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You Need to Be Self-Managing and Responsible
Several years ago our company was operating in downtown Los Angeles. At less than a year old, the company was very small at the time; however, the people I was working with were nothing short of extraordinary: I had one computer programmer who had gone...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 8 CommentsEliot Spitzer, Your Dark Side and Being Calm
I had a very disturbing experience several months ago and I am almost reluctant to talk about it because it was so disturbing. I am hesitant because I recognize that your natural response might be to assume I am a little aberrated for being in the situation...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsPush Yourself Outside Your Comfort Zone
About ten years ago, an attorney who had been practicing about seven or eight years longer than me purchased his first house. I remember congratulating him on the purchase, and his response shocked me at the time: “I am very happy with the house. ...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 1 CommentToday I would like to share with you one of my favorite quotes. This quote is something that can change your life forever if you adopt the incredible power of it in your life: I will persist until I succeed. In the Orient young bulls are tested for the...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 5 CommentsFocus on Doing – and Stop Talking about Those Who Are Doing
Throughout my career I have learned that there are generally two types of people out there: First, there are those who are out there doing this or that and making things happen. These people typically put in years to perfect their craft, whether they...
Filed under Advancement, Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 8 CommentsGetting Referrals from Powerful People (We All Know Someone)
When I was practicing law at a major Los Angeles law firm several years ago, something happened that was difficult for me to believe. The firm where I worked employed some of the top law school graduates in the United States. For example, in the year...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 7 CommentsBeing Against Something – and Your Job Search
When I was in college, I decided to start an anti-drug and alcohol-abuse organization. I affiliated with a giant group called BACCHUS (Better Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students), and one year I got funding in the amount...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 20 CommentsImmanuel Kant and What Good Hiring Managers Should Look For
Many people who make hiring decisions really do not know what they are doing. In fact, they often make mistake after mistake when hiring. They put too much emphasis on skills and experience. They are overly impressed with interviewing skills. They...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured Leave a CommentNow Is the Best Opportunity You Will Ever Have
Take a moment and look over your shoulder. What do you see? If you look closer, you will realize there is something quite sinister looming there: your own mortality. You are going to die. You might die today, next week, a year from now, or 75 years from...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 2 CommentsWhen I was around sixteen years old, growing up in Detroit, my mother’s boyfriend for several years was a tugboat (also known as a towboat) captain. Since the job was unionized, my mother was always trying to interest me in this as a good long-term...
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