http://www.thesquab.com Building Better Careers Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:50:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Squabcast is about answering questions and building better careers. Simple as that. Would love you to subscribe to this podcast and if you have a question head on over to thesquab.com and ask. Building Better Careers Shane Mac http://www.thesquab.com/wp-content/themes/premiumnews/images/theSquab_Big_1.pnghttp://www.thesquab.com careers, squab, business, marketing, jobs, ask, build, shane, mac, life no Shane Mac thesquab@gmail.com http://www.thesquab.com/2010/01/a-true-christmas-story/ http://www.thesquab.com/2010/01/a-true-christmas-story/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:54:50 +0000 Shane Mac http://www.thesquab.com/?p=415 http://www.thesquab.com/2010/01/a-true-christmas-story/feed/ 15 <div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesquab.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fa-true-christmas-story%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesquab.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fa-true-christmas-story%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-421" style="margin-left: 15px;" title="Christmas" src="http://www.thesquab.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/4177674845_3510879fbd-240x150.jpg" alt="Christmas" width="240" height="150" />This year for Christmas I decided to do something a little different.  I feel like many families, like mine, <a title="How much we spend on Christmas." href="http://americanresearchgroup.com/holiday/" target="_blank">buy gifts just for the sake of having something to give</a> regardless of what the gift is.  Many families come together at Christmas yet rarely talk throughout the year.  I was determined to change that this year and try to help our family build better relationships with each other.  I also decided to give the money I saved <a title="St. Jude" href="http://www.stjude.org" target="_blank">on gifts to St. Jude instead.</a> In the end, the only thing we truly have are relationships.  This is the first podcast on The Squab and I hope you find this as a guide to careers and life in general.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Listen Here. Press Play. <a title="iTunes" href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=349270513 " target="_blank"> or Subscribe on iTunes here.</a><br /> </em></p> <p>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/4177674845/" target="_blank"><strong>1Happysnapper</strong></a></p> <!-- Begin SexyBookmarks Menu Code --> <div class="sexy-bookmarks sexy-bookmarks-expand sexy-bookmarks-spaced sexy-bookmarks-bg-enjoy"> <ul class="socials"> <li class="sexy-facebook"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?v=4&src=bm&u=http://www.thesquab.com/2010/01/a-true-christmas-story/&t=A+True+Christmas+Story.+Episode+%231." rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on Facebook">Share this on Facebook</a> </li> <li class="sexy-twitter"> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=A+True+Christmas+Story.+Episode+%231.+-+http://su.pr/1OVrGN+(via+@shanemacsays)" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Tweet This!">Tweet This!</a> </li> <li class="sexy-linkedin"> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.thesquab.com/2010/01/a-true-christmas-story/&title=A+True+Christmas+Story.+Episode+%231.&summary=This%20year%20for%20Christmas%20I%20decided%20to%20do%20something%20a%20little%20different.%C2%A0%20I%20feel%20like%20many%20families%2C%20like%20mine%2C%20buy%20gifts%20just%20for%20the%20sake%20of%20having%20something%20to%20give%20regardless%20of%20what%20the%20gift%20is.%C2%A0%20Many%20families%20come%20together%20at%20Christmas%20yet%20rarely%20talk%20throughout%20the%20year.%C2%A0%20I%20was%20determined%20to%20&source=The Squab" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on Linkedin">Share this on Linkedin</a> </li> <li class="sexy-delicious"> <a [...] This year for Christmas I decided to do something a little different.  I feel like many families, like mine, buy gifts just for the sake of having something to give regardless of what the gift is.  Many families come together at Christmas yet [...]