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Should I Brush My Teeth?

Should I Brush My Teeth?

This morning I was thinking, “How can I stand here in this warm and lovely bathroom brushing my teeth while bombs are exploding on the the other side of the Atlantic?”   I often watch TV news at night. In the morning, I read the top stories online. At midday I...

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Just Give Me a Smirk

Just Give Me a Smirk

Occasionally, someone I work with tells me that I am funny. That’s music to my ears, but truly, I know I am not a comedic genius. I just try for the “give me a smirk,” or if you are under the age of 30, perhaps an eye roll in disbelief of how corny my joke was. My...

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We All Facilitate

We All Facilitate

Facilitation is quite an art. While it may seem similar to presenting, during a presentation you are perceived as the expert and everyone in the audience is there to listen to you. Facilitation is also distinct from training, where you are conveying a skill. As a...

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The Importance of Feedback

The Importance of Feedback

The more specific, the more terrific! You can't improve if you don't know what you're doing wrong. In reality, many of us complain about underachieving co-workers, but we don't give them the type of explicit feedback they need to do their jobs better. -- Karen...

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One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time

After graduating from college, I had no interest in going back to school, yet I knew most of the careers I was interested in required more education. One day Johns Hopkins University sent me an advertisement for a class taught by a famous author, and it looked...

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