The Importance of Asking the Right Questions, Self-Improvement, and Perception
Your perceptions of the world determine your reactions, and your reactions in turn determine your destiny. External factors do not…
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Run Your Career Based on Facts and Statistics – Not Opinions
Rely on facts and statistics rather than opinions; when you depend on mere opinions, you inevitably face disastrous consequences. You…
Show Value, Do Not Expect Value
In this article Harrison discusses the importance of focusing all your energies on creating value for others. When your focus…
Choose Your Negotiations Wisely
Everything is negotiable, and thus it is important that you choose your negotiations wisely. First, judge your negotiating environment and…
Alpha Pygmy Goats, Unreasonably Optimistic Russian Attorneys and Setting High Expectations for Yourself
You can become whatever you want depending on your state of mind. You can reach as high as you want,…
Rap Stars, House Managers, Crystal Meth, Prison, and Your Ego
People are naturally interested in being the best, or at least better than those around them, at the things in…
The Most Valuable Work Is Work That Repeats Itself
Repeat work is always more valuable to you than one-offs, however well-paid they may be. Companies succeed or fail depending…
The Importance of Discipline
You cannot achieve anything in life by just thinking about it; you must get out there and consistently do work…
Trust Your Intuition in Your Career and Life
Many people have intuitions about areas in which they would like to improve or things that they would like to…
Our Habits Determine the Outcome of Our Lives
Bad habits will cause you to fail at things at which you should succeed. Develop habits that empower you rather…