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Keep a Broad Perspective When Looking for a Job
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and, if they cannot find them, make them. -George...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 2 CommentsThe Importance of Encouragement
If you look at most successful people, somewhere in their background there is someone cheering for them and believing in what they can accomplish. It could be a significant other, a friend, or a family member. When people are encouraged by others, it...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 2 CommentsSympathy, Morale, and the Importance of Being Organized
In every job I have ever had, I have been happy for the most part. When I was an attorney, for example, I liked many aspects of being an attorney. When I worked in the asphalt business, I loved many aspects of that business. Most people are able to find...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 43 CommentsOne of the greatest causes of failure stems from people experiencing success in their careers. Whether it is being given a new title, a raise, a position of increased job security, or other success, people often suddenly decide they have earned the right...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 12 CommentsThe Power of Resistance in Your Career and Life
Every single day in business and in our personal and family lives, most of us face difficult choices. One of the hardest things to do in life is to resist pursuits of immediate gratification. However, the more we resist immediate gratification, the more...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 14 CommentsUpgrade Your Career and Life by Finding Work to Be Done
Several years ago, I decided I didn’t want to work in a law firm anymore. The problem was that I didn’t know what else I could do besides practice law. Also, I didn’t have any money. In order to continue to make a living, I needed to...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 4 CommentsManagers, Idea People, and Workers
I love watching Westerns. What fascinates me about them is that what typically occurs in these movies occurs in any organization–and the success of this process is what determines the success or failure of the organization. In most Westerns, the...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsMoses, Great Religious Figures, the Wilderness, and Your Career
On a Christmas vacation over ten years ago, I went home to Detroit from Los Angeles, where I was practicing law at the time. I was taking a 10-day vacation. Over the course of those ten days, I found myself having trouble getting to sleep every night....
Filed under Featured 2 CommentsPhony Accident Scenes, Internal Affairs, Racial Discrimination, and Your Career
One Friday evening in 2002, I decided to take a couple of our company’s prized employees out for dinner. We had had an excellent week and morale was pretty high within the company. We typically worked very hard and quite late every night of the...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 1 CommentThere is nothing more important to your long-term success than finding and keeping yourself in a healthy environment. I have known so many people out there with incredible talent who insist on remaining in the wrong environment and, consequently, they...
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