December 3rd: Josh Kahn
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Every Gmail account supports "plus addressing".
Every email address contains 3 parts. Let's call them the prefix, the @ sign and the suffix.
In bozo@gmail.com, bozo is the prefix and gmail.com is the suffix.
You can add "+anyword" to the prefix.
If my email address was bozo@gmail.com, I could use bozo+amazon@gmail.com on Amazon.com and bozo+facebook@gmail.com for Facebook.
Then I could set my email software to filter them into different folders based on the +anyword part of the address.
Many websites, however, won't allow you to sign up with a "+" in your email address, including Google Alerts.
Deb Dib on Resumes
Who Is Debbie Dib,
- a certified personal branding strategist
Length
- your resume has to be easy to read on a Blackberry
- that means two pages tops
- your other info can be shoved onto "collateral documents"
- eg. a case study of your top accomplishment, lists of speaking
engagements, achievements, deals
Focus
- a personal brand is a well-defined image of you
- a clear, memorable image cannot be diversified
- you have to pick one or two strengths and market yourself on these
- your other skills are reduced to secondary status as value-adds
- hiring managers are more interested in an expert
than a jack-of-all trades and master of none
- so she advises us to be brave enough to limit our offerings
Content
- if you list an accomplishment it means nothing in itself
- you have to prove it was important by showing its impact on the firm
How To Start
- lead off with your most important accomplishment with its
proof-of-value so that if someone is scanning they are sure to see it
Impact Statements
- a sales rep can measure her impact on the bottom line by
her relationship to quota and her rank among her peers
- if you build a process, there is no direct feedback in measurable revenue dollars
- however, you are supporting the departments that create the revenue
and you have to highlight your relation to their earnings
- if your process saved x amount of dollars which was re-invested some
initiative, you were a key factor and have to say so
Targets
- you can't make a one size fits all resume
- you have to talk about what is of interest to a specific target audience
- review your strengths and accomplishments then present the most relevant
Formatting
- leave enough white space to make it look visually pleasing
- get rid of grammatical and spelling errors
My Comment
- ironically, when you are up against other experts, your secondary skills
(the value adds) might be the key differentiators
Source: Susie Guarnieri interviews Debbie Dib, at the Personal Branding Summit (audio here). Hat Tip: Diana Jennings
A Success Tip From The White House
Johnson also upset aides with his habit of adjourning a conversation to the bathroom when the need arose.Those who were reluctant to follow him to the toilet were a source of great amusement to him.
He frequently recounted a story about "one of the delicate Kennedyites who came into the bathroom with me and then found it utterly impossible to look at me while I sat there on the toilet.
You'd think he had never seen those parts of the body before.
Source: Trivia Library
Losers find it almost impossible to act like winners even when they win. -- BaldilocksYou’d think they’d be happy to have won, with no need to waste time and energy on such entertainment. But... the feeling of triumph goes hand in hand with the desire to spit on others in their overwhelming delight at their own victory.
-- neo-neocon
Charlie Rose interviewed the Emanuel brothers. He asked about the reason that three brothers in the same family are all so successful.
Here are the main points put forward.
1. Their parents are very smart and well educated.
2. Their grandfather and parents were all very active politically. They had the guts to speak their minds and were determined to do so. The kids felt an absolute obligation to follow the same course of action and stand up justice themselves.
3. Failing was okay as long as you got up and carried on.
4. They claimed that coming from an immigrant family was important. They felt that they were lucky to be in the country and had to make their mark.
5. They claimed that if you saw them in elementary school and high school they would not have seemed on their way to great success. I kind of doubt that this is true especially for the doctor but that's what they said.
SPIEGEL: You initially favored John McCain?
Ferguson: I have become a convert in the last six months because of Obama’s extraordinary combination of rhetorical genius, coolness under fire and organizational skills. This was the best election campaign we have ever experienced.
SPIEGEL: Which doesn’t necessarily have to mean a great presidency.
Ferguson: ....Obama can stimulate self-confidence because he is so calm and collected. He will not simply put an end to the crisis or ensure that banks lend money again.
He is a politician, not the Messiah. But he can change the national mood. Americans are lucky that they were able to elect him now...
SPIEGEL: So what can Obama do?
Ferguson: He can give a great inauguration speech.
SPIEGEL: And what else?
Ferguson: Give more great speeches.
SPIEGEL: He can’t do more?
Ferguson:: No, because he will have the least latitude of all presidents we can remember. Obama wants to assemble a nonpartisan government, and we will experience a more cautious first 100 days than we did under Bill Clinton. He will be cautious to the point of being boring. This will be precisely his great strength.
SPIEGEL: Where does the problem lie?
Ferguson: With Hank Paulson.
SPIEGEL: What does the current treasury secretary have to do with Obama?
Ferguson: Because of his big bailout plan, Paulson has already spent the money for Obama’s healthcare reform and for his tax cuts. The money is gone.
SPIEGEL: Mr. Ferguson, we thank you for this interview.
Source: Hiistorian, Niall Ferguson interviewed by Der Speigel via Belmont Club.
In an interview published Tuesday in the London-based Al-Hayat, Dr. Ahmad Yousef, political adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, said senior Hamas figures had held a secret meeting with advisers to Barack Obama in Gaza before the U.S. elections.
Throughout his campaign Obama’s official line was that he would “only talk with Hamas if it renounces terrorism, recognizes Israel’s right to exist, and agrees to abide by past agreements.”
Robert Fulford, National Post.
Olbermann and O’Reilly are both admired for their ability to express violent opinions. Rage, simulated or real, is the governing principle on cable.
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