by Christine OKelly | Nov 30, 2007 | Risk Taking
Soon after being hired as an Operation Manager for an internet start-up company, I took a risk that could have gotten me fired — but instead catapulted me to near rock star status. I applied the same formula many more times at this company which resulted in a...
by Christine OKelly | Nov 23, 2007 | Risk Taking
I’ve had plenty of people tell me that I’m “lucky” to work for myself. One friend of mine regularly tells me how much he “hates” me for the freedom I have because I’m my own boss. I always respond in one of two ways: “you could do it too, but you probably won’t” or...
by Christine OKelly | Nov 13, 2007 | Business Building
“If You Throw Enough Spaghetti at the Wall, Some of It Is Bound to Stick” This was the motto of the CEO of the last company that I worked for and I must admit that the amount that “stuck to the wall” generated a ridiculous amount of profit for this company. With a...
by Christine OKelly | Nov 5, 2007 | Risk Taking
Back in the days when I was hitchhiking around the country, my home for many months was a tent in a gorgeous cove off the coast of California’s Highway 1 just north of Santa Cruz. It was there that I learned what has perhaps become one of the most essential pieces of...
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