For lack of a better title
I spoke in a colleague’s class today on time management principles for college students. Since I made a similar preso last fall and posted some resources then, I’ll just link to the original post. Cheers.
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Remember the internship? Seth Godin is now offering a few bright and creative people the opportunity to work with him for a few months. Tuition is free. This would be a business education unlike any other you could get–at any price. It starts January 19, 2009, and you’ll need to apply by December 14. Here [...]
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My colleague Bob Lowery has posted his summer reading plans. His selections are largely recreational, with a couple of “work-related” titles as well. What’s on your list?
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Illustration by superciliousness
What does Dan Pink, author of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, a career guide in graphic novel format, have in common with the U.S. Navy and Stanford University?
Comic books.
Or, properly, manga.
Dan reports that the U.S. Navy will issue a Japanese-language graphic novel in Yokosuka, Japan, in advance of the arrival [...]
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"The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can’t."— Mark Twain
Brett over at The Art of Manliness has compiled a list of 100 Must-Read Books for manly men. Quickly browsing through the list, I’ve been through many of these over the years, including books by Machiavelli, George Orwell, [...]
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I’m planning to read 50 books from June 2008 through May 2009. The Prologue, Part 1, posted on May 12, 2008, introduces the project. You can find a list of the books on the 50 Books Project page.
June marks the beginning of the 50 Books Project. Here are the titles I’ll read in the [...]
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I’m planning to read 50 books from June 2008 through May 2009. The Prologue, Part 1, posted on May 12, 2008, introduces the project.
If you’ve looked at my reading list, you will have seen a column called "Source." I wanted a way to track the recommendations for the titles and this field captures that. A [...]
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"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us."–Thomas Carlyle
I recently finished my second graduate degree, an MBA. My first graduate degree, completed in 2000, was in contemporary theology. The professors are finished with me (for now) and so I’ve set a new goal: to read at [...]
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The semester is over. Summer is here and students will be off to jobs, internships, weddings, and who knows what else. It also means that they might have time to do something other than homework and textbook reading. How about investing time in a good book or two?
In my business communication class, I referenced several [...]
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I shared this with one of my classes today and decided to post it here as well.
Richard St. John tells the remarkable story of his encounter with a young girl who, though from an impoverished background, wanted to become successful. She asked him how; he said he wasn’t sure, but he’d find out. [...]
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