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Gravitate Towards People and Organizations That Appear to Have Good Luck
The Rothchilds have another maxim: “Never do anything with an unlucky man or place.” That is to say, never have anything to do with a man or place which never succeeds, because, although a man may appear honest and intelligent, yet if he tries...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 12 CommentsI read this book some time back and I’d like to share it with you. The Power of Concentration by Theron Dumont is an incredibly interesting book and has lots of useful information on the immense powers of concentration and exercises on concentration. —-Harrison The...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books Leave a CommentFive Gallons of Soup: Are You a Moving-Away-From or a Moving-Toward Sort of Person?
When I was a freshman in college, one of my older fraternity brothers once dumped a giant pail of soup over my head while I was eating dinner. This was during my “pledge” period when I was in the process of joining the fraternity. Each of...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 12 CommentsI am sure you have heard about how Sam Walton used to drive around in an old pickup truck—despite being worth billions of dollars. Warren Buffet lives in a house not worth more than $200,000 and has lived there for thirty-plus years. He also works in...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 1 CommentSee the Connection, Not the Differences
There is a famous story about Charles Darwin hiking through the countryside in England with his friend: “There’s an abundance of clover here,” observed Darwin. “This district must have many widows.” The two strolled on, Darwin enjoying the country...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 1 CommentThe most productive state you can be in is when you are “awakened” in a way that drives you toward a goal with an almost unstoppable “fire in the belly.” People who experience this awakening have an enthusiasm within them that moves them in...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentCommon Sense: How to Exercise It
“Enthusiasm is as brittle as crystal, but common sense is durable as brass.” Blanchard Yorimoto-Tashi, one of the greatest statesmen that Japan has ever produced, presents some of his precepts in his book Common Sense: How To Exercise It. To...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 4 CommentsMy first job out of law school was working for the area’s only federal district judge in a small courthouse in northern Michigan. The courthouse was in a post office building, and to get inside of the courthouse, you needed to pass through an x-ray...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 2 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 CommentsPlastic Surgery, Suzanne Somers, Certainty, Variety and Your Career
One of the more interesting things about our lives is we’re continually seeking two diametrically opposed things. On the one hand, we seek the security and certainty we find in keeping things the way they are. On the other hand, we seek growth...
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