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Napolean Hill’s Think and Grow Rich is probably, in my opinion, the best career book ever written.While the subject of the book deals with earning money, the book itself is actually about much, much more.The book deals with how to use your...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 1 CommentInsider Trading, Ponzi Schemes, and Making the Most of Your Assets
One kind of story that probably will forever be a part of the news is the kind of story concerning various arrests and criminal prosecutions for insider trading, Ponzi schemes, and so forth. When these arrests have occurred, whether we are talking about...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 1 CommentIt might not seem like it at first glance, but truly, there are more resources to find jobs than you could ever take advantage of. In fact, despite having been in the career business for more than ten years, I discover new sources of jobs on a daily...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, How to Succeed Leave a CommentWhen I was growing up, I used to spend most weekends with my father. Like most fathers I knew, my dad loved to watch sports. Football was always on during the season, and he always seemed most interested in college sports. I have always been amazed by...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting, How to Succeed 1 CommentExternal Sources and False Conflict
When I was growing up, I always noticed a fascinating thing with my elder stepsister and many of the girls I knew. As I grew older, I saw my girlfriends repeat this pattern. Once a girl would get a boyfriend, and as the girl started spending less time...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 4 CommentsProtect Your Reputation at All Costs
“A risk to reputation is a threat to the survival of the enterprise.” -Peter J. Firestein I read an article once about Blackstone executive David Blitzer, whose father-in-law he once charged with trying to shake him down for $7.5 million. The man...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 9 CommentsThe Creative Process in the Individual
Thomas Troward’s The Creative Process in the Individual, is a multilayered book in which the author presents to the reader an interesting sequence of actions beginning with the creation of the earth. It is explained in this book how these actions...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books Leave a CommentIn analyzing her success and downfall, a recent article about Lindsay Lohan in Vanity Fair discussed how she really was a great actress but put herself into competition with those much lesser than herself in the Los Angeles social scene: “She became...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentWomen and Men, Planning, and Unemployment
In my days of practicing law, some of the other young male associates were extremely secretive about sharing their personal lives with anyone in the firm. There were two things they did not necessarily want everybody to know about: Whether they were...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 4 CommentsAre You Motivated by Information, People, Activities, Things or Places?
Most people are motivated by either information, people, activities, things, or places. You are probably focused on one of these as well, and this explains why some people interest you, and others you find boring. This also explains why you hit it off...
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