Author Archives: Donald Mitchell



Mid-Career Academic Studies Help Build a Platform for Consulting Success

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Dec 23rd, 2011

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Many people would like to become successful business and organizational consultants. This article shows how mid-career education can boost the opportunity to enjoy such a career.

Fill Your Mind with Useful Knowledge for Building a Better Career and Life

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Dec 19th, 2011

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Ask most people how they like their jobs, and they will tell friends that they wish they were doing something different. Yet jobs are hard to find these days, so they aren't about to look for something different. Besides, they aren't qualified to do anything else. This article describes how such unrewarding jobs can be avoided and satisfying careers engaged in instead.

Teach Yourself and Enjoy a More Rewarding Business Career and Personal Life in a Great Location

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Dec 1st, 2011

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Are you tired of living somewhere you don't care for and being subject to limited prospects there? You can use this article to learn how to pick a great new location, to prepare for a new business career with more potential, and to become more adept at developing your career. As a result, you'll enjoy a better life than you ever dreamed was possible.

Develop a Taste for Doing What It Takes to Be a Business Success

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Nov 24th, 2011

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Television ads often try to make business travel look more appealing. Most of us remember and relate to the "before" images in those ads of tired travelers dealing with many challenges while far away from home and loved ones. Careers are more likely than ever to include global travel and lots of moves that uproot families. How can someone engage in a career today and find it to be joyful?

A Masterful Student Publishes His Work and Gains Worldwide Influence

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Nov 17th, 2011

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It's not enough to know what you are doing: Someone must notice you before you can have influence. This paper describes how an experienced executive went back to school to create a book that launched him and his organization into worldwide prominence.

A Physician Starts Life Mastery Through Earning an Online MBA

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Nov 13th, 2011

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Many people learn the advanced material before mastering the basics. How can they go back and fill in those practical gaps? This article describes how online education can help.

Step Up to a More Successful IT Project Management Career in Business

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Nov 3rd, 2011

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IT project managers are often overworked and under appreciated. Seldom do they receive the coaching and encouragement they need to improve in their skills and to advance to the next level of management. This article looks at how world-class tennis players develop to draw out lessons for what IT project managers need to do differently to expand their careers in the most desirable ways.

A Hands-On Approach to Solving Problems Helps a Distance Learner Spring into Engineering Management

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Oct 23rd, 2011

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Many people who do technical work would like to become managers of such technical work. This article looks at how one person made the shift.

Launching an Academic Career by Enjoying More Academic Freedom through Online Learning

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Oct 17th, 2011

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Many people would like to enjoy the prestige and comfortable life of a professor. Many find the thought of spending many years laboring under academic advisors with whom they do not agree to be uncomfortable. Flexible online study can open the door to such fine careers.

A Teacher and Her Students Gain Practical Advantages After She Returns to Being a Student

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Oct 9th, 2011

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Teachers want to become more effective and motivated. This article describes how a teacher used earning an MBA to accomplish both objectives.

To Learn from the Best, Watch Them While They Exceed the Competition

Posted by Donald Mitchell on Oct 4th, 2011

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This article explains how to design a study of leadership to capture the important qualities to emulate.