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Garlic Olive Oil, Craigslist Massages-and Doing Your Homework
I’ve decided that I am never again going to have a masseuse come over from Craigslist. It’s just not worth it. A few weeks ago I was at a conference in Chicago. I was staying at a so-so hotel without a spa near the airport. I called the front...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 6 CommentsWhen you look at the people who are the most successful and who do the best in their trade, you often find a commonality: They are all doing something that they love, which comes naturally to them. In fact, the more you look at what the person is doing,...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 20 CommentsEven when a bird stands still, we sense it has wings. — Anonymous The meaning of this to me (and it may be different for you) is that you can choose to be whoever you want to be in this life. You can constantly be improving and you can take yourself...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 3 CommentsAsk Others What Course You Are On
Have you ever looked back at a picture or video of yourself from five, ten or more years ago and asked yourself “What was I thinking back then?” Have you ever looked at something you did several years ago and asked yourself the same exact...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 2 CommentsYou Need to Be in the Right Environment
For the past several years my wife and I have kept a saltwater aquarium. We did not get one of these intentionally, but when we moved into a new house several years ago, it had a saltwater tank built into the living room wall. Outside, there was a huge...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 6 CommentsSeveral years ago, we were launching a newsletter for law schools. One of our employees, who was working on the project, decided that the title of the newsletter should be, “The Signal.” He was very enthusiastic about this particular title....
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market, Life Lessons 4 CommentsYour Success Is a Product of the Procedures You Follow
Like many people at the time, I was pretty fascinated with the first trial of O.J. Simpson. The court days were long, droning on–and I never could watch for more than an hour or two at a time. One thing I remember quite well about the trial, however,...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 2 CommentsSoup Nazis, Insurance Investment Scams, Consumerism and Focusing on the Work
Several years ago, after I had only been a recruiter for around six months, I went out to dinner with a few people. I will never forget the dinner because at the time I was very caught up in recruiting, and was working seven days a week. In fact, all...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 7 CommentsOne of the most important things for you to realize when you are looking for a job and you see a position advertised is this: the employer wants to hire you. If the position is advertised, the employer is actually desperate to hire you. When I say...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market 3 CommentsAbraham Lincoln, Bringing People Together, and Your Career
Several years ago, after September 11, 2001, I was speaking with the founder of an internet consulting firm in San Francisco. The firm was getting ready to close its doors and go out of business because all of its work had gone away. During the several...
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