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Your 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 CommentsDon’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 she was extremely angry. I took the call...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 2 CommentsIn Defense of Long-Term Employment with a Single Employer
If you go into any business that’s been around more than twenty or thirty years, you will inevitably find a handful of people who’ve been there from the very beginning of their careers. These well-adjusted souls will typically report to work...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 3 CommentsCheap 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 CommentsHypnotists, Worry and Living Your Life Today
I took my wife to Las Vegas about a year ago and we decided to go see a hypnotist show. I had gone to see a hypnotist who had performed for the entire university when I was in law school and had really enjoyed it. The show was fascinating to me and really...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 5 CommentsFind the Best Target Audience for Your Skills
When I was about 13 years old, my parents sent me to a small, private school that catered to children from the wealthiest families in the Detroit area. The school was unusual in that it went out of its way to assist the wealthiest students and seemed...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 15 CommentsMy Lesson from the Missionaries
Several years ago, I was working at a law firm and virtually from the moment I arrived a woman I’ll call “Linda” used to come into my office for a few hours a day to talk. Her topic? How bad things were at the law firm. She would share...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 19 CommentsGo Beneath the Surface to Find a Job
One of the most interesting theories about life on earth involves the notion that it exists in conditions in which conventional wisdom says it shouldn’t. Carl Wirson of the Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institution wrote in a 1991 paper: In 1991,...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 1 CommentHow to Choose a Recruiter Based on Recruiting Style
Every recruiter’s individual style has certain merits. However, there are recruiters who are truly exceptional at what they do. Choosing an exceptional recruiter is even more important in a bad market because the methods he or she uses determines if...
Filed under Job Market 9 CommentsYou Need to Have Desire to Achieve Your Goals
In order for you to achieve the things you are capable of, you need to constantly be creating goals for yourself and create a massive desire deep down to achieve these goals. There is nothing more important than having a desire deep down to achieve goals....
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