The Best Career Advice You Will Ever Receive
When I was around 14 years old, I moved out of my mother's house and in with my father, his new wife, and her daughter in a different part of town. I would stay there for a few months, attend...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 10 CommentsAt the outset, I want to make a couple of observations because I think that looking for a public interest job or a job with a nonprofit is among the most interesting types of searches you can do. On the...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 2 CommentsKeep a Broad Perspective When Looking for a Job
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and, if they cannot find...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 2 CommentsEvery day when I sit down to work in the morning and turn on my computer, I receive several emails and comments about the companies I run and about me personally. Some people write to tell me I'm the stupidest...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed, Life Lessons 15 Comments46 Actions You Can Take to Optimize Your Job Search and Career Today
When I used to apply for jobs myself, I would always go to the office supply store and purchase the absolute most expensive paper and envelopes I could. I remember, the paper I used to purchase was so expensive that...
Filed under Featured 10 CommentsAnthony Robbins, Work, Jobs, Careers, and Missions
There have been only a couple of times in my life when I was doing something I truly loved. The first was when I was an asphalt contractor and was out in the field each day doing asphalt work. It...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 4 CommentsThe Most Important Advice You Will Ever Receive
I’ve been using the same driver to take me to and from the airport for years. The last time, the car he picked me up in was not as clean as it normally was. He also usually had a few...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 1 CommentUnderstand the Nature of People, Jobs and the Environments You Commit To
Several years ago a long-term relationship I was in ended and I felt absolutely terrible: the person I was with could not stop fraternizing with other men. At least a few times a week, she would be out with a...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 1 CommentDon’t Be Persuaded by Others Who Tell You How to Do Your Job Search
Several years ago, I was sitting at my desk when my secretary ran into my office. She told me the career services dean of a major American law school was on the telephone, demanding to speak with me, and that...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 2 CommentsAristotle loved studying argumentation and the methods of appeal used to convince someone of a given idea. Aristotle believed that people can be persuaded by the following means: Ethos (an appeal to credibility) Pathos (an appeal to emotions) Logos (an...
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