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Phony Accident Scenes, Internal Affairs, Racial Discrimination, and Your Career
One Friday evening in 2002, I decided to take a couple of our company’s prized employees out for dinner. We had had an excellent week and morale was pretty high within the company. We typically worked very hard and quite late every night of the...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 1 CommentUse Personal Stories to Connect with an Employer and Get a Job
Whenever I meet a merchant, the biggest question I often have is how much something costs. Lots of merchants refuse to tell you how much something costs until they have shown you what they are selling and all of its various features. Many merchants also...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 1 CommentI am going to share with you a story I have been warned I could go to jail for repeating. More than a decade ago, my ex-wife was working for one of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry and spent most of her time on his Beverly Hills estate....
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 6 CommentsIn the book All I Want Is Everything, Marion Preminger discusses the viewpoint of her husband, a missionary doctor in Africa: “Albert Schweitzer says there are two kinds of people. There are helpers, and there are non-helpers. I thank God he allowed...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Staying Positive 3 CommentsHappiness, Desire, and the Key to Life
One of the most fundamental things that define every human being is desire. We all desire something and we are all defined, for the most part, by that which we desire. In fact, our desires define us more than any other aspect of our lives. Our very days...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 15 CommentsThere is nothing more important to your long-term success than finding and keeping yourself in a healthy environment. I have known so many people out there with incredible talent who insist on remaining in the wrong environment and, consequently, they...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsRelationships, Inefficiency, and Your Career
One of the greatest obstacles for efficient businesses is the influence of relationships. In fact, relationships are sometimes so strong that they can ultimately end up crippling a business. Conversely, some of the greatest powers you personally have...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 3 CommentsYour Career is More Important to You Than Anyone
I went to high school in an area called Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and lived with my father there during high school. Up until ninth grade I had lived in a city called Grosse Pointe, Michigan, which was about an hour’s drive away. Since I had...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 7 CommentsProduction Assistants-and Assessing Your Employer’s Needs
Ninety percent of the people I have ever interviewed as a prospective employer never tried to determine the wants, requirements, and needs of our company. How can someone possibly obtain or do well in a job if he or she does not take the time to understand...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 1 CommentBad Manners, Rumors, and Your Career
One of the risks you face as you progress in your career is rumors. People may make up various falsehoods and share incorrect (usually negative) information about you. These falsehoods can spread like wild fire and can literally destroy your career overnight....
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 4 Comments« PREVIOUS showing 51-60 of 134 NEXT »
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