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Tommy Walker Knocks Down Your Excuses: Staying Motivated

by Sean Cook on October 27, 2011

in Career Skills,Job Search,life purpose,Social Networking,transferable skills,Who-Dos,Workplace

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Motivation is sometimes hard to come by, but it’s essential to keeping forward momentum in your career.

If anyone knows this, it’s online marketing strategist Tommy Walker, who went from being fired over pair of pants 3 years ago to writing a magnum-opus guest post “106 Excuses That Prevent You From Ever Being Great” on Chris Brogan’s web site. Brogan, known for almost never accepting guest posts, took a chance on Walker’s piece, and in the process threw any editorial guidelines he might have had out the window, posting all 7,000+ words of it.

The response the post received so far has been phenomenal, with 329 retweets and 1,260 likes on Facebook as this is being written. We’ll talk to Walker about his journey from fired cell phone salesman to successful online marketing strategist and guest blogger, and get tips for knocking down excuses and staying motivated.

This segment was pre-recorded, and will air Friday, October 28, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. ET. To listen, follow this link or use the player in the right sidebar.

 

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Deciding On Careers Outside Academia

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At some point, many educators find themselves looking at career options outside of academia. There are many reasons one might consider doing so…feeling stuck in a career rut, a change in interests, new opportunities that arise through networking, or perceptions of “greener grass” just beyond the academy walls. But how should you go about deciding [...]

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Mid-Career Transitions with Caroline Ceniza-Levine from Six Figure Start

by Sean Cook 10.05.2011
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What can you do to manage mid-career career transitions? Higher Ed Career Coach Sean Cook interviews Caroline Ceniza-Levine, co-founder of SixFigureStart.

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Incivility in the Workplace

by Sean Cook 09.08.2011
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Incivility costs the U.S. economy $23.8 billion each year. And academic environments are not immune. Sean Cook interviews Dr. Rajashi Ghosh of Drexel University.

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Toxic Work Environments: Erasing Negativity in the Workplace

by Sean Cook 09.01.2011
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When people around you at work are being negative, it’s tempting to join in, but the result could be a toxic work environment thats difficult to climb out of. What can you do to keep from being dragged down into that dark place? And what should you do to remove negativity from your life and [...]

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