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Yesterday, I was getting a haircut. Before I got the cut, the woman in the salon was washing my hair. As is typical in most salons, the woman also gave me a scalp massage for a minute or two while washing my hair. I was enjoying the scalp massage and...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Goal Setting, Life Lessons 4 CommentsYour Forces and How to Use Them
In this book titled Your Forces and how to Use them, Christian Larson talks about the inherent energies present in each one of us and how one can achieve great things just by realizing and using this limitless energy to the maximum possible extent. The...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books Leave a CommentDo Not Allow the Past to Limit Your Opportunities Today
My one-year old daughter calls a coffee cup “hot” and avoids coffee cups lest she get burned. Until she learns that the coffee cup can also contain coffee, milk, and other foods that will not harm her, she is likely to avoid coffee cups for...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed, Life Lessons, Staying Positive 6 CommentsNicholas Cage and Personal Leadership
Yesterday I saw the most interesting story about Nicholas Cage. Apparently, he just had a pyramid commissioned and delivered to a Louisiana cemetery for his body to be placed in when he dies. The story also talked about how Cage had recently dyed his...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed, Life Lessons 18 CommentsI used to be a law professor, and I remember in my class there was the nicest kid you can imagine who had immigrated from Russia a few years previously and wanted to be an attorney. He hardly spoke English and had a difficult time putting sentences together;...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, Finding a Job 6 CommentsWhat All the World’s A-Seeking
In his book What All the World’s A-Seeking, Ralph Waldo Trine explains in an extremely lucid and simple manner the laws and forces governing true life with all its glories and what makes it so very different from the poor lives that the vast majority...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books Comments Off on What All the World’s A-SeekingConcentrate on Your Contribution
There is a secret to being an outstanding performer in any job and getting more raises, more recognition, and more responsibility. The secret is to be 100% focused on your work and to be passionate about your job. This is where your energy needs to go....
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts 47 CommentsGovernment Bailouts, Groups and Your Career
Recently, something quite interesting has been happening in the American economy. The government has decided to get involved in running various businesses. These businesses include insurance companies, banks, and automotive companies. This is something...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, Finding a Job, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 6 CommentsI work in the employment industry and a large part of my business is devoted to (1) helping people identify job opportunities through consolidating job listings from hundreds of sources, (2) creating new résumés and cover letters for people from scratch...
Filed under Finding a Job 2 CommentsOne of the scariest things for any of us is being in crisis. A crisis can be defined several ways. It can be: the loss of a job a divorce a traumatic injury a death the alienation of a loved one due to a fight or disagreement a severe illness or even...
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