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Never Worry about What Others Think
Being concerned with what others think is one of the biggest mistakes people make. Rather than focusing on who they want to be and what they want to do, many people live their lives more concerned about how they look to others. Deep down inside you is...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 16 CommentsSeveral years ago a friend called me and encouraged me to interview at his law firm. He told me people at the firm were involved in various movie deals and hobnobbing with movie stars. He told me all of the lawyers were driving around in Porsche convertibles...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 33 CommentsOne of the most popular misconceptions in the world is that those who end up being the most successful somehow achieve this success through shortcuts, not through working hard. Each time someone is able to achieve incredible success without a lot of...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting, How to Succeed, Life Lessons 7 CommentsHow to Talk about Other Interviews in Your Interviews
One of the questions I receive quite often from people I work with is whether or not they should talk about other interviews while they are interviewing with a potential employer. Let me emphasize one thing: This is one of the more important questions...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsThe Importance of Being Well-Liked in Your Job
One of the most persistent problems people in the work world have is their failure to collaborate with, and learn from, their co-workers. Several factors are necessary for success in any job and in advancing your career. Being well liked and collaborating...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 2 CommentsThe Greatest Secret of Billionaires, 95-Year-Old Attorneys and the Retirement Myth
I have been in Las Vegas this week, and a good five or six times, I have heard various people talk about how Steve Wynn does this, or Steve Wynn does that. There is absolutely no question that Wynn is a successful guy, and I would love to go over and...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 9 CommentsWatching for Waste in Your Job
Several years ago I was moving from one house to another, and I hired three day laborers from outside of a U-Haul branch, where I had rented a truck. One of the workers was a man with a strong European accent, who seemed very intense. He worked as fast...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 4 CommentsHow to Survive and Succeed in Your Job
Working in a company or any organization is often competitive and scary. The reason that it can be so scary is because around you there are so many unknowns, and there is so much information that you do not have access to. Having access to information,...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 3 CommentsSmash Through Whatever Ceiling You Are Seeing by Concentrating on Your Largest Reward
When I was about 12 years old I went to look at BMWs with a relative of mine. We spent several hours in the dealership. My relative was trying to figure out if there was a way to get a lower lease payment on the car. Negotiating with the people in the...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 17 CommentsYou Are Not Entitled to Anything
One of the greatest traps people fall into is believing they are entitled to something based on what they have done in the past, or are capable of doing. An even greater problem is believing you are entitled to something for nothing. Incredible as it...
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