Mark McClure Today

Following Through On The App Between Your Ears

Mark McClure — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:11:00 +0000

Many of us are filled with the best of intentions - goals and resolutions are evidence of that. So why do some of us keep sabotaging our own success by not consistently following through? These two gentlemen might just have a working solution to that conundrum. Psychologist, Steve Levinson and Peak Performance Educator, Peter Greider - paid attention to nature and came up with an intriguing theory on what they call "an inherent design flaw of the human mind".

Break It Down Again

Mark McClure — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Ever find inspiration and hidden messages in the oddest of places? Recently they've been making an appearance for me in song lyrics - take this from the 1993 Tears For Fears song, "Break It Down Again".

Man On Wire In Japon

Mark McClure — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:15:00 +0000

Do you ever get a feeling that something or someone's going to do well? A little tingle of excitement that makes the nerve ends come alive? I for sure got that response when first learning of Man On Wire last August - and was thrilled when it won an Oscar for Best Documentary some months later.

Banking On Recovereh?

Mark McClure — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:30:00 +0000

However, I suspect attempts to relight unchecked, over-leveraged F-I-R-Es (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) will only further scorch whatever productive economic ground these seeds are trying to sprout from.

Light And Shadow

Mark McClure — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:00:00 +0000

I don't remember how I came across her writing but I was soon thinking of Dan Fogelberg's passing a few years ago from prostate cancer at age 56. Indi's husband has been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and her blog is his story.

Drinking The Quit Your Job Kool-Aid

Mark McClure — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:01:00 +0000

"Sell the sizzle, not the steak" - some readers may know of this famous phrase from the world of sales and marketing; and attributed to the master American salesman of the 1930s, Elmer Wheeler. It precisely summarizes how advertisers appeal to human nature - they sell through the senses ("hmm, steak smells good!") and to our emotional triggers.

Do You Know Where You’re Going To?

Mark McClure — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:20:00 +0000

After voluntarily departing cubicle land in 2007, my life/career as a freelancer, like most anything else, has had its share of ups and downs. The good times are when a deal is won and my creative side can get to work

Protected: 48 Hour Special Career Consulting Offer For IT Professionals Working In Financial Services

Mark McClure — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:30:00 +0000

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On Wall Street, IT Career Change Now Blowing In The Wind

Mark McClure — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:15:00 +0000

It's a well written piece - with the subheadings from page one alone telling a particularly torrid and alarming story (e.g. Quarter-million jobs, Self-worth, No Callbacks, Transaction bubble, Nobu's Retreat). According to my Tokyo headhunter contacts, most all the Foreign Banks are in lock down mode for IT hiring. Good people are being let go, sent overseas (Singapore is popular) or outsourced.

Friday Kin - 2009-03-20

Mark McClure — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Here's number 4 in the "Friday Kin" series of blog posts (the last one was back in October.) Today's theme is "Rebirth" - very appropriate for the Vernal Equinox that signifies Spring's arrival in the N.Hemisphere (and the Tokyo cherry blossoms that are now blooming.)