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A Modern Hermit
Jan Opdyke gave me her story of living alone as an entrepreneur, deep in the woods of Michigan. She not only poses as a model for a way to live and work, she also is the person who typed my Ph.D. dissertation back when we were classmates at The University of Michigan. The year was 1977. Without her help, I could not have gotten my doctoral degree on time.

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Training as a Cultural Experience
Participating in training and development programs either as a trainee in the early stages of my business and academic life, or as an instructor when I became more mature and qualified enough to instruct, provided me with an excellent exposure to different cultures. I found out that even when a workshop or a training program had a preset agenda and topics, once the trainees start to interact, the program turns into a very rich cultural and learning experience that ingratiates those of the participants who attended with a spirit to discover new terrains of knowledge.
Learning From Experience: Opportunities & Constraints
Having spent more than 40 in executive positions and then as a management consultant, side by side with my academic career, my belief that experience is the best teacher was always confirmed and was never been shaken.
Zipping Forward: Musk Starts His First Company
It was 1995. Musk was getting ready to begin his doctorate at Stanford University, but it was not the academic world that was exciting him. Instead, it was the Internet craze that he found himself surrounded by in Silicon Valley. “I could either watch it happen, or be part of it,” he says.

You’ve got 50 milliseconds to wow me
How strong is your website’s immediate appeal? According to a Carleton University study published earlier this year in the academic journal Behaviour & Information Technology, web designers have only 50 milliseconds to make a good first impression.
Emotional Intelligence – The Hard Truth About Soft Skills
How are your people skills? Academic research has shown that people with high Emotional Intelligence are more successful in business and in life. Emotional Intelligence refers to how well you know yourself, your ability to effectively manage your emotions, and how well you interact with others. Emotional Intelligence is a critical competency for leaders. It is very common in technical fields for people to be promoted to management because they excelled as technicians without much regard for their people skills. Unlike IQ, Emotional Intelligence can be developed.

A Practical View of Mission and Vision Statements
Vision and mission statements - considered by some a fundamental necessity for every organization, while others view them jadedly as purely an academic exercise. So which is it and why such disparate opinions?

Effective Business Marketing Is Not Rocket Science
A business marketing plan does not have to be lengthy, academic or take a long time to put together. This is definitely a case where size does not matter!

The Assessment of Intellectual Functioning in the Work Environment
Most organizations need information to assist them in selecting people for jobs. A job candidate’s thinking capability is often the key to success in the current fast paced, hi-tech environment in which academic qualifications and even work experience may not be a good predictor.
The Biggest Loser- Key Areas On Which The Stress Is Laid Upon To Shed Fat
To do any kind of work whether professional, academic or physical goal, you need an inspiration to move forward, to drive you within to reach the goal. These are few areas in our daily life that requires motivation but we cannot forget that loosing weight requires much more motivation.

One Page at a Time (on the Writing Life)
Imagine following a writer around through all the years of her life one story at a time. When the writer is an award-winning writer and a superb storyteller, like Dr. Pat Carr, you are most likely to enjoy the trip through marriages, relationships, academic life, writing life....
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