Don’t Bailout on Seeking Passion in Your Career
Feb 5, 2009 | Personal Development, Productivity, Re-Imagine Work, Tapping Potential, The Leap, Uncategorized
There is a growing chorus these days claiming that trying to find deeply fulfilling work in a recession is like trying to milk a fish. I think giving up on the pursuit of passion at work is a cop out. The reason so many come to this dead end conclusion is ...
What Would TED Do?
Feb 3, 2009 | Entrepreneurship, General Commentary, Personal Development, Re-Imagine Work, Tapping Potential
And so begins my favorite week of the year. The TED conference, this year being held in Long Beach, California. TED is an assembly of big thinkers. It was started 25 years ago just as the world's of Technology, Entertainment and Media were converging. The original idea was to bring ...
I Suck! Confessions of an EntreManure
Jan 29, 2009 | Entrepreneurship, Personal Development, Productivity, Re-Imagine Work, Tapping Potential
Entremanure (n.) - someone who generates really shitty new company ideas. In the fall of 2003, I began toying with the idea of creating a group of top-executive networks. Launched in early 2004, World 50 is now regarded as one of the most influential executive forums in the world ...
7 Days, 7 Leadership Lessons From Obama
Jan 27, 2009 | General Commentary, Politics, Productivity, Re-Imagine Work
Successful leaders in both the public and private sector will tell you that what you do in your first 100 days in a new role has a major impact on the success of your entire tenure, and no period is more important than your first week. No matter what your ...
5 Surefire Ways to Piss-Off Your Boss
Jan 23, 2009 | Career Management, Re-Imagine Work
Falling revenue, profits, salaries and bonuses, and forced participation in the layoff lottery have all certainly spiced up the workplace lately. But if your current frustration is dwarfed by your necessity to cling to your present paycheck, here are a few things you may wish to avoid: 1) The Talker Stalker - ...
YES I CAN! The Lasting Message of Obama’s Victory
Jan 20, 2009 | General Commentary
Today, Barack Obama's inauguration certainly marks a historic moment. No matter what your political affiliation, it is a triumph for civil rights and a testimony to the great democratic system in which we live. But the lasting message of Obama's dramatic and unlikely rise to the Presidency I believe is ...
I'm Rick Smith
Innovator, best-selling author, speaker and serial entrepreneur, writer of The Leap, co-author of The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers, creator of the Primary Color Assessment, and Founder of World 50.
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