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The Importance of Productivity, Focus, and Measurement
When I was in school, I would study at least a couple of hours each day in the library. While there, I noticed that the best students were always very focused. They were not distracted like poorer students were. A poor student looks around and looks...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 7 CommentsPlan for Success – Not Failure
When I was younger, there was a restaurant on Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, that used to offer people a percentage off the price of their meals equal to a person’s age, on the person’s birthday each year. So, on your 25th birthday,...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsOnce You Achieve Success, Savor and Enjoy It to the Fullest
I have certain habits and ways of thinking about the world that are the right ways, at least for me: If I make a friend, I do everything within my power to keep the friendship going and to stay close to the person. If I get a book, I always read and...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 5 CommentsStolen License Plate Tags, Unlawful Arrests, Hookers, Drug Dealers, and Looking for the Positive
During my summers in college, I rented an apartment in a really bad neighborhood of Detroit. When I say it was a bad neighborhood, I am not exaggerating. Right in front of my window, hookers literally walked back and forth on Jefferson Avenue. It was...
Filed under Featured, Staying Positive 10 CommentsSympathy, Morale, and the Importance of Being Organized
In every job I have ever had, I have been happy for the most part. When I was an attorney, for example, I liked many aspects of being an attorney. When I worked in the asphalt business, I loved many aspects of that business. Most people are able to find...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 43 CommentsCarpenters, Fancy French Restaurants, Backstage, and Your Career
One of my favorite stories is about a man who has a creak in his house. For years he has tried one way or another to fix the creak, but every single time he walks through the old house it still makes that annoying squeaky sound. No one has ever been able...
Filed under Staying Positive 8 CommentsExpose Yourself to Pain in Your Job Search
When I was growing up, I did not have any friends whose parents were attorneys. In fact, I did not really know any attorneys until I got to college. A girlfriend of mine at that time had a friend whose stepfather was an attorney. I met him during my senior...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 2 CommentsThe Power of Resistance in Your Career and Life
Every single day in business and in our personal and family lives, most of us face difficult choices. One of the hardest things to do in life is to resist pursuits of immediate gratification. However, the more we resist immediate gratification, the more...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 14 CommentsBe Content and Happy with Where You Are
When I was about 16 years old, I purchased a book that was a translation of old Buddhist teachings and Zen tales. I lost track of this book long ago; however, much of its content was quite memorable. I remember one simple story in particular that had...
Filed under Featured, Staying Positive 7 CommentsBeing Nice Makes Good Business Sense
Several years ago I was getting ready to interview with a law firm in New York. It was my first interview ever as a law student and I was pretty nervous. I was trying to get on an elevator as the door was closing and I saw a woman rushing toward it. I...
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