Hat Tip to WIRED magazine and Guy Kawasaki for this idea.
One of the more common memes now sweeping the internet is writing a story in only six words. It all started when Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words:
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
With about a million new blogs being created…daily…with their [...]
Archive for 2008
The Six Word Resume Contest, It’s a Meme.
Posted in December 30th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
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Oprah “Freyed” Again
Posted in December 29th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
Oh No!
Turns out that James Frey, the author who Oprah made and then destroyed, wasn’t the only Oprah book club author that fabricated a non-fiction book. (Frey’s book, A Zillion Little Pieces, was discovered to be fabricated and Oprah, in her own indignant, “I’ve been wronged and my peeps have been wronged” manner [...]
Is It Time to “Short” Entertainers and Sports Stars?
Posted in December 27th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
You read, didn’t you, that the Yankees bought two players and gave them multi-year, no-cut contracts that approached guvment bail-out money levels. And, you may have missed that box seats at the new Yankee stadium will cost a family of four over $800,000 per year. Eight. Hundred. Thousand. Dollars. ‘Course you do get soda and [...]
ParaLegal With Some Job Advice of Her Own
Posted in December 23rd, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
The contrary paralegal manages a two-office law firm in the southwest, as well as her young family, which consists of ‘the man’ and her three ‘dramas’ whose names are 17 (or VT = vile teenager), 11 and 8. For 15 years she has worked in almost every area of the law – seen everything, mentored [...]
I’m No Career Coach Yet, But If I Were:
Posted in December 21st, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
I’d tell you to not worry so much about your resume. Worry first about what you want to do, where you want to work, who you need to talk with, and how you are going to get an interview. First.
Then spend some time researching the company. No matter what it is you want [...]
Ugly Sweater Contest Here Today. Like Oprah, I Don’t Even Enter Cuz I’d Win
Posted in December 19th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
Browsing Front Pages of Newspapers: 700 of Them.
Posted in December 19th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
Not sure how I found this last night, but I thought it was fun. Front pages of nearly 700 front pages of newspapers. Sure they are dying, but there is something appealing about local news. Find yours here.
What Will Happen to All Those Out of Work Investment Bankers?
Posted in December 18th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
I’ve met some investment bankers along the way and here’s my take on what will happen to them over the next 2-5 years. As you know, many of them are now ‘on the street’ (and not Wall Street, either). Just like other people who now find themselves unemployed, these Brooks Brother-wearing studs and [...]
On Being a Boomer In a Wii and XBox Generation World
Posted in December 18th, 2008
Do we simply ignore it all or join in all the fun?
Me? I am joining in, and here’s the new game I want:
What Works For One Will Work For You.
Posted in December 17th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related
In an article today for Small Biz Trends, Anita Campbell asks for our most outrageously creative money saving or business growth tip. Clever concept, this.
Her panel of celebrity judges includes John Jantsch, of Duct Tape Marketing; Jonathan Fields, of Career Renegrade; Mike Michalowicz of ToiletPaperEntrepreneur; Jim Kukral, the bizwebcoach; John Mariotti of theEnterprise; Scott Allen [...]
