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Stop Thinking and You Will Say The Right Things

June 19, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

I do a lot of coaching on interviewing and networking – introductions for formal, informal, one-on-one, group; you name it, if it is talking or selling yourself I coach on […]

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Are You A Line Item Or Value Add?

June 18, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

Yesterday I talked to a prospective client who had done some price comparisons. I understand this, if I am going to spend any chunk of change I like to do […]

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Workout Your Job Searching Muscles

June 13, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

There is a reason I do not go to the gym.  It is not because I don’t like working out, I do.  I just don’t need other people hearing me […]

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If You Are Going To Do It, Then Do It

June 10, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

This weekend my garage and house kicked my butt. A full day cleaning the garage culminating in completely packing an Expedition to the brim of things to get rid of […]

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Do You Look At or Listen To Advice?

June 6, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

Yesterday I was on the phone with a business partner discussing an opportunity in another state while my son was visiting. I wasn’t sure what he was doing during the […]

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Getting Your Hand Smacked For Doing The Right Thing

June 5, 2013by lisakmcdonald 2 Comments

It is a cruel, cruel world sometimes. You can do all the right things and feel like you are being punished, ignored, looked over or penalized. This falls into the […]

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Tattoos, Manners and Maturity

June 4, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

Yesterday my son and I stopped in a local store which I frequent often to the point that almost all the clerks know me by first name and we always […]

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I’m Ready So Why Isn’t It Happening Now?

May 31, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

I am not the most patient person in the world.   I think this was clear when I my brother gave me a shirt with Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbs) […]

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You Will Figure It Out

May 23, 2013by lisakmcdonald 2 Comments

For years I was in Corporate America, and I could never quite get “-ized”.  You know, when you work for the big company and must learn to communicate in their […]

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Communication via Turn Signals

May 20, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

My dad taught me to drive.  In doing so he taught me to be a defensive driver – always being aware of my surroundings and anticipating what the other drivers […]

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