Instead of Seeking Praise, Seek Criticism
Several years ago, I had a girlfriend who would fly off the handle at the slightest criticism. It didn’t matter who was criticizing her. She would call people ugly, smelly, short--whatever attack she could muster in response to what she...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 2 CommentsWhy You Need to Love Yourself and When You Need to Change Your Friends, Job and Life
Recently, I returned home from Asia on a horrible airline ticket that made four separate connections before it finally arrived in Los Angeles. On my trip, I had the occasion to sit next to a series of businessmen also travelling...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons Leave a CommentWhen I say I’m excited about government jobs, I mean it. They're better than many other jobs this day and age and often provide good benefits, pensions, and to some extent, employment security. In most cases, you’ll be in good...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsWatching for Waste in Your Job
Several years ago I was moving from one house to another, and I hired three day laborers from outside of a U-Haul branch, where I had rented a truck. One of the workers was a man with a strong European...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 4 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 CommentsSympathy, Morale, and the Importance of Being Organized
In every job I have ever had, I have been happy for the most part. When I was an attorney, for example, I liked many aspects of being an attorney. When I worked in the asphalt business, I loved many...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 43 CommentsNever Abandon Work You Are Exceptional At
In the movie industry, when a movie studio makes a successful movie that becomes a blockbuster, they generally will make a sequel. They would be crazy not to. They have a formula that works. It is the same thing with...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 10 CommentsPlay Each Day Like It Is Your Most Important
Most people never do their work the best way they can. To be successful you need to make every single day at work, every single interview, and every single job you apply for the most important one ever. I want...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 3 CommentsWhy Aren’t There More American Day Laborers, Doctors, Engineers and Textile Workers?
From the time I was young, I watched people ignore the most basic law of economics. This basic law is all around us and it controls a great deal of what happens in the world. It controls who you are...
Filed under Advancement, Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, Job Market, Keeping a Job 12 CommentsBad Manners, Rumors, and Your Career
One of the risks you face as you progress in your career is rumors. People may make up various falsehoods and share incorrect (usually negative) information about you. These falsehoods can spread like wild fire and can literally destroy your...
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