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1 simple rule to make you smarter than this man

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on July 25, 2015December 11, 2021
  • Life

This is Quentin Cooper.  He is a science blogger for the BBC, queue awesome British accent here, it makes everyone seem smarter and cooler.  Quentin has a fascinating job and is well respected by his […]

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How to Reinvent Your Business

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on September 14, 2014September 29, 2016
  • Success

If you are reading this recently you probably said, “Oh Crap” or some other exceptionally deep admission of feeling up the creak without a paddle.  Perhaps not.  If you have ever known anyone who got […]

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Put Your Career Into Warp Drive

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on September 7, 2014July 26, 2015
  • Life

<soapbox> We are all so petty, thinking we have to fight and scrabble for every little victory, its pathetic.  The reality is the diversity of style and approach that we so rile against when we […]

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Would John Wayne Facebook About His Kids?

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on September 5, 2014September 10, 2014
  • Life

And now for something completely new and different…  Its no secret I just do not understand the social media evolution.  I did not use Facebook until a couple of years ago.  Twitter?  For what.  Blogging, […]

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Do You Know Your VORP

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on August 31, 2014November 3, 2016
  • Success

Not a class 8 Vorpal sword you geek, Value Over Replacement Player, OK equally geeky.  You baseball fans out there will recognize this stat.  A guy I work with, Eray, taught me its importance in business.  […]

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Your Cruzados arn’t worth squat here, use these 8, no 9, motivators instead.

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on August 20, 2014July 29, 2015
  • Management

Cruzados, I love the way that sounds, sad it died a premature death.  It was the currency of Brazil from 1986 – 1989.  OK so perhaps its death was not premature.  Actually at the time […]

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12 reasons employees love you

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on August 12, 2014May 1, 2020
  • Management

OK, that was a trick.  No one was going to click on an article titled 12 reasons your employees hate you.  Call it bait and switch, regardless you need to read this article.  Why?  Because, […]

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Shields Down

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on August 12, 2013September 1, 2014
  • Uncategorized

Close your laptop lid Don’t take out your phone Either you need to be in this meeting or you don’t.  If you need to attend then be present, if you don’t then DO NOT GO.  Seriously, have […]

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Do you have a good idea

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on August 5, 2013
  • Uncategorized

I was watching my son’s lacrosse game with an old friend, Paul.  We had not seen or talked in years but like old friends, we immediately picked up where we left off and started laughing […]

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How to tell if someone kicks ass

  • by Todd Haugen
  • Posted on June 6, 2013November 5, 2016
  • Management

My first job out of college was Trust Associate for Bank of America.  Why you ask?  3 reasons: I graduated with a degree in economics My grades were terrible It was 1990, no one was […]

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