None other than the Iowa State Fair.  I was tagged last week for the Meme-On-A-Stick by Janet at DMWebLife to share some of my fondest State Fair memories…
The State Fair is a special place for me.  I’ve been going to it since middle school.  We camp there every year.  My great-grandparents first started this tradition [...]

I’ve got to give a big thanks to Andy Brudtkuhl for adding me as an author at Central Iowa Bloggers.
Thanks to Andy’s software, you can check out all the posts from over 25 Central Iowa blogs at one location. 

I’ve spend the last three months interning at Principal Financial here in Des Moines.  It was my first real dose of the corporate world and a HUGE learning experience.  Here’s a few things I learned:

Become friends with the person who runs the intern program. 
Volunteer for everything
Apparel matters… Especially to females.  They notice everything. [...]

Meeting someone for the first time is always usually a pleasant experience.  It’s fun to try to figure out what type of person they are and what category you would group them into. 
When you meet someone that shares your passion, you will automatically "click."  For instance, one of my passions is connecting with people.  [...]

Creating
an elevator pitch is a necessity.
No matter what your job is.No matter how old you are. No matter what industry you’re in. No matter what you want to do.
Your
30 second commercial can be an asset or a liability. 
It
can either -show credibility or show incompetence -show knowledge or ignorance -make someone curious or make [...]

When I was in NY I had the
great pleasure of meeting Lindsey
Pollak, the author of “Getting from College to Career.”
If you’re a student looking to get into business, reading her book is
a must! It was just released this past Spring, and is perfect for the
junior/senior college student looking to transition into a career.

Here are [...]

How would you define passion?  Something that guides your life.  What you do everyday.  An obsession. 
In Latin passion means "suffering or enduring."  Weird, eh?
Seth Godin talks in his new book about The Dip.  The Dip is something every single successful person goes through.  There is no getting around it.  It is a requirement to [...]