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10 Powerful Lessons from a Turkish Rug Trader
Several years ago, I was staying at a beautiful hotel on the beach on a small Greek island. The hotel was full of young people in their mid-20’s who appeared to be having the time of their lives. I had chatted with the receptionist several times...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 4 CommentsThe Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon and Your Job Search
One of the most powerful and important things you can do to get a job or achieve anything in life is learn how to just get your foot in the door. Once you are able to get your foot in the door, everything changes. My entire life, I have seen firsthand...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 8 CommentsA year or so ago I was at a wedding, and a very successful doctor started talking to me. I was very impressed with this doctor and already knew of him through several people before our meeting. He was involved in some fascinating and cutting-edge research...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 7 CommentsYou Need to Stop Competing and Seeing Differences Between You and Others
If you are looking for a job, trying to improve in your current job, or simply wish to experience a better life, there’s one thing you need to do: You need to be friends with everyone you meet in business, and stop competing and seeing differences....
Filed under Advancement, Featured 1 CommentCheap Is Expensive: A Marine Disaster
One thing I’ve learned in my lifetime is if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Every day, so many of us are glued to televisions and see people become rich overnight on game shows. Growing up, kids receive a lot of messages that you...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 10 CommentsThe Importance of Planting Seeds: My Experience with the Scientologists
“And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: a sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 5 CommentsMaking Others Aware of Your Weaknesses Can Make You More Trusted
Several years ago I was on vacation with my wife in Paris and was trying on shoes and found a pair of dress shoes that I really liked a lot. I had never seen a pair of shoes like this before and they were extremely comfortable. After trying them...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed Leave a CommentDo Not Be Immobilized in Your Job Search
Several years ago, I was sitting in my office and the most amazing candidate came across my desk. The attorney had a degree in a hard science discipline from a school like CalTech or MIT (I believe it was physics), had gone to a good law school,...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsYou Need Connections to Make the Most of Your Career
Several years ago I went to a seminar on public speaking and publishing held at a hotel near the Los Angeles Airport. From what I remember, there were two ticket levels for the seminar—a ”standard” level and a ”VIP” level. ...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 1 CommentYour Perceptions Will Control Your Outcome and Life
When I was in middle school, my girlfriend announced to me she was going to try out for the cheerleading squad. Our relationship consisted mainly of us riding our bikes to school together each day. Occasionally, I might call her after school. The cheerleading...
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