Mike on November 11th, 2011

Part 1 – Product Development I am not a marketer by trade. However I have always had to dabble with it in regard to the various roles I have played in life. I may not remember much from my college days and marketing classes, but I do remember the four Ps of marketing—Product, Price, Promotion [...]

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Mike on February 15th, 2011

What do you want your destination to be? A lot of people want to talk about the destination. They want to talk about when they get married, they want to talk about when they get a job, they want to talk about when they get a house, finish high school, finish college, get their first [...]

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I used to dream of being an electrical engineer, but I wasn’t good at math. I dreamed of being an artist, but I couldn’t draw. I dreamed of being a spy, but I probably talk way too much. In his book Strengths Finder, Tom Rath compiles ten years of research by the Gallop organization to [...]

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Statistics show that 80% or more young adults entering college do not know what to major in. Over 50% change their major at least once during their college adventure. If you are currently wondering what you are going to do for a career, what you are going to major in, what God’s will for your [...]

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Mike on July 6th, 2010

When it comes to avoiding exercise, I have many excuses. One classic defense is that my running shoes hurt my feet. The fact is that when I got those shoes, they were cheaper than the ones that really worked for me. I soon discovered that the best deal is not always the best fit. As [...]

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Mike on May 27th, 2010

Saying goodbye to people you love is never easy. Don’t be worried if you are feeling uneasy about it. Often God calls us to leave our comfort zones and step out away from family and friends. He asks us to leave those who have provided love, care, and companionship in order to teach us a [...]

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Teens and Their Mobile Phones / Flowtown @flowtown. Part of the transition during your late teens into your early twenties has to do with communication. Take a look at this info-graphic I came across and compare yourself with the national trends on cell phone usage. Click here to be redirected How do you compare? Do [...]

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Mike on May 7th, 2010

Many young people feel they are on a road to independence. They have come from the years when parents or someone had to help them all the time. At first every need from eating to well – you know – had to be taken care of by someone else. That was the dependant stage. Over [...]

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Today I came across a college comparison calculator. It allows you to enter 3 colleges that you are interested in and then score each college according to your opinion in areas like: setting (rural, urban, suburban),proximity to home, faculty accessibility, computer facilities, size, residence hall conditions,social life, athletic facilities/programs, reputation of school and so on. [...]

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Mike on May 7th, 2010

Go For the “Fun” or Go For the Money? That question was, in some way, what the late Scrully Blotnick, Ph.D., decided to find out. He studied the career choices and consequent financial success of about 1500 people. Group A of the study (83% of the people) picked a career where they assumed they could [...]

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