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In analyzing her success and downfall, a recent article about Lindsay Lohan in Vanity Fair discussed how she really was a great actress but put herself into competition with those much lesser than herself in the Los Angeles social scene: “She became...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentAre You Motivated by Information, People, Activities, Things or Places?
Most people are motivated by either information, people, activities, things, or places. You are probably focused on one of these as well, and this explains why some people interest you, and others you find boring. This also explains why you hit it off...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 6 CommentsThe Butterfly Effect, Pacifiers, and Interconnectedness
I am in my late 30s and I keep seeing all of these women who are around my age, or a little bit older, getting plastic surgery. Yesterday, one woman I know, who is pretty famous, sent me a link to an online video of her being interviewed on a national...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 3 CommentsBad Dancing, Submitting, and Surrendering
When I was in college, I used to hate going to parties where there was a lot of dancing. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid it. If I took a girl to a party and she insisted on dancing, I would generally have one of my friends dance with her because...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentWhy You Should Never Miss a Company Holiday Party or Invitation to Your Boss’s Home
A few years ago, I spoke with a man (now retired) who had worked in a large corporation for forty years and in his last twenty years, he basically did nothing. He was paid very well and was more or less forgotten—doing very little of anything. He would...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 4 CommentsThought-Force In Business and Everyday Life
“Thought-Force In Business and Everyday Life” by William Atkinson is an extremely interesting book that talks about personal magnetism, the quality of attracting and influencing people around us. Success in life, according to Atkinson,...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books Leave a CommentImitation, Our Parents, and Transference
Several years ago, I was at dinner with a man and his wife, both of whom used to work for an advertising company that did business with Ralph Lauren. Since Lauren was their main account, they had spent years getting to know him and his staff and observing...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 3 CommentsNever Try to Be Someone Different from Who You Are
A few years ago, the Dean of the law school I attended took me out to lunch. He was in town because his son was attending a math camp. He told me his son absolutely loved math and the Dean was nurturing his skill. Reflecting on his son’s math...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 10 CommentsChoose an Employer Who Is Marching Forward
There are generally two types of employers in this world: the employer who is marching forward and the employer who is in retreat. There is also a third type of employer (for whom nothing is changing) that merits some discussion as well. However, for...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 5 CommentsThe Graduate, Andrew Carnegie, and Finding Positive Economic Currents
In the 1967 movie The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman plays a young, recent college graduate, Ben. At a party, Ben is congratulated by his family and their friends: Guests: We’re all so proud of you, proud, proud, proud, proud, proud, proud, proud. What...
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