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Push Yourself Outside Your Comfort Zone
About ten years ago, an attorney who had been practicing about seven or eight years longer than me purchased his first house. I remember congratulating him on the purchase, and his response shocked me at the time: “I am very happy with the house. ...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 1 CommentToday I would like to share with you one of my favorite quotes. This quote is something that can change your life forever if you adopt the incredible power of it in your life: I will persist until I succeed. In the Orient young bulls are tested for the...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 5 CommentsFocus on Doing – and Stop Talking about Those Who Are Doing
Throughout my career I have learned that there are generally two types of people out there: First, there are those who are out there doing this or that and making things happen. These people typically put in years to perfect their craft, whether they...
Filed under Advancement, Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 8 CommentsGetting Referrals from Powerful People (We All Know Someone)
When I was practicing law at a major Los Angeles law firm several years ago, something happened that was difficult for me to believe. The firm where I worked employed some of the top law school graduates in the United States. For example, in the year...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 7 CommentsBeing Against Something – and Your Job Search
When I was in college, I decided to start an anti-drug and alcohol-abuse organization. I affiliated with a giant group called BACCHUS (Better Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students), and one year I got funding in the amount...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 20 CommentsImmanuel Kant and What Good Hiring Managers Should Look For
Many people who make hiring decisions really do not know what they are doing. In fact, they often make mistake after mistake when hiring. They put too much emphasis on skills and experience. They are overly impressed with interviewing skills. They...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured Leave a CommentNow Is the Best Opportunity You Will Ever Have
Take a moment and look over your shoulder. What do you see? If you look closer, you will realize there is something quite sinister looming there: your own mortality. You are going to die. You might die today, next week, a year from now, or 75 years from...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 2 CommentsWhen I was around sixteen years old, growing up in Detroit, my mother’s boyfriend for several years was a tugboat (also known as a towboat) captain. Since the job was unionized, my mother was always trying to interest me in this as a good long-term...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 3 CommentsDo Your Job Search on Heavy Ground
For the past several years I have been interacting with people who are looking for jobs on a daily basis. I have also been working with recruiters, who find people jobs. After many years of working with various people, it often occurs to me that those...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 12 CommentsYou Need to Stand for Something
Today, I read a story in the Washington Post about a girl who recently resigned from West Point and is going to Yale. She resigned from West Point because she is gay and the school will kick her out if it learns that she is gay. Tired of compromising...
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