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I wrote The Leap: Launching Your Full-Time Career in our Part-Time Economy to help people see that the world fundamentally changed during the global recession that started in 2008. Many believe that we are finishing a long and slow crawl back to normalcy. This is a dangerous misconception and form of mass cognitive dissonance as we…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQ_p-ieqqg Are you passionate about your career? Are you passionate about your job? I have discovered that those looking for success most often find it when they tap into their passion. When this happens they never have to seek it again, success will follow them once they make that leap. We don’t get any “do-overs”…
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“Software is eating the world!” exclaimed venture capitalist and technology expert Marc Andreseen in a Wall Street Journal interview in 2014. Marc was passionately explaining why he felt there wasn’t a tech bubble and that more and more technology would be developed at a faster pace, disrupting traditional business models. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)…
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During the past few years I have had many conversations with millennials taking a laid back approach to their twenties putting off adulthood for a protracted college experience post graduation. The common theme has been that they have their entire lives ahead of them and they see no rush to take on the mantle of…
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Brandi and I would like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. While gathering with our friends and family and giving thanks for the many blessings we have received, it is important to remember those in need. One common theme I found as I traveled around the country over the past few years…
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A staggering 40% of all unemployed are millennials highlighted recent U.S. census data. The slowly improving jobs numbers which are tweaked in many different ways to appear better than they really are hide massive structural issues beneath the surface of this economy. The unemployment numbers may say 6.1% according to the latest numbers but the…
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How do you go from food stamps to CEO in seven years? You have to make a leap. My journey is one of faith, hard work, support from mentors, friends, and family, and the power to reimagine myself and dream of a better future. The things I learned on this journey early in my…
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For those who are making their leap into entrepreneurship by starting a new venture I highly recommend watching this video and getting the book, The Founder’s Dilemma by Harvard Business School Professor Noam Wasserman. He is one of my favorite professors at HBS and this book is worth its weight in gold.
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What does Jesus want to see on your resume? I asked myself this question as I recently spoke to the CEO of one of the largest placement and recruiting companies in the nation. I wanted to know what employers want to see on the resumes of people they are hiring today? What are the new…
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For those who do not have access to the Knoxville News Sentinel, I have posted my article from this weekend here for discussion. I have included further commentary at the end that I could not include in this first piece. Your comments and perspective are welcome. Robert Dickie III: Regulation worsens ‘Black Swan’ events Robert…
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