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The Greater Your Purpose, the Greater the Obstacles You Will Face
Several years ago, I had a girlfriend who had an older sister who was nothing short of incredible. She was a world-class swimmer and had set countless records in the state. She had times in swimming that would easily have qualified her for the Olympics,...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 14 CommentsThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
One of the most inspiring people in American history is Benjamin Franklin. Something that very few people realize is that Franklin also wrote what is arguably one of the best self-improvement books ever written, The Biography of Benjamin Franklin....
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 4 CommentsDo Not Be Influenced by Others’ Negative Opinions of You
I have kept a journal for years. Today I opened the journal and found a quote that I had written down on July 4, 2002. I had written this quote down because at the time I had just gotten out of a relationship in which the person I was with had decided...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 8 CommentsYou Are Just Fine the Way You Are
I was sitting in a sales seminar several months ago and a well known sales trainer got up and started speaking to the audience. He is considered by many to be one of the best salespeople in America, and I was hanging on his every word. The man was describing...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 7 CommentsCareer Lessons from Mother Teresa
I have found that by examining the careers of the most successful people out there you can learn a ton of lessons. It does not matter if the person is a business person, a musician, or a religious figure: They all have lessons to teach. While I am not...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 1 CommentOne of the most important things you can do in your career, business, and life is pay attention to details. With very few exceptions, the most successful people I have met always have an extraordinary ability to pay attention to even the smallest details....
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 1 CommentMy Trip to the Playboy Mansion: The Importance of Challenging Convention
A couple of years ago, I received a telephone call from a friend of mine who is a pretty well known business motivational speaker, that he had gotten some tickets to a party at the Playboy Mansion. I figured that there was no way in hell my wife would...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 9 CommentsPicking Up Suicide Victims in a Shanghai River
I watched a chilling story on CNN yesterday about a man who has started a business driving his small motorboat up and down a river outside of Shanghai, finding and picking up suicide victims. He fishes the bodies out of the water (in various states of...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 5 CommentsWorking on Sundays and Concentrating on Your Work
There is a secret to success, common among most successful people out there that I have seen time and time again: working on Sundays. When I was practicing law, the best attorneys were always in on Sundays. When I was a student in college and law school,...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 6 CommentsAmong the many interrelated problems that can occur in an economy are people having not enough work, not enough holidays, not enough benefits, and of course, not enough pay. As disruptive and problematic as these issues may become to people, hands down,...
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