I love that 2012 is an even year and 12 is known as the ‘perfect number‘. The number 12 appears several times in the Bible, there are twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve disciples of Christ, twelve stones, the 12 steps and the twelve signs of the zodiac. My colleagues over at Network Solutions invited [...]
7 Ways to Keep Your Process On Track
by Deborah Shane on November 28th
“With the pace of change accelerated for most people, the importance of following a process becomes an important, critical and really effective tool to deal with it. The Process Is as Important As The Results It Produces” How does anyone navigate change, be it business or personal? Changing jobs, lifestyle, health, where you live, the [...]
Managers Lie Because You Want Them To
by Deborah Shane on November 21st
This is an article by JT O’Donnell Founder of Careerealism that ran previously on CareerHMO.com. One of my favorite books of all-time is called, Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn. Published over 50 years ago, Kohn predicted our obsession with psychologist B.F. Skinner’s theory of behaviorism was making us soft (a.k.a addicts). He used multiple [...]
3 Reason’s Lady Gaga Should Be Your Career Coach
by Deborah Shane on September 15th
This is an article previously posted by JT O’Donnell, founder of Careerealism.com on the CareerHMO.com site. If you didn’t watch the VMAs (Video Music Awards) this past weekend, then you missed an important career coaching session from Lady Gaga. It doesn’t matter what you think of the controversial artist who has risen to mega-stardom in [...]
Show, Tell and Sound Off on Facebook!
by Deborah Shane on September 9th
I remember in 2007 signing up for Facebook because I have always been an ‘early adopter’ of technology and communication trends. It seemed like fun. Then in 2008, we used it to promote one of our high school class reunions and grew our participants from 11 to 140 in less than a month! It was [...]
The ZEN of Business Success
by Deborah Shane on August 23rd
I consider myself a “spiritual entrepreneur”. Someone who deeply cares about giving back to the community, people and world that supports me. It’s just great Karma and Zen. If you ask me how all this intangible stuff works, I will tell you it just does. There is something about putting the right energy and [...]




















