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Three Traps Facing New Global Leaders - Saj-nicole Joni by Saj-nicole Joni | 2:11 PM November 7, 2011 The business news is full of stories about the fact that large corporations are expanding at breakneck speed outside the U.S. while the domestic economy stagnates. And the best and brightest employees are seeking opportunities to work overseas in order to accelerate their upward trajectory. But for most rising executives, leading successfully in global markets is easier said than done. Recently, I spoke with Linda Sharkey, an author and expert in global leadership development and culture change, to chat with me about this issue. She described some of the common traps that new leaders working in overseas markets can fall into: The Mirror Trap. The Superficiality Trap. Fortunately, Disney’s leaders appear to have learned from this experience. The “Avatar” Trap. Here are three things you should do as you develop your own capacity to lead from a global perspective: 1) Ask yourself: “How attuned am I personally to other cultures?” How about you?

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The 7 Keynote MBA: How to Save 2 Years and $100,000 I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked, over the years, if I regretted going to law school. The answer is no. It taught me how to analyze scenarios, options and organize thoughts and deal with tremendous amounts of stress. I’ve heard a similar theme from many MBAs. 7 extraordinary moments with 7 true visionaries…right here, right now… Guy Kawasaki‘s “10 things” list crushes a bunch of start-up myths, shows you where to spend your time, money and energy when starting and growing a business. Malcolm Gladwell draws a stunning lesson about business, observation, problem-solving and refusing to be bound by the assumptions of others…from spaghetti sauce Gary Vaynerchuck shares what it really takes to “make it,” beyond money, goals, plans and whiz-bang technology Annie Leonard reveals the mindblowing and often horrifyingly inadvertent impact what you create has on the world, the people and the environment around you. There, now, go forth and conquer, dominate, win, succeed… Serve!

eReceptionist® Call Management for Small Businesses Stop Thinking Outside the Box - Dan Pallotta by Dan Pallotta | 10:37 AM November 7, 2011 The exhortation to think outside the box has become ubiquitous in business. So much so that it has become the new box inside of which everyone thinks. It pays lip service to the notion of transformation without really understanding the difference between transformation and change, and often without tolerance for the real thinking that must occur for an idea to be truly outside the existing paradigm. But worse than that, the advice is backwards. You cannot possibly think outside the box unless you understand the nature of the box that bounds your current thinking. There’s a Zen saying, “What you resist persists, and what you allow to be disappears.” In our work at my firm, Advertising for Humanity, we always start by trying to grasp the nature of the box within which we’re thinking. But our slogans in the first two years sucked: “The adventure of a lifetime.” So figure out the box you’re in.

Selling isn't for you. Use Sold. Don’t go to art school — I.M.H.O. I’ve had it. I will no longer encourage aspiring artists to attend art school. I just won’t do it. I have a diploma from the best public art school in the nation. But I am saddened and ashamed at art schools and their blatant exploitation of students. This is embarrassing. Artists are neither doctors nor lawyers. Don’t do it. Don’t start your career with debilitating debt. Please. You’ve got other options. You don’t have to go to college to be an artist. There are excellent atelier schools all over the world that offer superior education for a mere fraction of the price. There are more. And then there are the online options. Sitting at a computer I have direct access to artists all over the world. With all of these options it can be a little daunting. The $10k Ultimate Art Education There. Moving forward There has never been a better time to be an artist. But I encourage all aspiring artists to think long and hard about their options. Find another path.

The Science Behind What Motivates Us to Get Up For Work Every Day Interesting read, but not in alignment with my experience. I agree to an extent that certainly I, as a worker, want to pursue mastery of my arts, and during my career was always the best at my position regardless of company. However, I learned the hard way how businesses do not care for their workers. We are nothing more than tools to be burned out and replaced with cheaper parts after a few years. I lost my 20s to working 8 straight years, every waking second of every 14-24 hour workday. I have been unable to find work I'm capable of doing since (now 10 years), due to anxiety disorder I've had for 21 years (since the former career was the only thing that fit my anxiety, other than the hours.) On a separate note, regarding the exercise: I gained weight due to that work schedule- obviously if you're literally working every second you can't exercise, shop or eat healthy. Currently I'm entirely out of shape and overweight.

Inside Megaupload's Megamind: Kim Dotcom's Playboy Bunnies, Russian Nuclear Vessels, And Private War On Terror In the Wild, Wild West-era of digital media, there is no cowboy quite like Kim Dotcom. Part Sean Parker, part Kevin Mitnick, with a whiff of Notorious B.I.G., Dotcom embodies the most savage age of online piracy, having made a fortune on the edges of Internet freedom. Dotcom, the megamind behind Megaupload, was arrested yesterday in New Zealand, his panic-room door busted down by officials, who found the hacker clinging to a sawed-off shotgun. Dotcom faces up to 55 years in prison if extradited to the U.S. and convicted on charges of racketeering, copyright infringement, and money laundering. The hacker-turned-multimillionaire businessman has been accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million through pirated content uploaded to his popular file-sharing site, which boasted 180 million registered users and celebrity endorsements from Kanye West to Kim Kardashian. Dotcom has long been a controversial and flamboyant figure. During the race, his sports car hit 155 M.P.H..

Timothy Garton Ash :: Homepage 6 Ways Journaling Will Change Your Life I have been writing something about myself or my everyday for almost 2 years now. It has been one of greatest and most freeing experiences in my life because I can actually slow myself down to think about what’s truly happening around me as well as my part in it. Most people treat journaling as something they “know they should do” but rarely ever take up the practice and if they do, they fall off the wagon within a few months. Here are 6 ways that journaling will change your life. How do you really feel? The simple act of writing a few words, sentences, or paragraphs everyday can have a profound and instant effect on your life for the better. (Photo credit: notepad with pen via Shutterstock)

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