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Future of Learning

Curiosity Helps You Skin the Career Cat (Part 1)

23 May
2013
In a recent post , I discussed what you need to move your career forward by assessing, and focusing on, your strengths and weaknesses. Doing so identifies the specific hard and soft skill gaps you need to address. How do you do this? Get curious! What resources are available in this Learning Curiosity stage of the continuous learning circle ? You’re giving yourself permission...
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Coaching

Careers for the Class of 2013

23 May
2013
With commencement season in full swing, Caroline Dowd-Higgins, author of This Is Not the Career I Ordered , offers new graduates some sage advice on how to get started on navigating your way to the career you want. - Keith Class of 2013, as you head into the post academic world, you have an opportunity to design your own career destiny. You earned your degree with a tremendous...
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Personal Transformation

Igor's Transformation

23 May
2013

Hello, my name is Igor, and I recently read the Keith's book.

I can't even imagine how much more I could achieve, how much more I could have helped my friends, if I read it 10 years earlier. This book inspires, teaches, gives all the instruments to give and receive much more from my life. Now I know how to help people around me, and reach my own goals much faster.

Our Values

Considering ‘The Great Gatsby’

17 May
2013
Yes, "Gatsby believed in the green light," and he fought frenetically against the current of his past toward his hopes and dreams of that "orgastic future that year by year recedes before us," as so many of us do, as I have done for too much of my life. But the more frantic our pursuit, and no matter how hard we stroke the oar, we drift away from our green light. As F. Scott...
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Coaching

Digital Mentors: What’s in It for the ‘Mentees’?

16 May
2013
In my last post , I talked about being a digital mentor. Like many business professionals, I was sharing my experience via online articles posts and videos as well as thoughts and curated content links via social media. When I discovered that I was helping others, I decided to become intentional about it, and put together a framework to guide my own digital mentorship and to...
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Social Capitalist

Focus on Near-Term Goals for Amazing Achievements

15 May
2013
Mark Divine, founder of SEALFIT, former Navy Seal and all-around truly inspiring guy, was a guest on the Social Capitalist a few months back. He shared a ton of information about motivation, mental toughness, teamwork and achievement. In this excerpt, he shares his thoughts on improving productivity by focusing on the short term. Another thing we teach is collapsing your goals...
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Coaching

You, Too, Could Become a ‘Digital Mentor’

09 May
2013
Apparently I've been a “digital mentor” for some time. That's what my friend Nick Smoot, an entrepreneur and biz dev expert, told me. He had been following me on Twitter and Facebook as well as reading my articles and email newsletters in an effort to gain from my experience. And Nick suggested I was probably mentoring thousands of others in exactly the same way. The term “...
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Managing Relationships

Social Arbitrage

09 May
2013
Check out my video covering in depth one of my favorite tactics for improving relationships: social arbitrage. Sorry it's so long, but this is a really great idea. The impact of introducing two of your contacts can be deep and long lasting. If they become valuable associates, each time they meet it's as if you're there. They'll always remember the generosity of your introduction. So it's worth the time to watch the whole thing. Warmest, Keith
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