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In the book All I Want Is Everything, Marion Preminger discusses the viewpoint of her husband, a missionary doctor in Africa: “Albert Schweitzer says there are two kinds of people. There are helpers, and there are non-helpers. I thank God he allowed...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Staying Positive 3 CommentsHappiness, Desire, and the Key to Life
One of the most fundamental things that define every human being is desire. We all desire something and we are all defined, for the most part, by that which we desire. In fact, our desires define us more than any other aspect of our lives. Our very days...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 15 CommentsHow to Count in Your Career and Life
Most people don’t count in the world. In fact, almost all people in the world don’t count. They are born, they grow, and they die. Their lives are quickly forgotten after they die and the world is no different for them having been there. Have...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 11 CommentsHow You Handle Chaos Will Determine Your Success or Failure
Yesterday, I received a telephone call at 9:00 am from an employee who had been working for a recruiting company of ours for less than 72 hours and was giving notice before boarding an airplane. We had brought this particular employee out to work for...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 8 CommentsYour Career is More Important to You Than Anyone
I went to high school in an area called Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and lived with my father there during high school. Up until ninth grade I had lived in a city called Grosse Pointe, Michigan, which was about an hour’s drive away. Since I had...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 7 CommentsProduction Assistants-and Assessing Your Employer’s Needs
Ninety percent of the people I have ever interviewed as a prospective employer never tried to determine the wants, requirements, and needs of our company. How can someone possibly obtain or do well in a job if he or she does not take the time to understand...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 1 CommentYou Do Not Need to Escape to Get the Life You Want
I love sports cars. For as long as I can remember, I have been unable to drive by an exotic car dealership without stopping, going inside, and looking at the cars. My wife hates this about me, and she generally stays in the car. In most big cities there...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 7 CommentsGravitate Towards People and Organizations That Appear to Have Good Luck
The Rothchilds have another maxim: “Never do anything with an unlucky man or place.” That is to say, never have anything to do with a man or place which never succeeds, because, although a man may appear honest and intelligent, yet if he tries...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 12 CommentsI read this book some time back and I’d like to share it with you. The Power of Concentration by Theron Dumont is an incredibly interesting book and has lots of useful information on the immense powers of concentration and exercises on concentration. —-Harrison The...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books Leave a CommentFive Gallons of Soup: Are You a Moving-Away-From or a Moving-Toward Sort of Person?
When I was a freshman in college, one of my older fraternity brothers once dumped a giant pail of soup over my head while I was eating dinner. This was during my “pledge” period when I was in the process of joining the fraternity. Each of...
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