Just Wiggle the Mouse

It may or may not come as a great surprise but your colleagues who receive high ratings aren’t always the same colleagues busting their butts daily. You often hear of peers barely doing anything at the client yet they receive higher ratings than you. Erin Reid conducted 115 interviews at a top-tier management consulting firm…

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“Favorite” Is Such A Strong Word

I’ve had this blog title sitting in my drafts since July 25, 2013. So almost two years now I’ve been thinking and avoiding favoriting tweets. I only have one tweet favorited and that’s from The Points Guy who did a video response to one of questions. Looks like Twitter was reading my mind, and my…

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Consulting 101: False Positive

Our team had just hit the week of go-live and everything was running smoothly. We felt we had met all the requirements and UAT was going well. After a successful cut-over from the old system to the new, we were staffed for any issues that may occur. Our biggest measure of success would be determined…

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Mint losing its appeal?

I woke up to this friendly marketing email from Mint: Text of email: Come back to Mint! We’ve noticed you haven’t logged into Mint for awhile, which means you’re missing out on some great new features. But you don’t have to take our word for it. We have over four million users, and here’s what they–and…

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Stuck in an Idea Rut

I have a OneNote called “Business” where I store all of my startup/company ideas. I generally map out the business plan, store all my research and then share it with a select few for feedback. It helps me flesh the idea out before I spend a whole lot of my time pursuing it. I currently…

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CORBETT || Life in Spain

Corbett is one of those unique individuals you just know is going to make an impact on this world. We both were in bands in high school and I got to watch from afar as he become a stronger musician. He’s currently living out one of his life goals in Spain while teaching English to…

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Japan 2015

Here’s a fairly business-like blog post about our trip to Japan this past April. I’ve included our photos, itinerary and advice we were given prior to embarking and some advice from our trip. Enjoy! Photos: Here’s a link to all the photos I took on the trip. Connie took many more and with better quality….

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First Date

We met at Panther Prowl within the first few weeks of school Freshman year. My hall mate (DarnBarn) was going to meet some friends and I decided to tag along. We met up with people waiting in line to enter the student center. Inside there was an oxygen bar, laser tag?, a bounce house?, and…

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Jennifer Allman: Actor / Vagabond

Very few people have the gall to chase their dream as a professional actor; Jennifer is one of the few. I’ve known her since our tee ball days and have always been impressed at how fearless she is. Jennifer is currently traipsing around the Midwest leading acting workshops for school children. She was kind enough…

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