http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:03:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend Benjy just launched his blog, Unsolicited Advice on Demand, and I liked his first post so much that I wanted to share it with all of you! Besides, I don't exactly consider myself an expert on dating and relationships (if you've noticed by the lack of blog posts ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/11/13/low-stakes-first-dates-guest-post-by-benjy-feen/ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty." -Henry Ford    We all know the old adage, "You learn something new every day." Well, that's not enough. Let me rephrase that - it's not enough to get ahead. If you learn something new every day, it means you're ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/11/09/if-you-are-not-learning-you-are-obsolete/ I love coaching. I love it because of the way it helps me get laser-focused on what's important, and because I know there's someone on the other end of the line really helping me become my own best self by asking powerful questions and challenging me to think outside of ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/11/03/how-to-create-a-peer-support-network/ You guessed it! Time for another peek into what really makes me tick when it comes to reading blog posts, and better yet - what I hope you'll get value from reading too. Consider me your own personal Google Reader for the day. There are several themes I want to highlight ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/10/25/couldnt-have-said-it-better-myself-october/ I finished my marathon! And I'm alive! And I ran the entire time! Okay - so I'm really excited about this - can you tell?! I spent 6 hours and 20 minutes today pounding pavement, mostly having fun but also in pain and ready to be done for pretty much ALL ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/10/19/i-finished-my-marathon/ Five years ago I set a very specific, written goal. Filling up an entire page of my journal with big expansive text, I wrote the following: "On October 9, 2008 (my birthday) I will buy myself a diamond right-hand ring worth at least $2,000." Oh, the frivolity! I set a ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/10/09/setting-and-cashing-in-on-a-frivolous-reward-goal/ Yesterday was the day of bugs. I'll tell you how this relates to my blog in a minute. For starters, in the morning as I went to grab my bike and leave for work, a small brown spider scuffled across the inside of my helmet. Panicked, I dropped the helmet and ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/10/07/lessons-from-a-day-of-bugs/ It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it." What if I told you that you already have all of the skills, resources and talent you need to pursue what you really want? What if you already knew all the right people? What if your current job was the perfect one ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/10/02/you-already-have-everything-you-need/ I'll be the first to admit - I've become an assessment addict lately. I've taken every self-assessment I can get my hands on, starting with Myers Briggs, the book StrengthFinders 2.0 and most recently a fantastic online tool called the VIA Institute on Character - Signature Strengths survey. In the ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/09/30/via-signature-strengths-survey/ I first saw this image on a blog called Power of Mortality: it's a picture of 936 "blobs" or dots that represent the average number of months in a person's life. Seeing it visually is very powerful - it caused me to really question what I'm doing with the minutes, ... http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2008/09/15/now-those-are-some-powerful-dots/