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We are defined by where we spend our time

Posted on October 1, 2017November 1, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
businesswoman drawing cloc

Time is an elusive concept. It is said that time heals all, that time flies, that time is money, that time is what we want most, and that time waits for no one. It is the most valuable thing we have, yet the most frequently wasted.

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A reformed runner

Posted on March 10, 2017March 12, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
Reformed runner

Although I could no longer run, I could still walk. Therefore, I figured I should walk up a mountain. Obviously. In my defense, I was sensible in my mountain selection process. I looked for a mountain that did not require technical climbing skills or oxygen and had less than 10 climbing deaths per year.

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  • #ifihadonlyknown

Not all feedback is created equal

Posted on February 26, 2017August 20, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
Feedback scale

I grew up being taught, as are all good little Minnesotans, that the ultimate goal is to be nice and make everyone happy. Enter the real working world. You can never make everyone happy. I repeat, you can never make everyone happy. So quit trying and move on to goals that you can reach.

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To the women who came before me

Posted on January 23, 2017October 12, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
Paper Chain Women

I have a fundamental belief that the march towards equality should always move forward. Sometimes moving much more slowly than I would like, but never stopping and definitely never moving backward. After all, one can’t march backwards.

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  • leadership as an art

I have a dream, not, I have a plan

Posted on January 15, 2017February 26, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
I have a dream

Today, Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 88 years old. He is known as a man who changed the world. A man who galvanized large groups of people to take action to achieve a seemingly impossible vision. And he did it with a dream, not a plan.

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  • all things digital

The elusive digital unicorn

Posted on January 8, 2017January 24, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
Digital unicorn

I define the perfect digital job candidate as a digital unicorn. They are so elusive that you may never have crossed paths with one. But if you are lucky enough to find one, hire him/her and don’t look back. A single digital unicorn can deliver impact equal to twenty digital ponies.

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  • a partially examined life

The fear of staying the same

Posted on January 2, 2017August 20, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
The pace of human change

While many people fear change, my biggest fear is staying the same.  If you told me I had to do the same job, live in the same city, or be the same person for the next ten years, I would be despondent.  It would likely require some funny cat videos to cheer me back up.  […]

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  • fundamental rules

To blog or not to blog…

Posted on December 21, 2016January 24, 2017by Alissa Montbriand
Shredded blog words

…that is the question and the source of much internal debate.  As a digital marketer, I believe in rolling up my sleeves and practicing what I preach.  As an introvert, my natural comfort zone is to be an observer and not put too much out on the public record.  Clearly you see which side won.  […]

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