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Plan for Success – Not Failure
When I was younger, there was a restaurant on Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, that used to offer people a percentage off the price of their meals equal to a person’s age, on the person’s birthday each year. So, on your 25th birthday,...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsOnce You Achieve Success, Savor and Enjoy It to the Fullest
I have certain habits and ways of thinking about the world that are the right ways, at least for me: If I make a friend, I do everything within my power to keep the friendship going and to stay close to the person. If I get a book, I always read and...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 5 CommentsConsistency Is More Important than Brilliance
There once was a speedy hare who bragged about how fast he could run. Tired of hearing him boast, Slow and Steady, the tortoise, challenged him to a race. All the animals in the forest gathered to watch. Speedy ran down the road for a while and then...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 6 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 CommentsStolen License Plate Tags, Unlawful Arrests, Hookers, Drug Dealers, and Looking for the Positive
During my summers in college, I rented an apartment in a really bad neighborhood of Detroit. When I say it was a bad neighborhood, I am not exaggerating. Right in front of my window, hookers literally walked back and forth on Jefferson Avenue. It was...
Filed under Featured, Staying Positive 10 CommentsThe Importance of Culture in Organizations
Employees’ level of success and overall happiness has more to do with a particular culture (which is sometimes also referred to as the personality of an organization) than with any other factor. This article discusses (a) the importance of organizational...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured Leave a CommentChallenge Yourself and Get Input from Others
One of the keys to being successful in anything is seeking the input of others. Those who are at the top of their game in just about every discipline are experts at taking criticism and feedback from others. Not only are they experts in seeking criticism—they...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons Leave a CommentGovernment 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 CommentsVisualize Where You Are Going: Think Big
Some time ago I saw a movie called The Secret. Afterward, I read the book, which essentially professes you need to visualize where you are going in order to get there. A famous book quoted in The Secret is Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Anthony...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 5 CommentsPlay the Game by Your Own Rules
We essentially have two choices in our lives. First, we can be average. We can let the people around us mold us, and we can let society marginalize us, as we follow its so-called norms. Alternatively, we can take a stand, choose not to play by the rules,...
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