How to Succeed

How to Succeed

Are You Visual, Auditory, or Kinesthetic?

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You have probably heard before that people tend to be visual, auditory, or kinesthetic. In my experience, this is true and it is something you can generally pick up on within just a few minutes of meeting the average person. Understanding whether or not...

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Understand Your Secret Wealth

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Several years ago, I was interested in purchasing a printing company in Chatsworth, California. The company was in the business of printing various knickknacks like branded luggage tags, stickers, refrigerator magnets, pens with logos, and the like. At...

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How Much Do You Want Your Dream?

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I live on the beach in Malibu, California, on a cliff overlooking the ocean. I have a fairly large lot for the area and regularly rent out my house and lot for weddings, television shows, model shoots, and that sort of thing. I enjoy this. It is fun...

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Rules, Your Nature, and Your Career

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I went into the basement today, and without realizing it, I pulled out an old list of goals and rules I created for myself around 15 years ago. I remember writing them down as I was completing a yearlong clerkship with a federal judge and preparing to...

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Mass Forces

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I love meeting successful businesspeople and entrepreneurs who have managed to consistently flourish in whatever they do.  They all seem to share the same gift: They understand where the forces of the market are headed before others do, and they tap...

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Steve Jobs Was an Asshole

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I once hired someone who formerly worked directly for Steve Jobs (when Jobs was young). This person was happy to tell anyone who would listen in no uncertain terms what an asshole he thought Jobs was and how much everyone disliked him. He made statements...

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Area 51 in Nebraska, Suicides, and the Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others

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During my last year of law school, I was walking back from class one day and passed an old apartment I had lived in during my first year of law school.  Wearing shorts and no shirt, a classmate of mine was crouched outside against a wall in the fetal...

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Consistency and Commitment Beat Brilliance and Talent

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When I was growing up in Detroit, I went to school with kids whose parents were the Chief Executive Officers of major auto companies and were in other high level roles. Sometimes I would turn on the television and see the same men I’d eaten dinner...

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Meg Whitman’s Greatest Achievement, Networks and Your Career

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A few years ago a woman who was working for me sent me a long letter asking for an extreme raise—four times what I was currently paying her. Without going into too much detail, the woman was incredibly accomplished and had a background that was absolutely...

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The Importance of Fitting In

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The ability to fit into your work environment is among the most important parts of obtaining and retaining a job, even more so than your skill level. Fitting in means nothing more than being comfortable in one’s work environment, and making others similarly comfortable. Employers want to hire people who will embrace their approach to business and the world on physical and moral levels, so you must strive to fit in with their worldview.

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