Dale Thoughts

Asking Good Questions: Recall vs. Analysis Questions

3 Comments 04 May 2013

Sometimes when I ask people questions, I get the sense that I’m being lied to. Not in a way where the person is trying to deceive me, but in a way where the facts don’t line up with their answers. I think the problem is that I ask questions incorrectly. I have a theory that [...]

Random

Sh*t my Japanese Mom Sends Me: Birthday Edition

0 Comments 07 April 2013

My Japanese mom periodically send me silly things. It is one of her quirky personality traits. For my birthday a few weeks ago, she send me a few things I thought I’d share with you. Here’s the best thing: a Cat Bank! I’m using this to build my travel fund. Thanks mom!

Diet and Fitness, Self Improvement

Thoughts on my Fasting Experiment

0 Comments 02 February 2013

Since I started my new job back in November, I’ve been experimenting with intermittent fasting. I started off by skipping breakfast and lunch and just having a large dinner when I got home. Weekends I didn’t make an effort to fast. If I was hungry, I ate, regardless of the time of day. I’ve continued [...]

Career, Success Strategies

Reflections on the Past 6 Weeks and Thoughts for 2013

1 Comment 30 December 2012

Six weeks ago I started my new job at a human capital consulting company. I settled into my new apartment, set up a new productive schedule to follow , and read a few new books. Below are a few of my observations and thoughts. Job Observations I’m an “idea guy.” There’s a whole line of [...]

Self Improvement, Success Strategies

My process oriented goals for the next year: fitness, side projects, work projects, and schmoozing.

2 Comments 13 November 2012

I mentioned in my last post that even though I had a ton of free time on my hands while I was looking for a job, my productivity went downhill. I got very little done and just felt generally gross. This was in contrast to when I was working in my previous job (with pretty normal [...]

Career, Happiness, Job Hunting, Learning

What it’s like to move to a city with no apartment and no job

5 Comments 08 November 2012

I moved to Washington, DC from my hometown of Lexington, MA on June 28th. I left for two primary reasons: a) I was getting a little anxious living at home with my parents (I’m a grown ass man for christ’s sake) and b) My girlfriend wanted to move to DC after she finished grad school, [...]

Sales

Dissecting Ramit Sethi’s Sales Techniques in his Dream Job Course

3 Comments 15 August 2012

For those of you who don’t know, I moved back down to DC six weeks ago and have been going through the job hunting process. I’m fully aware resume blasts and online applications are a waste of time, so I started looking for additional, unconventional job hunting tips that would get results. That’s when I [...]

Human Capital and Industrial Psychology, Job Hunting, Success Strategies

Here’s a Not-So-Quick Way to Solve Unemployment (and Bonus Job Hunting Tips)

0 Comments 05 August 2012

I finished reading Peter Cappelli’s short book Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It and it basically confirms what I have suspected for a while now: Most companies have stupid hiring practices and make up false reasons as to why they can’t hire qualified people. In the [...]

Human Capital and Industrial Psychology

Are Time Cards Corrupting Your Company?

0 Comments 20 July 2012

At the defense company where I work, you have to input your hours into an online time card. Every day you need to figure how many hours you worked on each project. In theory, you’re supposed to account for every six minutes of your time. For example, if you worked 7 hours and 54 minutes [...]

Career, Job Hunting, Sales

Does Generation-Y Hate Sales Jobs?

12 Comments 15 July 2012

A few weeks ago I moved down to DC to start the next phase of my life. My girlfriend, Erica, will be moving out here in the fall so I figured I would get a head start on her and get a job and apartment and all the “fun” stuff of moving to a new [...]

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