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This Week's Top 5 Blogs - 2.20.13
February 20, 2013
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This week’s Top 5 blogs: From hot cybersecurity jobs to the role of true grit in accomplishing goals, here’s a sampling of this week’s most popular posts.
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Academic Leadership: 3 C’s to Ensure Success in the Classroom
February 11, 2013
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General, Higher Education
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Most people share their challenges, yet few give as much attention to their success. Of course, we can grow and learn from challenges, but there is just as much growth and learning available when we examine our success.
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This Week’s Top 5 Blogs
February 11, 2013
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This week’s Top 5 blogs: From nuclear attack threats to business ethics scandals here’s a sampling of this week’s most popular posts.
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Top Five Articles for the Week
February 4, 2013
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Read this week's top five articles, including keeping data safe, student centered teaching and a look inside the mind of a rapist.
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It’s a New Year: Make Your Relationships Count
January 31, 2013
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Like clockwork, when the New Year rolls around people everywhere resolve to make a fresh start. It makes sense. The slower pace of the holiday season that precedes the New Year is a perfect time for personal reflection. It’s during that time, your mind gravitates to the many things you wish you had done but never seemed to make time for.
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Personal Data Security: Creating Smart Passwords
January 25, 2013
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General, IT and Computer Science
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In previous posts, I’ve written about potential security threats you face when it comes to protecting your computer systems and data. In this post, we get personal as I share ideas for protecting your personal assets from digital vulnerabilities.
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Sticking To Your 2013 Resolutions
January 4, 2013
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At the end of 2012, you probably made a resolution to [fill in the blank] and by the end of this month you, along with countless others, will have already broken the promise you made to yourself, having long forgotten what you resolved to do. I’ve personally set out to lose weight or save money every year, only to splurge on expensive, calorie-laden steak dinners by Valentine’s Day.
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Is There a Doctor in the House?
January 3, 2013
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When I completed my doctorate, my dissertation chair congratulated me and joked that I could now use the title “doctor” to get dinner reservations. He warned that this could potentially cause a problem if there were a medical emergency requiring a different kind of doctor. While most people think of the medical profession, the title “doctor” may be used to reference anyone who graduates with a doctoral degree. Doctoral graduates represent a wide array of skill, knowledge and capabilities.
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Social Media as Social Motivation: 3 Steps to Jumpstarting Any Goal
December 19, 2012
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I achieved a tremendous milestone in October. In the four months prior, I lost 50 pounds. It was news that I couldn’t wait to share with my Facebook friends. As I began updating my status, an idea sparked. I’d been chronicling my weight loss journey online for months and it was just the motivation I needed to stick with my new healthy habits. Could I apply this same motivation to achieve other goals, like completing my doctoral dissertation?
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Taking the Scare out of Writing: What Stephen King (and Other Fiction Writers) Can Teach Us about Writing Essays
October 31, 2012
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The advice of fiction writers such as Stephen King and Robert A. Heinlein has helped me hone my craft. I learn from the purveyors of the craft who have come before me. Books such as On Writing have caused me to reflect upon the life experiences that make me the writer I am.
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