November, 2011

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

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Hang Your Work in a Tree Tonight

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

If you do what you love for a living, you’ll never work a day in your life. ~anonymous. An appealing thought, if it means living an integrated life. However…there’s a big difference between living an integrated life and being consumed by work. No one has yet said they want their epitaph to be, “I spent most of my time working.” But in fact, many of us are unaware that this is exactly the track we are on.

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Manage the Mid-Space or Your Vision Will Fail

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“Our company had a big meeting a few weeks ago where the president laid out his vision. It means big changes and a lot of us were skeptical about it. But I have to say that by the end of his presentation, he had us all sold. It was pretty impressive.”. Frank had introduced himself during a break at a conference where I was speaking last week. “Very impressive,” I responded. “What’s going to happen next?”.

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What Really Happened When the Lights Went Out

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It’s cold here. It’s been a week since we lost electric power in the small towns of central Connecticut. Last Saturday we were caught by a freak storm that dumped eight inches of heavy wet snow. The beautiful trees, still sporting their fall foliage, held the heavy snow on their leafy branches until they could bear the weight no longer and snapped.

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Beyond the Social Network: Tips for Engaging Professional Relationships to Last a Lifetime

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Guest post by Gary Polsky. It used to be that you met someone at a meeting or a mixer, had a real conversation with them, perhaps saw them again at a luncheon, exchanged an email or phone conversation, and eventually, developed those initial interactions into a long-term business relationship. If you really worked at it, nurtured a friendship beyond the workplace, that connection turned into what I call a Professional Intimate Relationship (PIR) – a relationship that flourishes beyond office wal

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