Motivation Articles

Personal MBA

April 17, 2006

Josh Kaufman proposes a new type of business education that I think is worth looking at. Maybe, I’m partial to his theory since I consider myself a graduate of his new school. The Point? Josh sums it up best in … Read More


Cliff Gardner

March 21, 2006

A few years back, me and probably two or three other people watched a short-lived series called Sports Night. It followed the on- and off-camera goings on at a Sports Center-like show.  One of my favorite arcs centered on a … Read More


A WesterBlog first: Well done Microsoft! Recently they posted a parody of what the iPod box would have looked like had their team designed it. “It was an internal-only video clip commissioned by our packaging team to humorously highlight the … Read More


Recently I read the late management guru Peter Drucker’s classic, The Effective Executive. It more than lives up to its reputation as the definitive work on the subject of self-management and is worth reading and then stepping back and remembering … Read More


Drive Time

October 31, 2005

In Seth Godin’s recent book, All Marketers Are Liars (a must read), he included a unique item in the appendices. At the end of his great book, he included the titles of several other great books. One was the Tom … Read More


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Jacey Wilkins, National Institute of Metalworking Skills

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