The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
One of the most inspiring people in American history is Benjamin Franklin. Something that very few people realize is that Franklin also wrote what is arguably one of the best self-improvement books ever written, The Biography of Benjamin Franklin. Here, Franklin tells his...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 4 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 CommentsIn 1991 I purchased a four-year old Audi 5000 automobile for $2,500. When the car was new, it had been listed at $40,000. It was really beautiful inside. It had all sorts of electronic controls, powered everything, and it drove...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 4 CommentsCheap Beer, Overpriced Chocolate, and Being Visible and Approachable
For some reason, I have started receiving a number of invitations from local stores to go and spend an evening looking at stuff—"new fall collections," for example. It could be women's shoes, beds and bedding, or other wares; whatever the...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 1 CommentJung, Shadows and Your Potential
Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions. — Dr. Carl G. Jung In...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 9 CommentsProduction Assistants-and Assessing Your Employer’s Needs
Ninety percent of the people I have ever interviewed as a prospective employer never tried to determine the wants, requirements, and needs of our company. How can someone possibly obtain or do well in a job if he or she...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 1 CommentHarmonize with the People in Your Environment
One of the most unusual candidates I ever worked with back when I was a job recruiter was someone who had basically worked for five different law firms in a five-year period. He had absolutely stellar credentials, having attended the...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 4 CommentsThe Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer Kahlil Gibran, in his book The Madman, presents a thought-provoking collection of short parables and poems ranging in length from a single paragraph to a few pages. With a touch of class that...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 6 CommentsBeing Against Something – and Your Job Search
When I was in college, I decided to start an anti-drug and alcohol-abuse organization. I affiliated with a giant group called BACCHUS (Better Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students), and one year I got funding in the amount of...
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