by Alec Satin on October 16, 2008

Yesterday I was speaking with a good friend of mine who leads a PMO1 team of project managers and business analysts. Sharing stories together often provides much needed perspective. I came away from this conversation thinking about project managers and fool’s gold.
Fool’s Gold
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by Alec Satin on September 2, 2008
Will you come to the end of your life wishing you had done something else? The Daily Minder’s recent
post on Precious Human Life started me thinking about the choices that guarantee a life of full aliveness.
The PM and Personal Oomph
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by Alec Satin on August 25, 2008

Here are the 10 Keys:
Develop a consistently positive attitude.
Make wise choices.
Believe in your abilities.
Be a master at setting goals and achieving them.
Have a clear vision of what success means to you and to
your project.
Develop steady, positive habits.
Show persistence.
Over-communicate.
Be transparent.
Do what you say you will do without exception.
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