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The Holidays Are the Best Time to Search for a Job
If you are serious about finding a job, it is entirely possible that your search may extend into the holiday season. To many people, conducting a job search during the holidays may seem like a bad idea. After all, employers have other things on their...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 1 CommentHow to Survive and Succeed in Your Job
Working in a company or any organization is often competitive and scary. The reason that it can be so scary is because around you there are so many unknowns, and there is so much information that you do not have access to. Having access to information,...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 3 CommentsThe Importance of Productivity, Focus, and Measurement
When I was in school, I would study at least a couple of hours each day in the library. While there, I noticed that the best students were always very focused. They were not distracted like poorer students were. A poor student looks around and looks...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 7 CommentsA baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother’s womb and usually lands on its back. Within seconds, it rolls over and tucks its legs under its body. From this position it considers the world for the first time. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 2 CommentsKeep 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...
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