Personal Development Archive

  • Where Others Have Gone Before

    Where Others Have Gone Before

    Do you have a vision for your future?  Where do you see your career taking you? This may sound like the old “Where do you see yourself in five years” interview question, but it’s something everyone should reflect on from time to time.  The old...

    Full Story

  • Use Cognitive Science to Improve Your Presentations

    Use Cognitive Science to Improve Your Presentations

    The scifi fan site io9 is not only a great place to keep up with your favorite geekdom, it also has great and useful articles for your career, like this one: How Cognitive Science Can Improve Your Powerpoint Presentations The four basic points are: The Goldilocks...

    Full Story

  • Be a Better Manager- Today.

    Be a Better Manager- Today.

    There’s easily tens of thousands of different books, plans, and ideas about how to become a better manager.  I’m going to propose to you that the basis of becoming a better manager- or developer, or baseball player, or anything else for that matter- is amazingly simple...

    Full Story