2010 August | Consulting Rehab

Atacama: A Vacation within a vacation within a vacation

27 August 2010

If you're new here, you may want to start with Our Consulting Problem and maybe our FAQ and if you like what you see you should totally subscribe to receive new posts via RSS or email in the box on the top right. Thanks for visiting!First… we packed up our apartment in San Francisco, put [...]

CPTJMIY: Gordon Jack on getting the government to pay for your travel adventures

25 August 2010

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CPTJMIY: Gordon Jack on getting the government to pay for your travel adventures

Last week on Crazy People That Just Might Inspire You (CPTJMIY), we featured Crazy Person Dave Kovac on his involvement with Habitat for Humanity Global Village and how he manages to make his passion for travelling the world and helping people a regular part of his life. Hopefully, many of you were inspired (if not, [...]

Check us out on Career Break Secrets!

25 August 2010

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We got featured on the “Who’s out there now” segment of Career Break Secrets. You can check it out here: Consulting Rehab feature If you aren’t familiar with Career Break Secrets, you should be. They are yet another great resource out there to provide planning resources and help inspire you to go on your own [...]

Wine tasting at Concha y Toro

22 August 2010

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Ryan and I had a day free of networking meetings this past week, so we decided to get out of the city and visit Concha y Toro winery for the afternoon. We were psyched to find out we could get almost all the way there using public transit: hop the subway one block from our [...]

CPTJMIY: Dave Kovac on Volunteer Vacations, Global Village, and finding balance (Part 2)

18 August 2010

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CPTJMIY: Dave Kovac on Volunteer Vacations, Global Village, and finding balance (Part 2)

It’s been a long and arduous 3 day wait, but I’m thrilled to let you know that you need not wait any longer… Part 2 of our interview with the very first featured Crazy Person That Just Might Inspire You (CPTJMIY) is here. I’m sure you all read part 1 of our interview with Dave [...]

Meet, Plan, Go! September 14th in thirteen cities. Be there. Seriously.

17 August 2010

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Listen up. This is important. We want to tell you about an outstanding event that will be taking place on Sept. 14th in thirteen cities across the US and Canada called Meet, Plan, Go! Its entire purpose is to provide you with inspiration, contacts and resources to “plan the trip of a lifetime” – and [...]

CPTJMIY: Dave Kovac on Volunteer Vacations, Global Village, and finding balance (Part 1)

15 August 2010

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CPTJMIY: Dave Kovac on Volunteer Vacations, Global Village, and finding balance (Part 1)

We are tired. It’s hard [expletive removed] work trying to inspire all of you people out there to get out and create the life you’ve always wanted rather than the one you think you are supposed to have. We recognize that many of you read this and think, “Wow, that’s really great for them that [...]

Management book chapter 2: Perfectionists should kick themselves in the head (perfectly)

12 August 2010

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Last week we discussed the merits of building career option-value and warned about Brick Wall Syndrome (BWS) and the tyranny of the evil mongeese. This week, we’ll tackle the advantages of being a perfectionist and make the argument that if you are a perfectionist you should try to kick yourself in the head (as perfectly [...]

Quitter to Winner interview part 2: This time hear from Jen

10 August 2010

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Our friends over at Quitter to Winner just put up a part 2 interview about us featuring Jen. You should definitely check it out to read Jen’s thoughts on our future (I know I found it intriguing…): Quitter to Winner interview with Jen If you missed the original interview, you should check that out too: [...]

Beaches and mountains and wineries, oh my!: More reasons why Santiago rocks

9 August 2010

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Beaches and mountains and wineries, oh my!: More reasons why Santiago rocks

While Santiago is a great city in and of itself, possibly its most compelling feature is its proximity to an amazing variety of incredible day-trips, ranging from beaches to wineries to mountains and more. This is a tale of some of those day-trips. Context I thoroughly enjoyed writing about career related topics (e.g., Career Option-value) [...]