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Kenan Samms
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Happy July 4th from the Bridge

Rama is facing a dilemma of how to cross the ocean to Lanka, where his abducted wife, Sita, is being held captive by the demon king, Ravana. Praying to Varuna, the Lord of Oceans, does no good.  Varuna does not respond.  Rama ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Summertime and the Networking Is Easy

Networking is not about how many bunches of business cards you can hand out in the least amount of time. I was at an event last week and someone I didn’t know raced up to the booth, interrupted my conversation (body language ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Help Is Where You Find It

It is good news that government support for women business owners is getting attention in media like The Wall Street Journal.  As entrepreneurs, we should not count on government bailouts trickling down to owners of small ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Drawing on Brilliance

How can you even think about work/life balance when you fear you may be the next to be laid off? Because this economy needs you! The powerful forces behind our rapidly changing global economy are squeezing out business models ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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How the Top Second Tier Becomes the New First Tier

Who says there can be too much of a good thing?  With the record number high school graduates last year, also came a record number of deferred admission decisions from the Ivy's (NY Times). For this top talent pool, used to a ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Recession and Work+Life Reality: Survey Finds Flex Unchanged, Careers Changed and Willingness to Sacrifice to Keep Job

(Note: please forgive the funky font issues in the post--can't figure out what's going on) Last week, the state and regional unemployment figures increased again, and CEOs at the nation’s largest companies predicted more ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Are You Wandering in the Desert?

Why do we procrastinate when there is no time like the present? It's either fear or frustration. Pick your poison. It matters not. As we have discussed previously, doing does it. No matter where your procrastination originates, ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Finding a Job, Finding a Mindset

Whether you are looking for a job or not in this tough economy, at every turn you are barraged by negative news. It comes at you on TV and in print, on the street and in conversations with friends, on your BlackBerry and at your ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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The Company You Keep: Have you arrived or are you departing?

Hi to all my compatriots in a down market. I recently received a newsletter from Danny Wood, a fellow member of NJEntrepreneur.com, which struck a chord in me that I wanted to share with you. Albert Einstein defined ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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What's Love Got to Do With It?

As Valentine's Day approaches, I have spent time thinking about living in "wholeness" and that we can't separate our love of life, of love interest, of child, or of work from each other. Valentine's Day is there to remind us to arrive ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Are You Bailout, Bankrupt, Great Depression — or Reinventing Yourself?

  Not everybody was depressed in the Great Depression. There will be victors and thrivers from our own rough economic times. What are you doing to make sure you are one of them? Are you waiting to be bailed out of your life, your ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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How to Move the Snow

  On this one of the many snowy mornings in the northeast this year, I look out at my walk and wonder how to move the snow. Growing up, I remember the race to get up early on a snowy morning to be the first shoveler out there ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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You're Invited

I began the New Year with an invitation for you to join me in making 2009 the most amazing year of our lives. Many of you wrote down your personal commitments and shared them with The Company You Keep readers throughout the world. ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Answer the Question

In the current economic climate people are reticent to try new things. They are relying on what they know and people they trust for advice on new products and services for their businesses and homes. The only problem with this is that ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Virtual What?

With the ink not yet dry on our New Year's resolutions, here are three ways to get 10–15 more hours out of your week. That is a lot of gym time. Saving "just an hour a day," successful businesses and entrepreneurs have time for just ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving

    With all the holiday banter about hunting for the perfect gift, perhaps to find that gift we need only search within ourselves. From the time we are young, we live with a process in which we lose our voice and shutter our ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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How Do You Show Up?

In your work/life, do people think you are angry when you are not, sad when you are not, even happy when you are not?  Becoming mindful of the ways in which your message is communicated could open you up to a new understanding of ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Downsizing Is Dangerous for Morale, for Productivity — and For Lawsuits.

If we have a policy of constantly hiring, then all employees would be top performers. A healthy garden doesn't allow weeds to grow while we sit idly by and wait for the plants to take their place. "Rightsizing" should consistently be ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Talk and Worry Don't Do It: Doing It Does It.

With so many of us dwelling on the economy, I thought the time was right to share our vision here at cSubs. In what follows I've made reference to a highly regarded survey ("Survey of Business Conditions") by Tatum, LLC. It provides a ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Harvesting What You Sow

As this celebration of the harvest season arrives, we need to soak up what's going on around us and manifest the metaphors within. Our work/life prosperity — not to mention our very health — depends upon maintaining that balance ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Unleash It!

Unleash It! While there is no shortage of challenges facing the world today, countless ideas never come to the surface — leaving problems unsolved and opportunities missed — simply because no one stopped to consider them. Unleash ...READ»

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Walk Around Your Life

Are you the Inspector Clouseau in your life? With every person I meet in my work/life I ask myself, "Why is this person put in front of me?" Life is not random. The people whose paths you cross whether at work or away ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Finding Your Angels

What we don't do for our children? Oh the places we'll see and the experiences we'll have, if we surrender to the journey. Let me tell you mine. I started my business on my kitchen table to supplement my teacher's salary and ...READ»

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