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The Graduate, Andrew Carnegie, and Finding Positive Economic Currents
In the 1967 movie The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman plays a young, recent college graduate, Ben. At a party, Ben is congratulated by his family and their friends: Guests: We’re all so proud of you, proud, proud, proud, proud, proud, proud, proud. What...
Filed under Advancement, Featured Leave a CommentYou Need to Be Seen as the Cure
Since I live on the ocean, whenever I look out the window the first things I generally see are surfers, people on jet skis, and so forth. After years of watching at a distance, and without my personally having any ability to stay standing on a surfboard,...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 4 CommentsThe Importance of Endorsements, References and Getting Others to Cheer for You
As a legal recruiter, one of the things I spent a lot of time doing was writing long, in-depth letters on behalf of my candidates. In many cases these letters would be over 10 pages long. The letters would contain discussions of the candidate’s...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 2 CommentsVested Interests: Ask Yourself, “Does This Really Serve Me?”
One thing you often find is that there seem to be a great number of people out in the world whose chosen business is to make your life and circumstances, whatever they may be, seem much worse than they are. In fact, in your day-to-day life, you are probably...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 2 CommentsYou 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 CommentsWhenever I speak to other business owners and ask them how they are doing, one thing I hear over and over is the following: “Things are going well and we are expanding.” In fact, I hear this statement so often, it is difficult to believe....
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed Leave a CommentUse the Power of a Motivating Force and Routine to Drive You Forward
Every time I have met someone who is extraordinarily successful, I have always taken an interest in finding out how the person became so successful. It may take me a few weeks of knowing the person, or a few months, but I am generally able to get the...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 1 CommentA strange misconception among many people, especially professionals, is that there is something wrong with selling. When I talk about selling, I am referring to any number of sales activities: Selling yourself in an interview Selling yourself in a cover...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Goal Setting 2 CommentsScientific Advertising By Claude Hopkins
Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins is one of my favorite books. It is a classic book and something that many people I know who are extremely successful have claimed as the source of their success. The book was the first popular book to talk about...
Filed under Self Improvement Books Leave a CommentAre You More Motivated by the Opinions of Others-or Your Own?
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I found myself spending the occasional Saturday or Sunday going to Beverly Hills with a girlfriend to look in clothing stores. One of the stores that I usually ended up in was a store like Barneys, which carries both...
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