Riffs, Tiffs and What Ifs

An interview with Carol Dweck , Ph.D., author of the book " Mindsets: The New Psychology of Success." by Steve Kayser * This is an abstracted version of the article "Have a Change of Mindset? " Change. A great word for the 2008 presidential candidates to position around. It's positive. And negative. An Overwhelming Constant But for us regular muck-a-mucks battling through the life of business, trying to stay competitive with marketable business skills, change is an overwhelming constant. It batters us with dizzying storms of unfathomable amounts of information. Howling hurricanes of digital rain. Just to stay even you have to run uphill. I work in Public Relations for a software company called Cincom Systems . To do my job adequately (keep abreast of the new technologies, strategies and tactics) I need to read at least three to four hours per day. Let me repeat that. Just to keep up, I need to read at least three to four hours per day. But I don...

This story, " Help Banish the Boring" was originally posted on 11/14/2007. Since then the guys at Animoto continue to make great strides... including this high-profile interview with the Fox Business Channel - "Bringing Photos to Life." Nice job guys. Hard work. Skills. Great attitudes. Sense of humor. It does pay off. Congratulations ... and keep it coming. by Steve Kayser Near-Death Experience I was near death. Poisoned by an uber-ugly, overly long, boring PowerPoint presentation. How Did This Come to Pass? I had been asked to sit through anothe r "no more than 20 minutes" business presentation. When it started, I discovered the presenter had 112 slides with an average of 9.97 bullet points per slide (do the math ... try not to go mad). Three hours later, slide 21 appeared. Near Death But Nowhere Near Done I was nearly bored to death but the presentation was nowhere near done. I tried to leave. But my get up and go had got up and went. I know Powe...

You start writing your masterpiece Simple Concise Clean Pure Like a NEWBORN Then ... Feedback Edits Additions Deletions Delays Detailed Explanations & Again Then Eventually Somehow Your Newborn Ends Up Like AND Your Masterpiece? So ... Yes A Writers Job is Tough But Sometimes It Depends On Your Perspective