Leadership Files #1 – Energy

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Link to Original Article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadership-files-1-intro-energy-trent-rhodes    “That which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee.” – Marcus Aurelius Can everyone become a leader? Exploring the Leadership Files and time invested to reminisce on the signs, readers will discover the answer is Yes. Will everyone become a leader? …

Career Mind #9 – Professional Power Transference 

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Link to Original Article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/career-mind-9-professional-power-transference-trent-rhodes  “Power transference” may seem like an exotic name but the phenomenon has been around since humanity’s existence. It’s a process where power moves from one source to another. Sometimes this power is earned: a number one tennis player loses the final match, usurped by the …

Career Mind #8 – 15 Questions to Discover Your Strength

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Link to Original Post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/career-mind-8-15-questions-discover-your-strength-trent-rhodes  “Know Thyself.”– Kemetic Knowledge “Know thy enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.” – Sun Tzu, Art of War Second to “tell me about yourself,” the next most challenging question I observe for professionals is, “What’s your strength?” The …

Career Mind Newsletter #3 – Intrapreneurship

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Trends & Temptations Original Post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/intrapreneurship-trent-rhodes Watch YouTube long enough and you may come across several ads from people telling you how you should immediately quit your job, become an entrepreneur and make as much currency as they do in just a few short months.  Their testimonials often appear extreme …

“Free” Education Resources for Pandemic Downtime

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Don’t be fooled by the title; nothing in the world is truly free. Energetically, there’s always an exchange. In the case of these resources, the trade will be your attention, focus, your intelligence and commitment to utilize what’s provided. The current pandemic is slowing the economy down and keeping people …

Networking for Long-Term Value

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Imagine yourself at a networking event. There you are, dressed in your best professional clothes because that’s what the advertisement suggested on Meetup.com. You’re standing at the front entrance. It’s about 45 minutes after the event started; you didn’t want to be the absolute first one to walk in without …

New Year’s Reflection, Resolutions & Goal-Setting

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At the New Year’s commencement, there tends to be a high energy, a flow for positive vibrations. Dancing. Much merry-making. Partying. While smitten with the highs, it’s important to recognize how we can ride this frequency’s waves so momentum isn’t lost, to truly achieve GSD (get shit done). The idea …

Ask Questions to Enhance Workshop Engagement

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A workshop differs from a presentation or lecture in the focus on the “work” in the “shop” the space creates. Some kind of effort is done that places the audience in a direct experience of the topic. In a workshop, the audience tends to leave with results from the activities …

The Value of Having a Business Card

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The business card is one of the most common resources for professionals and non-professional interests alike. I remember experimenting with a number of card designs during undergrad. I’d go to Vistaprint and toy with the options. Choosing different titles, seeing which resonated most. With a large stock available and card …

2 Ways to Have Empowered Meetings

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Meetings appear to be dry gatherings of little worth, but they can be useful opportunities to expand your influence for missions you resonate with. P.S. – Meetings don’t just happen in companies and can take many forms (masterminds, lunch out, the classic golf scene, impromptu) so it’s essential to know …