Roundup and Link Love - Lazy September Saturday Edition

By Ron | Sep 6, 2008

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In my opinion, there’s nothing quite like a relaxing (lazy?) Saturday afternoon with college football [...]

5 Keys to Networking Success

By Ron | Mar 5, 2008

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For all the importance that we place on the ability to network, rarely are the intricacies of networking discussed outright or taught in colleges or schools. Getting your name into the front of someone’s brain by successful networking is sometimes accomplished by luck, but more often than not, it’s either a conscious or subconscious effort. [...]

Things I DIDN’T Learn in College: Part 1 - Networking

By Ron | Feb 11, 2008

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Want to learn how to network, but aren’t sure where to begin? Here are some tips that will help you take the needed steps to become a networking machine. Interestingly, though networking is touted as an important skill to help you get ahead in life, it wasn’t taught at any college I attended (I went to three from undergraduate school through graduate school). Perhaps others have different experiences at different schools and colleges. If that is YOU, please leave a comment about the school you attended and a summary of what you learned from your networking course there.

12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew At 22

By Ron | Jan 30, 2008

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By the time I was 22, I knew who I wanted to marry, was in the process of quitting college, going into debt, and thought that I would be a millionaire by the time I was 30 because I was so smart. Hey, it might take me until 35, but that was the top end.

If I could go back in time, here are a few items I would tell my 22 year old self.

Weekend Roundup - 42nd Birthday Edition

By Ron | Jan 26, 2008

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Weekend Roundup - 42nd Birthday Edition. Notice the post time - that’s what time I was born!
I cannot believe I’m 42. FOURTY TWO years old. The way I figure it, I have 25 years to make it to full retirement age for Social Security. So what can I accomplish in the next 25 years? Fully [...]