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Mental Models

21 Sep 201421 Sep 2014
Do you control your mental models, or, do your mental models control you? If you are not aware that you have a choice of how to look at a situation…
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Always Think Bigger, In Both Time and Space

5 Sep 2014
Always think bigger doesn't mean you can solve your problem by imagining you are bigger than you actually are.  However, the stuckness you experience as obstacle and conflict is often…
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AUTO: Around, Under, Through, or Over

22 Aug 2014
"I use the acronym AUTO as my guide and motivator.  When confronted with a life challenge or rotten banana, I think AUTO: Around, Under, Through or Over.  Any way your…
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Book Review: From Projects to Programs, a Program Manager’s Journey

19 Aug 201419 Aug 2014
Can you define Program Management? How different is it from Project Management? What does a Program Manager ‘do’ if they are not managing the projects in their program? Those are…
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A Project is an Act of Creation

13 Aug 2014
A project is an act of creation, whether it simply repeats a product that has been made before or boldly attempts something novel.... The process of creating involves both originality…
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Manage Conflict Through Discovery?

2 Aug 2014
There’s more than one way to skin a cat. This is a very old saying essentially meaning there is more than one way to get to your goal. Most people…
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Personal Effectiveness in Project Management: Book Review

28 Apr 2014
“...You’re on the right path when you make decisions and take actions that are true to your values, diversity, passions and core goal - it’s the inside path of your…
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Book Review: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

5 Feb 20125 Feb 2012
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. ~Nathaniel Branden Without Judge Without Jury We hand down judgments on ourselves…
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PMP Renewal Time: Random Thoughts

29 Jan 2012
There are weeks that I hate being a project manager. On those weeks my job seems to be an endless round of... Jumping through bureaucratic hoops 'Playing Telephone' Managing myself…
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Book Review: Secrets to Mastering the WBS in Real-World Projects

25 Sep 201025 Sep 2010
What we think we know, versus what is, can result in some of our biggest problems. We make assumptions and decisions without understanding the larger picture. Given that weakness, tools that…

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