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The Magical Career Fairy Will Help You

Persuasive Powerhouse

Because you are doing such great work, she’ll soon tap you with her enchanted wand and sprinkle you with sparkly fairy dust and you’ll get that key project, significant promotion, raise, bonus or new career that you’ve been waiting for. She doesn’t exist, and career rewards for your great work don’t just appear.

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Who is Hungry to be Fed?

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August 4th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus I pulled this post out of the archives. Mr. Goleman stopped to check on the man. The story is powerful, well worth retelling; and the questions at the end worth your consideration. ~MJ You may have guessed – he was shabby and shirtless. Not noticing, and in an “urban trance”. Others stopped too.

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Thought-full Thursday: Connecting

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Simmons C-level Strategies and Awakenings Execupundit Fistful of Talent Great Leadership HR Bartender Inflexion Point John Baldoni Leading Blog Management Excellence Managing Leadership Michael Lee Stallard Mountain State University LeaderTalk QAspire Blog: Tanmay Vora Ramblings from a Glass Half Full Reflections for Personal and Business Development (..)

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Take responsibility for……

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Understand that while many things aren’t under your control, you can still choose to take responsibility for what you can do about them.

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Thought-full Thursday: Christmas Gifts for Leaders to Give

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Mary Jo Asmus Posted in Uncategorized 2 Responses to “Thought-full Thursday: Christmas Gifts for Leaders to Give&# Dan Rockwell : December 23, 2010 at 5:35 pm Mary Jo, You matter! Best, Dan Mary Jo Asmus : December 24, 2010 at 9:44 am Dan, Thanks for stopping over. Thanks for all you give.

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Making True Leadership Shine

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But those are behaviors borne from his experiences, not traits of his career. True, Tristan West, one of the key characters in my novel Radiance , isn’t entirely likable. He’s angry, hard-drinking, self-centered and resentful, a real curmudgeon. So I started thinking: Why shouldn’t a PR guy be the hero of a novel?

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Thought-full Thursday: Your Most Important Privilege

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View my complete profile Topics Select Category 360 Acknowledgment advice alpha leader alpha male American Management Association amygdala hijack anger aspire aspire collaborative services August Leadership Development Carnival bad boss bad leadership behavioral change beliefs Book Review Brain Bullies Business Books business review Business Review (..)

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