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Operation Beautiful’s REALLY BIG NEWS! Oprah is launching a new television channel called the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in January, and this segment will appear on a new short story series called The Swell. Having Operation Beautiful associated with Oprah in any way, shape, or form is INSANE, and I am so, so, so grateful for this amazing opportunity.
Operation Beautiful’s REALLY BIG NEWS! | Operation Beautiful
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Operation Beautiful’s REALLY BIG NEWS! Oprah is launching a new television channel called the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in January, and this segment will appear on a new short story series called The Swell. Having Operation Beautiful associated with Oprah in any way, shape, or form is INSANE, and I am so, so, so grateful for this amazing opportunity.
Operation Beautiful’s REALLY BIG NEWS! | Operation Beautiful
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Millennials are lazy, right? Wrong. You might have gotten that impression, though, reading the April 3 Washington Post piece on Millenials’ supposed “lax work ethic.
Debunking The Millenials’ Work Ethic “Problem” - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
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Millennials are lazy, right? Wrong. You might have gotten that impression, though, reading the April 3 Washington Post piece on Millenials’ supposed “lax work ethic.
Debunking The Millenials’ Work Ethic “Problem” - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
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But our time online doesn’t have to pull us away from what really matters. The irony of Lamott’s piece is that the very joy she urges her readers to make time for — the pursuit of creative self-expression — is one that the web makes vastly more accessible. Yes, the satisfactions of writing (among other forms of expression) are available even if you never get published — as Lamott points out in her excellent book, Bird by Bird. But for a lot of us mere mortals, the possibility that someone could read your words (or see your photographs, or listen to your music) is a useful motivation, a source of sustenance during those moments when we wonder exactly why we’ve skipped the gym five days in a row in order to write.
Making time for creative expression online
What a beautiful piece about the best parts of the internet and the best parts of our creativity and our expression and the interconnection of these pieces…
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But our time online doesn’t have to pull us away from what really matters. The irony of Lamott’s piece is that the very joy she urges her readers to make time for — the pursuit of creative self-expression — is one that the web makes vastly more accessible. Yes, the satisfactions of writing (among other forms of expression) are available even if you never get published — as Lamott points out in her excellent book, Bird by Bird. But for a lot of us mere mortals, the possibility that someone could read your words (or see your photographs, or listen to your music) is a useful motivation, a source of sustenance during those moments when we wonder exactly why we’ve skipped the gym five days in a row in order to write.
Making time for creative expression online
What a beautiful piece about the best parts of the internet and the best parts of our creativity and our expression and the interconnection of these pieces…
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When we think of mentoring, it’s usually in a Mr. Miyagi/Karate Kid scenario. The wise old hand passes his wisdom to the newbie, the kid learns a valuable lesson just before the oldster kicks the bucket, and there isn’t a dry eye in the house. But when it comes to the modern workplace, everyone can (and darned well better) learn from everyone else on the team.
Cross Generation Mentoring: Getting Codgers and Kids Working Together | On Leadership | BNET
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When we think of mentoring, it’s usually in a Mr. Miyagi/Karate Kid scenario. The wise old hand passes his wisdom to the newbie, the kid learns a valuable lesson just before the oldster kicks the bucket, and there isn’t a dry eye in the house. But when it comes to the modern workplace, everyone can (and darned well better) learn from everyone else on the team.
Cross Generation Mentoring: Getting Codgers and Kids Working Together | On Leadership | BNET
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Accepting limits It’s absurd to look at a three year old toddler and say, “this kid can’t read or do math or even string together a coherent paragraph. He’s a dolt and he’s never going to amount to anything.” No, we don’t say that because we know we can teach and motivate and cajole the typical kid to be able to do all of these things. Why is it okay, then, to look at a teenager and say, “this kid will never be a leader, never run a significant organization, never save a life, never inspire or create…” Just because it’s difficult to grade doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taught. Never mind a teenager. I think it’s wrong to say that about someone who’s fifty. Isn’t it absurd to focus so much energy on ‘practical’ skills that prep someone for a life of following instructions but relentlessly avoid the difficult work necessary to push someone to reinvent themselves into becoming someone who makes a difference? And isn’t it even worse to write off a person or an organization merely because of what they are instead of what they might become?
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Accepting limits It’s absurd to look at a three year old toddler and say, “this kid can’t read or do math or even string together a coherent paragraph. He’s a dolt and he’s never going to amount to anything.” No, we don’t say that because we know we can teach and motivate and cajole the typical kid to be able to do all of these things. Why is it okay, then, to look at a teenager and say, “this kid will never be a leader, never run a significant organization, never save a life, never inspire or create…” Just because it’s difficult to grade doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taught. Never mind a teenager. I think it’s wrong to say that about someone who’s fifty. Isn’t it absurd to focus so much energy on ‘practical’ skills that prep someone for a life of following instructions but relentlessly avoid the difficult work necessary to push someone to reinvent themselves into becoming someone who makes a difference? And isn’t it even worse to write off a person or an organization merely because of what they are instead of what they might become?
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In the real world, getting a reference letter is far more difficult and often a source of much anxiety. Whom to ask, how to ask, what to say? But getting an outstanding reference letter is entirely within your control and easier than you think, even if you don’t have a benevolent benefactor at your back.
How to Ask for a Reference Letter - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
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In the real world, getting a reference letter is far more difficult and often a source of much anxiety. Whom to ask, how to ask, what to say? But getting an outstanding reference letter is entirely within your control and easier than you think, even if you don’t have a benevolent benefactor at your back.
How to Ask for a Reference Letter - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
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How to Ask for a Reference Letter
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