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2015 was one of the worst years of my life. Let’s dance, 2016.

Ted Bauer 2015 Not Ideal

2015 was a bad year for me. It happens, and in the specific case of ’15, a bunch of it was on me. I ain’t running from that. Failure is an important thing to discuss. I got a bunch of it… Continue Reading

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Ethics, social media, and platitudes

Platitudes

If you like this post, feel free to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post.  A couple of days ago, I saw some ridiculous photo on Facebook of a work team that looked… Continue Reading

2016 goal: Text 3-5 of your friends every morning, just because

Show your friends gratitude every day

If you like this post, feel free to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post.  I’m on this kick of setting 2016 goals — yesterday I came up with one about networking —… Continue Reading

The 9 types of employee you can be

If you like this post, feel free to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post.  There’s a company called Virtuali that helps companies ‘develop and retain millennial leaders,’ which is a phrase that might… Continue Reading

3 years since Sandy Hook, and things are worse. Wow.

3 Years Since Sandy Hook

Out of all the mass shootings, if you were callously sit down and rank them (I wouldn’t necessarily recommend doing this, no), Sandy Hook might be the worst. A loss of life is a loss of life wherever it happens,… Continue Reading

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How bosses can communicate with employees

The Boss Communication Quadrant

Let’s look at four options stemming from two central concepts: how much you care and how much you’re willing to challenge your people. Continue Reading

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Future of Work: Shallow work vs. deep work

Deep-Work-vs-Shallow-Work

Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown — hey, I went there too! — and wrote this book about the idea of ‘deep work,’ which I’ll discuss more in a second. He also wrote this article for 99U… Continue Reading

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In business, are you solving the right problem?

Business: Focus on Problems and Questions, Not Answers and Solutions

The first thing I’m going to say here is a generalization, but I believe all generalizations have to come from some kernel of truth, no? I think we live in a society, business-wise, that’s very focused on answers and solutions — as… Continue Reading