repeat it to themselves when they encounter "the little things" that don't quite go their way.
Remember that the true measure of a person is how they treat people who can neither help nor hurt them.
President Lincoln regarding Thanksgiving.
Interesting guest speakers at Harvard Law this Saturday for the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society. Mike Sexton, WPT host, Jim McManus, WSOP winner, Dr. Alan Schoonmaker, Author and expert player, Professor Charles Nesson, and the author of the Dan Harrington on Hold 'Em books just happened to be the audience. I can now say my "sit in a Harvard Law class" is complete. I hope to make it a regular event given how close I am to the school.
I want to say Thank You to all of those who help defend this great country. Thoughts and prayers for those families and people in harms way.
Wondering whether to drive up to Seabrook for a 7 and 9 PM tourney or play at the local bar on Wednesday Dave opted for the next day trip. And what a turn of events. When the 39-1 Horse wins with the Exacta coming in second it makes for a great payout. Nice job. As for the tip that led him to pick the winner..."best not ask."
Article on the intranet at work, but a little dated.
Off to the Charles for the Fireworks with about 500,000 others tonight. Hopefully it won't be too crowded.
Out on my lunch break the other day when the high temp didn't get above 55 in the middle of June, "Would you like to take some time to stop global warming?" as I pass most weaing scarves and jackets.
Radio commercial at work describing the down sides of taking a date out for dinner to the grocery store sample sections. Pretty good jokes and commentary. Good advice too.
Having known the Red Sox would lose to the Rockies since the guy who is 1-15 when he attends the games said he was out to catch the Sox game. Why bother?
Since a severe thunderstorm has rolled into Boston and rain out the Yankees/Sox game, I'll post some thoughts for the day:
1. Quality The race for quality has no finish line.
2. Opportunity You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
3. Teamwork Teamwork is the ability to work toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
4. Focus Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you fail to focus on your goals.
5. Determination The race is not always to the swift; but to those who keep on running.
6. Competition Whoever said it's not whether you win or lose that counts, probably lost.
7. Perseverance The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but a matter of will.
8. Success The harder you work ... the luckier you get.
9. Effort Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay awake and do them.
10. Passion There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart ... pursue those.
11. Risk You can't reach your goals without occasionally taking some long shots.
12. Success Some people dream of success ... while others wake up and work hard at it.
Leonardo Da Vinci suggests:
If you want to be healthy observe this regime.
Do not eat when you have no appetite, and dine lightly,
Chew well, and whatever you take into you
Should be well-cooked and of simple ingredients
He who takes medicine is ill advised.
Beware anger and avoid stuffy air.
Stay standing a while when you get up from a meal.
Make sure you do not sleep at midday.
Let your wine be mixed with water, take little and often,
Not between meals, not on an empty stomach.
Neither delay nor prolong your visit to the toilet.
If you take exercise, let it not be too strenuous.
Do not lie with your stomach upward and your head
Downward. Be well covered at night,
And rest your head and keep your mind cheerful.
Avoid wantonness and keep to this diet.
I guess if you own a 1.5 million dollar sports car and you feel like letting someone else drive it around the sports track at high speeds, it is better to learn your lesson the hard way. DON'T LET OTHERS behind the wheel. Lucky no one was hurt. Story here.
Happy New Year! Hopefully 2007 is a great year. Lots of football New Years Eve and today. Celebrations into the late night made not working today all that more enjoyable. Resolutions coming shortly.
If you eat too much to move but then you drink so much you puke, does it all balance out?
Getting some New Years resolutions set. Looking to complete my 2006 list. Only a few days to get it done. So much for having 1/5/7 off. Instead it looks like 1/3/7 Ford will be buried and the markets will be closed.
Ten Life Commandments
I. You shall not quit, because it ain’t over till it’s over.
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER give up!
II. You shall think before you speak.
When you engage another person in conversation, always think before talking.
III. You shall not try to save someone from himself, because you will fail.
IV. You shall surround yourself with good people.
Choose your friends carefully.
V. You shall not think life is fair, because it isn’t.
VI. You shall always consider the source.
VII. You shall get over yourself.
VIII. You shall shut up and play.
IX. You shall not try to please everyone.
You can’t be everything to everyone, no matter how hard you try.
X. You shall not ponder so long.
Article for why women look for humor.
Just reading a court case on the copyright law of the train stations main architect. Info here. I was thinking it would be cool to go back, but with this kind of decision making it makes you wonder what for?
Tough game to watch. Nothing going offense. Defense couldn't stop the Pats. Loss on the pool. Big loss in the office. At least it is a short work week until Thanksgiving.
It comes down to Montana and Virigina. Some surprises in the election coverage and results. Here in Boston a lot of the Dems won. Still can't get rid of Kennedy. I guess if the votes are in you can't pack your bags and head West to Montana if you don't like it in the Peoples Republic of Mass?
When is it okay to hug a new person?
Finished reading Satisfaction about the brain reacations to things people enjoy. Decent read on the chemicals and explanations for tests on the brain.
The best way to become obscenely wealthy is still the old fashioned way in 4 simple steps.
Western World Version
1. Take outrageous risks with extremely high upside.
2. Be the 1 out of 500 million for whom it pans out. This one is key so focus on it.
3. Attribute your wealth creation to your own hard work, your own genius and the power of your business plan. Be sure to stress how your wealth was singularly made possibly by your unique endowment of elbow grease, street smarts, common sense, all of which your competitors obviously lacked (proven by how poor they are compared to you).
4. Buy a mega yacht and/or athletic team.
Russian World Version*
1. Acquire assets illegally either from or with the help of the state. Extra rubles for seizing commodity related assets
2. Kill all your rivals.
3. Buy a mega yacht and/or athletic team.
Lack of experience diminishes our power of taking a comprehensive view of the admitted facts. Hence those who dwell in intimate association with nature and its phenomena are more able to lay down principles such as to admit of a wide and coherent development; while those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations.
The World Cup Champions tour hits Boston tomorrow. Hopefully I can find some time and check it out. Locations and times here.
One of those typical lazy weekends. Watch some football, read, relax, watch some more football, etc.
Good thing the Packers won. Tough to see them start 0-3 against opponents they should beat. Sure Chicago and New Orleans are 5-0, but they should win some at home.
Words of advice......If you want something bad enough, you'll do it mo matter what else you're engaged in.
Life is relationships.
No good cards for the past couple of games. Tough to see the APL shut things down. Only two weeks left to......not really get any more points since the MVC are no longer. For some poor jokes....How to make a woman happy.
The Laws of Men
Man Law - Moaning about the brand of free beer in a friend's fridge is forbidden. Complain at will if the temperature is unsuitable.
Man Laww - Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.
Man Law - Is crushing an empty beer can on your forehead acceptable?
No, modern, thinner cans make the feat less impressive than with cans of years past.
Man Law - A weak handshake is punishble by maximum hand crushing force possible at said time.
Man Law - To be able date your best friend's ex-girlfriend? Only after six months, they say - and only if she's drop-dead gorgeous.
Man Law - Anything that could make you for any reason look like a crazy person....is not cool...it's just not.
Man Law - Man shall not pass up a night out with the guys for a candle party with girlfriend...
Man Law - Fishing is the new King Of Sports, because anything that has food and beer is alright with me.
Man Law - A man in a taxi is the ONLY time a man shall be in a yellow car.
Man Law - A man's pets shall naver wear clothes.
Man Law - Man should be excited about fall because of football season...not because it 'opens things up in the wardrobe'.
Man Law - The tippie roll shall always be the in the over-hand postion.
Man Law - If a Man has a car that can 'lay rubber' he is obligated to do so from time to time.
Man Law - Men must get tans by 'accident' never credit card.
Man Law - If a man is carring a ice chest that exceeds 20 lbs, he is entitled to the first beer.
Man Law - No man shall aplly sunblock to another man's back; the man will just take the burn.
Some rules for those who are married.
Anyone have seven hours for sell? With that type of requests with non-performing computers and "test regions" you would think you would try and come up with better solutions rather than asking for things you know you can't get.
Another good run at the 2-5 NL Texas Hold'em Table. I had some poor plays and bad laydowns in some monster pots but also lucked out on some other monster pots with some good hands. Overall play was solid other than a few late costly hands that halved my chip stack. Weather and car ride back were terrible. Whatever Mark ate don't ever feed him the same thing again.......just plain wrong.
A good trip to Foxwoods Saturday. Spent about 8 hours cleaning up at the 2-5 No limit. Golf Sunday wasn't as good. It was fun to get out once again. Every 15 years by my count. 147 on the course in tough, wet, rainy, puddled, fairways and greens. If you discount the poor course conditions I would have played much better. Monday was almost another good day at the APL poker game. I made the final three and was in position to win the MVC but made the first, but not the last, mistake of the night. Happy with points but disappointed with none in the second game. We'll see how tomorrow's and Thursday's sessions go.
Another year older. Some minor eye irritation kept me up most of the night. Still bothering me some today. It helps today is pay day, but otherwise having to work on your birthday should be a given holiday. Rain most of the day so the weather is a little gray, but hopefully it will clear later.
As for photos, some from my recent trip are up at August 2006 folder. Enjoy.
Random Philly link: Philly Future.
10 Year Reunion last night at the Cherry Hill Hilton/Crown Roayle hotel. Decent turn out. Some people haven't changed much. Some have. Not sure how many really have done much but plenty starting families and staying in the area.
Played a home game. 16 people for about 4 hours that puts me out on the bubble. Only top three pay and finishing fourth is the worst place to be. No luck in the late, late, late, cash game set up later. On the good news front is the mid year bonus coming on my birthday, but to offset that is the lateness in processing the OT for the past few weeks in my "new" group.
Off to New Jersey for the 10 Year Reunion this weekend. Then Gettysburg and Richmond. I just wonder if the Mass legislature will pass the Tax Free shopping to coincide with my absence again. I missed it the past two years with big purchases. Hopefully the lottery ticket buy-in pool at work will hit and make all the WSOP Acts I, II, III worthless and just buy into the main events.
"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self delusion and ignorance which does harm. "
- Marcus Aurelius
I guess if you were to forecast and get your wish on how to pass away, you might choose one of the following: Feared deaths rather than giving up one of the vices that lead to more deaths.
Probably not the smartest way to sell the confidential information from some Coke executives. I just wonder how people so stupid can get promoted to pull these stunts off. Details here.
One of the places we went while we were in Munich. You can browse the collection just as we did and check out some of the cool paintings they had.
Our last leg of the trip is today. We fly back to the US tomorrow early AM. If you need anything from the duty free shops let me know. Otherwise, look for the postcards or call me and I will tell you about the first trip to Europe.
Germany has been great. The weather even better. The beer the best. The food is good and the education is priceless. Hope everyone could have as much fun as us.
Cheers to the remaining teams still left to play. If I can score tickets I will gladly come back.
Words from the National Spelling Bee are up at the web. Round by round results and the correct and incorrect spelling of the words. For those at home playing along, I only got three correct. Next up will be geography.
"Having a strong work ethic is very important. You must always do what it takes to get the job done."
"Sometimes you need to be adventurous and take opportunities that may be very different than anything you’ve done before. Take the chance, do the best you can, and learn as much as possible from the experience."
"There are so many good people out there that you need to find a way to stand out from the crowd. Figure out how to differentiate yourself. Pull out of yourself that which makes you unique and different, and use this in everything you do."
"Be responsive when people need your help. Work hard and demonstrate that what you are doing is for the company. When people know that you have the company’s interests at heart, they, in turn, will always be responsive to you."
"Change is the name of the game. Accept it, look for opportunities that may come with it and learn to use it to your benefit."
"Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want. Plant the seed and let people know that you are ready, willing and able to do other things."
"How you handle yourself in a crisis or when you’ve made a mistake can work to your advantage. If you’ve made a mistake, admit it. But put a plan in place to correct it and don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need it. At the end, you may come out better than you were before."