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Do Not Ever Be Afraid to Broadcast Your Value
One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote: “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” A similar quote is this: “Build a better mousetrap, fail to advertise it or let people know about...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 3 CommentsAllow People around You to Feel and Believe Whatever They Want
When I was about nine years old, I was driving down the street with a relative and we saw a huge, pale man who was walking down the side of the road flipping off cars and screaming at them. The man didn’t have a shirt on and seemed extremely...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 6 CommentsIf You Want to Earn More, You Need to Be Worth More
Your financial requirements and what you would like to earn have nothing to do with what you are worth in the market. In running my various organizations, I have hired superstars from the very best universities with the very best work histories who ended...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 5 CommentsTreating Your Career Like a Small Business
No one seems to take the time to consider that their careers are businesses. Your career is no different than any small business. You have a product (you) that you’re selling to your audience (your employer). You need to run your career exactly...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Goal Setting 4 CommentsThe Sun Does Not Always Shine Forever
One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard was: “The sun does not always shine forever.” I don’t remember who the person was, or even when I heard it, but the words were so powerful I will never forget them. What this meant to me was...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsA year or so ago I was at a wedding, and a very successful doctor started talking to me. I was very impressed with this doctor and already knew of him through several people before our meeting. He was involved in some fascinating and cutting-edge research...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 7 CommentsYou Need to Stop Competing and Seeing Differences Between You and Others
If you are looking for a job, trying to improve in your current job, or simply wish to experience a better life, there’s one thing you need to do: You need to be friends with everyone you meet in business, and stop competing and seeing differences....
Filed under Advancement, Featured 1 CommentDo Not Be Immobilized in Your Job Search
Several years ago, I was sitting in my office and the most amazing candidate came across my desk. The attorney had a degree in a hard science discipline from a school like CalTech or MIT (I believe it was physics), had gone to a good law school,...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsConcentrate on the Process, Not the Results
Some time ago, I was listening to a seminar about a company that was in the furniture business. This company decided that because it was doing so well, it should expand into the piano business, and also sell pianos. They went out and purchased a Steinway...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 8 Comments« PREVIOUS showing 11-19 of 19
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