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To Succeed in Any Job You Need to Create Work
To be denied the right to work is to be denied the right to participate in the society in which we live. It is for this reason that having the opportunity to work is probably the most important part of your existence. Work is not something to be detested;...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 6 CommentsIn 1991 I purchased a four-year old Audi 5000 automobile for $2,500. When the car was new, it had been listed at $40,000. It was really beautiful inside. It had all sorts of electronic controls, powered everything, and it drove incredibly well. In fact,...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 4 CommentsIf you wish to get and excel at a job, one of the most important things you can do for yourself and for your employer is to love what you are doing. When I say, “love what you are doing,” I truly mean it. You must be so passionate about what...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 5 CommentsAbout a year ago, I was sitting in my office and a registered letter arrived for me. The letter was from a large financial institution saying they could no longer lend me funds to provide student loans, and they would stop lending to me within the next...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 15 CommentsCan you be trusted? This is more important than any other single question. Regardless of how motivated you are, regardless of where you went to school, regardless of your work history, if you slip up in this area, you might as well forget about a good...
Filed under Keeping a Job 6 CommentsBe Proactive in Business and in Your Job Search
The gloomy estimates you’ve heard about business failures are not exaggerated. As many as half of all small businesses launched in the United States this year will not be around by the end of next year. These businesses will remain as little more than...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 7 CommentsNever Focus on the Money: Focus on Your Higher Purpose and Contribution
People fail far too often in the working world because they focus too much on the money they earn at their jobs. The money you are paid is generally commensurate with your contribution to something more important, more meaningful, and much larger than...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts 27 CommentsFor a portion of one summer when I was younger, I had a valet job at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club outside of Detroit, Michigan. I worked during the lunch hour and spent most of my time sitting in a small air conditioned shed in a corner of the parking...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 11 CommentsOne of the greatest causes of failure stems from people experiencing success in their careers. Whether it is being given a new title, a raise, a position of increased job security, or other success, people often suddenly decide they have earned the right...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 12 CommentsWe Create Problems So That We Can Grow and Be Happy
When I was 15 years old, my grandmother took me to a Honda motorcycle dealership one day and bought me a moped. I believe it was called an Aero 50. That was one of the greatest days of my life at the time because, for at least the previous few years,...
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