hurrah, daffydilly time!

hurrah daffydilly time!, originally uploaded by shersteve.

The rain drops were still on the petals when I came back from my run early this afternoon.

First internet-induced disorder identified

As a follow up to my book review about Nature-Deficit Disorder, I find there is now one caused by the Internet

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First internet-induced disorder identified

via acleareye.com by Tom Asacker on 4/1/09

The American Psychiatric Association is adding a new psychiatric disorder to the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). It's referred to as I.A.D.D., or Internet-induced Attention Dependence Disorder. You can read more about it at this link.

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job search notes: encouragement 2

I should have included this yesterday's posting on encouragement. Patti Digh is truly a wonderful person. Her book, "Life is a Verb" is well worth getting and reading. It is not one you need to do cover to cover. You can cruise through picking a chapter at a time and still get great value from it. Each essay stands on its own.

She has just started a 37 days challenge, the first is here:
http://37days.typepad.com/37days/2009/03/if-today-is-day-zero-then-tomorrow-must-be-day-one.html

For more background on Patti, including an audio interview I did with her last year, you can check here:
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2008/09/this-week-with-patti-digh-life-is-verb.html

job search notes: Great LinkedIn Tips

At the recent PodCamp Western Mass (#PCWM), I made a bunch of new connections. One of the new ones is Christine Pilch. We only had time for a brief conversation then but I know the next time we will have a longer conversation.

Christine has two articles with some valuable LinkedIn tips:

Top 10 mistakes people make on LinkedIn

and

7 more things to avoid on LinkedIn

Is there anything else you would add to Christine's listings?

job search notes: encouragement

There is always time for encouragement. There is no need to debate whether the best time is when you really need it, or if it comes in unexpectedly. Encouragement helps anytime it arrives!

While you are looking for your new opportunity, there is a lot of soul-searching going on. Internal dialog. Back and forth. Is this the best way? Should I really do this?

Now more than ever, you could use some encouragement. There are a number of valid and worthwhile sources available for FREE. A subscription via email will drop it into your Inbox daily.

The best email ones I have found are:

Kirk Weisler's Thought 4 the Day (T3D)
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TUT - Notes from the Universe
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Do you have one to share?