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Describing Your Job

Describing Your Job

Backstory – Describing Your Job What a unique opportunity we have, when someone asks how you are employed. You can just give the standard answer – I am a nurse, a housewife, an architect, etc.  Or you tell the RESULT of what you do.  Thinking about the possibilities resulted in this week’s show. Consider This Show […]

Filed Under: Advice, Business, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: occupation, what do you do?

Will Today’s Veterans Become Tomorrow’s Leaders?

Will Today’s Veterans Become Tomorrow’s Leaders?

Time magazine had a cover story about The Next Greatest Generation. It was about veterans returning from war and the skills they bring to civilian life. I found it fascinating. The new Army, it explained, is not a place where soldiers follow orders mindlessly. It is a place where important decisions are being made by […]

Filed Under: Business, Leadership, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: leaders, veterans

The Business Owner

The Business Owner

The employer seemed to be apologizing to his staff, for his big car, fine house and icons of luxury that he owns. Then he told what it was like to start the business; how he lived in a 300 square foot apartment for years, ate Ramen noodles, shopped at the thrift store and drove a […]

Filed Under: Advice, Business, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: Business

Listening

Listening

I remember hearing someone at a party described as a brilliant conversationalist. I was surprised at the comment, because it had just occurred to me that I had hardly heard the man say a word all night. I think what the observer had witnessed was good listening skills. When the man did speak, he fed […]

Filed Under: Advice, Business, Inspiration/Life Lessons, Listening, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: Listening

Things On My Desk

Things On My Desk

I look around at the things on my desk. There are many of them. A blotter in the center is sort of the no-nonsense zone. That’s where I put my papers of the day, the bills that need attention, the documents that match the first five things on my priority list for the day. But […]

Filed Under: Business, Contemporary, Lifestyle, Podcast Episodes, Remembering Tagged With: Things on your desk

Conflicting Advice

Conflicting Advice

There are so many experts out there; people who think they know better than you, what is best for you. Listening to them all can seem like a cacophony of conflicting advice. You follow the rules for overcoming this bad habit this week, and the next week, the rules are the reverse of what you’ve […]

Filed Under: Advice, Business, Contemporary, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: conflicting advice

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Over 600 Consider This shows have been written by Annette Petrick and broadcast as daily radio shows.  Dozens of the shows have been captured on this site.  You may hear a real life story with a message or a punch line.  It may be a lyrical musing about ordinary things that bring happiness or deserve appreciation.  You are welcome to share your own comments after each story.

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