Archive for the 'Free Advice' Category

Jun 09 2006

“…Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well”

Published by Jeff Widman under Free Advice, Quotes

-Elias Schwartz
Going through some old notes, and found this. Interesting given my earlier reminiscing regarding be on time, or say no and bear the consequences (even to school assignments if necessary.)
Matt Blumberg over at the OnlyOnce blog has a little more to say if you’re interested…

May 31 2006

Old friends…

Published by Jeff Widman under Free Advice, Friends

Despite being frenetically busy with school (tests, projects, homework, doom, gloom, etc), I was recently able to connect with a few old friends who I rarely see.
Really, really good times–encouraging, yet at the same time a deeper sense of affection that is only built through time.
Reminded me of the value of relationships; recently I heard [...]

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May 26 2006

If a picture is worth a thousand words…

Published by Jeff Widman under Blogging, Free Advice, Wordpress

What do I want those words to say?
How do I make those words say what I want them to say? (Not worth a darn if they don’t say what I want them to say.)
Spent about a couple of hours last night thinking about the header image. This, along with my top navigation bar, are the [...]

May 26 2006

Free advice: Hard skills get you hired; soft skills get you fired…

Published by Jeff Widman under Free Advice, Jobs, Skills

Last fall, when I was briefly contemplating graduating this spring and pursuing an accelerated 1-year MBA, I had the wonderful chance to call up a few older and wiser people I know and get their advice. While the advice was a rather resounding no (for good reasons), I also received some wonderful advice about education, [...]