Are We Ensuring Understanding or Assuming What We Heard?

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”  – Albert Einstein- Over the last several weeks we have discussed active listening and critical thinking as it relates to interviewing and life in general.  Both of these are imperative to quality interviewing and must be ever-present to ensure

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Critical Thinking’s Essential Role in Interview Planning

We talked three weeks ago about the need for active listening, the lack being one of the stumbling blocks to effective interviews.  We must hone those active listening skills. Then I addressed critical thinking last week but wanted to address critical thinking’s extreme importance to interview planning.

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6 Ways to Deal with Naysayers and Continue to Crush Your Goals

“I can’t control the naysayers. I can control my attitude and work ethic and determination and that’s what I’m focused on now.”                                                    – Tim Tebow Do you have naysayers in your life?  Family, friends, co-workers, or managers that are stealing your energy and confidence.  These people shouldn’t

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4 Ways Introverts Can Enjoy More Social Confidence

“Believe you can, and you are halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt- How does interviewing and introverts work?  Well, to be completely candid, I’m and introvert.  I talk about this in every class especially as we get to the subject of rapport.  Most people doubt it because I do

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I Hope I’m Not being Bias About Biases

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” -Mark Twain- I don’t know about you, but early on in my career the subject of bias was rarely if ever discussed.  Now, I hear about

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7 Ways to Turn Worry into Excitement to Get More Things Done

“The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.” -Barbara Brown Taylor- Everybody worries sometimes. Right now, you’ve probably even got a few worries on your mind. You might be thinking about a relationship or a situation at work, causing

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How to Stay Focused in an Increasingly Distracting World

“You Don’t Get Results by Focusing on Results.  You Get Results by Focusing on the Actions That Produce Results.” -Mike Hawkins- Absentmindedly, you reach for your phone. You open your favorite app. Nothing has changed since you last did this 10 minutes ago, but you kind of

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