Hi everyone – today is Thursday May 7 and I’ve been away for a week or so. Next Tuesday May 12 we’ll be having a MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat at noon (EST) – so mark your calendars and come to the site and enter your name in the Chatroll box at the top of the main page – you can’t miss it!

If anyone has any special requests for subject matter to cover contact me at Maureen at techtrak.com and I’ll see what I can do to address it! I'll be hangin' around on the site today and tomorrow if anyone wants to "chat.
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There’s new information on the MagicMethod site – it includes:
"...there are definitely jobs to be had..."
Where to look – the bright spots

"Attention is a finite resource, like money."
And just when we thought we had unlimited resources at our disposal…

Where is your office?
Does it make a difference?

Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs
Some common sense about the real value of work…whatever the heck kind it is

What is most important?
A fun discourse on the pursuit of happiness

Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company’s Telephone Tree
“Hi, you just reached Addy at extension 4398 – fortunately I am away from my desk…” ~ heard on an employee’s VoiceMail April 25, 2009 early hours

Telephone Names Sourcing Glossary
Abudanza: (Italian for abundance). An emotional waterfall effect that produces a feeling of reveling or joy. As in, "I can't believe it! She gave me an abudanza number of names!"

MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat Log T/Ap 21, 2009
Great role play between Dave Graziano and myself

Age - the Great Divide?
Fascinating discussion about age here - remarks come from all walks of life

Reverse Phone Detective
Find out the owner of any cell phone or unlisted number.
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When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown