Tag Archives: Liz Strauss

Book Review: The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog

The great part about a blog is that there is information published in it every day. The tough part about a blog is that the learning comes in small, bite-sized chunks. Unless you are on a mission to find out all you can about a subject and then piece all of the bite-sized chunks together… Continue Reading

The Cube Rules Secret is Out

It should be no surprise that part of blogging is to attend industry conferences about…blogging. I rarely note all of the rarefied goings on at these conferences to my readers as they are usually not about career management, but for this one I’m making an exception. You see, this conference isn’t about blogging; it’s about… Continue Reading

Successful Outstanding Blogger Conference — 2008

Rarely do I post articles that relate to blogging itself; this is a career management site and most of my readers are not bloggers, but people working in cubes for corporations. But, there are a good minority of readers who are also bloggers — some pretty great ones out there that read here regularly and… Continue Reading

Decision and Choice

A reality on our current (working) life is the torrent of information coming at us. All of the information requires a new skill to manage it: brilliant information filtering. Brilliant information filtering requires us to clearly understand the difference between a “choice” and a “decision.” Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve confused these… Continue Reading

Successful Blog’s Celebration

Today, there’s this little party happening in the blogosphere — a celebration ending Successful Blog’s second year in operation. And, what a two years! Liz Strauss has taken that time and accomplished much. Although we could shower her with accolades and adoration, she’d be shy and gracefully decline the spotlight. Instead, she would rightly focus… Continue Reading

The successful and outstanding relationship

Today, Liz Strauss is celebrating the birthday of Successful Blog and she has asked that we share with her and her community something that is both successful and outstanding with us in our lives. Well, it turns out that today is the wedding anniversary with my wife, Kate. If I were to look at my… Continue Reading

Jazzed About Productivity

Have you noticed all those blog posts that say “Ten Ways to” or “Five Things to” as part of the title? Well, the reason the number is there is because it is specific for a reader reading it to know what is going to be presented in the post. Every once in a while, a… Continue Reading

Relationship Bloggers Conference: Chicago

Announced while I was in Costa Rica (and I’m now counting my dollars to see this great group of people, most of whom I know): SOBCon ’07 Take Your Blogging to the Next Level A Relationship Bloggers’ Conference and Networking Event Community, Friday, May 11, 2007, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Christine Kane, popular guitarist,… Continue Reading