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The Greek Parthenon and Your Career
One of the most important lessons for our lives and careers comes from the Parthenon in Greece. The Parthenon has been standing in the same location for almost 2,500 years and is considered one of the world’s great cultural monuments. It is largely...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 4 CommentsCommunicate with Relevance and Connect with Your Audience
One of the biggest secrets in marketing is the more relevant your communication, the more willing people are to respond. You can read and study everything you want about marketing, but if you are not communicating with relevance to your audience, nothing...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 7 CommentsI am about to provide you some of the strangest job search and career advice you will ever receive from someone who’s in the recruiting industry. One thing you should know about me is that I’m a straight shooter. If I see a pattern repeat itself...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts 13 CommentsFor a portion of one summer when I was younger, I had a valet job at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club outside of Detroit, Michigan. I worked during the lunch hour and spent most of my time sitting in a small air conditioned shed in a corner of the parking...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 11 CommentsThe Peter Principle and Being Ready for More Responsibility
The most important thing you can do in your work and in your career is to do what you know. It’s fine to try new things. However, when you try new things, you need to be very careful that you remain focused on the things that you know and understand....
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 4 CommentsHow to Count in Your Career and Life
Most people don’t count in the world. In fact, almost all people in the world don’t count. They are born, they grow, and they die. Their lives are quickly forgotten after they die and the world is no different for them having been there. Have...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 11 CommentsYour Life Is Controlled by Your Decisions and Your Commitment to Them
Over 20 years ago, I was at a relative’s house in the country and he made a crazy statement (which he appeared to believe) that all Japanese were Jewish, and that was why they were in the process of controlling all the car manufacturing in the world,...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 27 CommentsFlow, Your Ego and Your Career
Aristotle believed that more than anything, we seek to be happy. There are some individuals who do their work and continually find happiness in this work. Work for them takes on a meaning that transcends what most of us experience. These people feel...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 8 CommentsTreating Your Career Like a Small Business
No one seems to take the time to consider that their careers are businesses. Your career is no different than any small business. You have a product (you) that you’re selling to your audience (your employer). You need to run your career exactly...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Goal Setting 4 CommentsProtect Your Reputation at All Costs
“A risk to reputation is a threat to the survival of the enterprise.” -Peter J. Firestein I read an article once about Blackstone executive David Blitzer, whose father-in-law he once charged with trying to shake him down for $7.5 million. The man...
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