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Planning, Grass Seed, Saunas, and Your Career
We are always fixing things. Always. We are always doing everything within our power to fix this or that, and we are continually trying to improve things because nothing is ever perfect for us. However, one of the biggest explanations for this is that...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 3 CommentsA Textbook of Theosophy, first published in 1912 and among C.W. Leadbeater’s most famous works, describes in a lucid manner the evolution of life, mankind, the planet, and our prime purpose here. Considered one of the greatest occultists of the...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 6 CommentsAthens, Sparta, America and Your Job Search
One of the greatest conflicts in the ancient world was between Athens and Sparta. In fact, the history of ancient Greece was dominated by the conflict between these two different cultures. Both cultures ended up leaving an important legacy to the world. On...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 14 CommentsIn his book, “The Path of Prosperity”, James Allen teaches you how to change your life through the way you think. This book will help you understand how to find peace and prosperity by changing your attitudes and reactions to life’s...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books Leave a CommentSoup Nazis, Insurance Investment Scams, Consumerism and Focusing on the Work
Several years ago, after I had only been a recruiter for around six months, I went out to dinner with a few people. I will never forget the dinner because at the time I was very caught up in recruiting, and was working seven days a week. In fact, all...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 7 CommentsGroup Rules, Walking Off, Suffering, and Your Career
When I was growing up, I lived a few doors down from a very observant Catholic family that had strong opinions about what is right and what is wrong. There was a son around my age whom I liked to play with now and then, but his parents eventually banned...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 13 CommentsSurround Yourself with Positive People
A few years ago I made friends with a guy I met at a self-improvement seminar. It was his second time attending the seminar; apparently he had gotten incredible results the first time around. According to this man, he had lost fifty pounds, had given...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons, Staying Positive 17 CommentsWhen I was growing up, my mother was an investigator with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. Essentially, her job involved listening to various peoples’ complaints alleging they were discriminated against by an employer due to their race, sex,...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 3 CommentsFast Cars, Puppies, Potential, and Building a Life of Meaning
I love to read car magazines. Four or five years ago, I remember reading about how much money Daimler Chrysler was making selling cars that were manufactured with an extra-powerful engine called a HEMI (well before the company went bankrupt). One automobile...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 1 CommentOne of the best sources of jobs out there is government jobs. There are so many sources of government jobs, it is astonishing. Most government jobs are poorly advertised or promoted and receive very few applications. Because they receive so few applications,...
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