Did you ever have one of those dreams where it felt like an endless cycle and you felt like you were wide awake even moving forward on tasks you would do and then realize that you are still asleep? I was having one of those dreams this morning and I was literally up writing a…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
I'm on hold
Hang in there… I didn’t forget you… I will write again soon. We are in transition time and there are piles of files all over my office as I start the hand-off to Ashley, my summer intern who will be Wausau Whitewater’s new Operations Manager… I’m excited to be in charge of me soon again….
Facebook Adventures
Yesterday was part experiment, part challenge, part fun… My friend, Michael Schroeder and I have had an ongoing debate about the time impact of using social media. As a musician, he used MySpace successfully but it was an intense battle of trying to keep up and keep it meaningful to his followers. He knew I…
Don’t Apologize!
Don’t get the wrong idea! I’m not suggesting that you should never apologize to people for your actions. I’m talking about another kind of apology. One that I hear from clients all the time. “I know I should be able to do this myself.” Let me know if this crosses into other fields but I…
Job Seeker or Job Keeper?
Choices? You face them everyday! Sometimes we think about customer service as it relates to Breaking All the Records. Jim Connolly wrote about customer service in What’s your Experience, asking you to analyze what makes you choose one service or business over another and what makes a wonderful buying experience. Jim’s post inspired Robin Dickinson…
Break All The Records!
I married into a Packer family! The family has season tickets and even if no one goes to the game, schedules are planned around when the Packers play. Enthusiasm has no Age Limit! At 87, my father-in-law is still an enthusiastic fan and my husband wears his earphones half on and the TV set on…
Julie Interviewed by Mohammed Altaee's Brand Conversations
I met Mohammed Altaee on the career industry e-lists and watched him quickly grow in knowledge and open doors to new opportunities. He says on his blog, “Drawing on my deep experience in technology and business. I bring professionals and business owners information and perspective that can drive true value in their careers and lives.”…
The Christmas Roast – Prime Rib
Just for fun today, I thought I would tell you our Christmas tradition and the recipe that goes with it. When I married into the family, Christmas dinner at the Walraven’s was always Prime Rib. At first, it was always at my father-in-law and mother-in-law’s house but as time went on, it moved to our…
Trusted Advisors
Do you have a team of trusted advisors? Yesterday’s post, talked about being Random or Deliberate as we start this new year, new decade in 2010. I mentioned that I as I made the various decisions recently I spoke with members of my team of trusted advisors. Whenever I make a major decision – that…
New Beginnings – 2010 Random or Deliberate?
I have started to look at my business, Design Resumes, very differently. You could almost say that for the last 25+ years I have been running my business randomly. Life just kind of happened all around me and I was not executing a deliberate plan. I randomly began a sideline career in non-profit management and…
