Personal development

[original PM]

just be on your guard

no matter what you do how good you are at your job how nice you are to people there are always jealous people who will do their best to make your life as difficult as they possibly can to give themseves a nice power trip

make sure you can recognise these poeple and deal with them effectively (out the fourth floor window works for me!!)

[Zippy]

Smile a lot and be prepared to deflect criticism
Don't say sorry (I see your point, I can appreciate your view etc.)
Never, ever lose your temper even when confronted with an insecure tosspot

[Charles Foster Kane]

I tend to use Visual Studio 2008 for my personal development.

[Moscow Mule]

Linky

Read this too

If only for some balance...

[TykeMerc]

Linky

WHS.

Great book, well written. He also did one called "The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking". Ages old books, but very well worth reading.

[thunderlizard]

Hwtfaif

it is a very good book. Even though you will spend 50% of it thinking "It's all right for him. He didn't live in a time or country where everybody is far too cynical for most of this to work".

[bogeyman]

I tend to use Visual Studio 2008 for my personal development.

That says more about you than cash ever can.

[VectraMan]

I tend to use Visual Studio 2008 for my personal development.

I use 2005. I think my personal development is three years behind Mr Kane's.

[thunderlizard]

It probably isn't. VS2008 takes about 3 years to startup.

[bullseye]

try www.toastmasters.org