It’s okay to say “I don’t know”

If you ever have a chance, I recommend sitting in on Thomas Grohser's presentation called "Why candidates fail the job interview in the first minute."  (Tom is a great speaker, and I suggest you go hear him talk, anyway!)  In his presentation, he discusses a number of reasons why job candidates often blow the job …

The craft of online business networking

I recently had a friend text me to say she was looking for new employment, and wanted to know if I had any ideas.  I gave her my thoughts, mentioned some resources (I even dropped a name), and told her that she should network on LinkedIn and Facebook.  She told me that she was rarely, …

Write it down, stupid!

Years ago, I went to visit my brother at his place in Queens.  I remember sneaking a peek into his home office.  As a reminder to himself, he'd stuck a label on his computer monitor with four words, in all caps: WRITE IT DOWN, STUPID!!! This is pretty much my own mantra as well.  Any …

A user group is a good place to start

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." -- Lao Tzu Earlier this week, a friend at my CrossFit gym (and who has become more interested SQL Saturday and my SQL user group) asked me if I thought a talk about Excel would make a good topic for SQL Saturday.  I said, why not?  …