Trouble with Career Technology

October 22, 2012

Print This PostLast week, I saw the movie “Trouble with the Curve” a pretty good baseball movie starring Clint Eastwood (Gus Lobel) as a baseball scout and Amy Adams (Mickey) as his daughter who took time from her legal office to help her father..  These and other performers were great.  However, this isn’t a review [...]

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Reasons Why I Relocated

October 20, 2012

Print This PostTo follow up on my previous post “New Chapter of Life,” below is a version of an essay that I drafted and sent to the local Sonora paper last year at this time.  Although I found out that newspaper doesn’t accept submissions, the editor thought it was a fun essay.  So, I invite [...]

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New Chapter of Life

October 19, 2012

Print This PostDear Visitor: Please accept my apology for posting only a few times during the summer and early fall.  My attention was focused on closing one chapter of my life in New York City and starting a new one in a small town located in Sierra Nevada Foothills in the heart of California’s “Gold [...]

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Visualizing the American South: 1900-1970s

September 27, 2012

Print This PostAlthough my last post was over a month ago because of my relocation from one coast to the other (more to come later about my move), I want to share with you a book that I found very moving and informative about American culture. Joe David Garner Jr.’s Stories from My Father’s Barbershop [...]

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American Studying in Italy: Jason Moseley

August 10, 2012

Print This PostLike most everyone, I get a lot of spam in my Inbox and delete it as soon as I can.  However, on Wednesday, August 8, I almost deleted ‘this post’ without looking at the message.  Curious, however,  I started reading the seven paragraph e-mail I received from Jason Moseley, an American studying for a master’s degree [...]

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Remote Leadership

June 13, 2012

Print This PostLeaders are used to having teams spread out to local or global offices.  Staying in touch with the team leaders is usually a process of having conference calls via the telephone; using Skype, WebEx or other media to physically see the participants (and allows you to assess their body language); receiving written weekly reports via [...]

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Be Aware of Facebook

June 11, 2012

Print This PostTruth: I feel angry and cautious each time that I log in to Facebook.  All I can think is that if I post something, Facebook will somehow review the content to see if they can sell my data and with the profits add it to Mark Zuckerberg’s $billions.  But I am not alone. [...]

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Next Generation of Leaders Graduate

May 31, 2012

Print This PostThe 47th Baruch College Commencement Ceremony on May 30, 2012, is just one of the many such events being held all over the country.  The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) project that 1,781,000 students will receive a bachelor’s degree in the college class of 2012.  Within the over 1.75 million students, there [...]

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Breaking a ‘Post Fast’

May 30, 2012

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Spring Break Photo Album

April 23, 2012

Print This PostHow often do you take a vacation to get away from your usual workplace routine to enjoy a totally different experience?  I did.  It is part of my life business:  getting away to a new environment.  After this trip, I was refreshed, relaxed, and ready to resume my activities inManhattan. Spring break from [...]

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