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There is a famous story about Charles Darwin hiking through the countryside in England with his friend: “There’s an abundance of clover here,” observed Darwin. “This district must have many widows.” The two strolled on, Darwin enjoying the country...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 1 CommentAlways Ask and Observe: “How Long Have People Been Around?”
There is one very easy and almost fail-safe way to evaluate companies, individuals, and various groups of people. It can save you a tremendous amount of worry in business deals and it can also ensure that you end up working in places that are likely...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 21 CommentsThe most productive state you can be in is when you are “awakened” in a way that drives you toward a goal with an almost unstoppable “fire in the belly.” People who experience this awakening have an enthusiasm within them that moves them in...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentWhen I was growing up in Grosse Pointe, a suburb outside of Detroit, I lived on a street where all of the other families were married, and my mother was the only single mother on the street. At some point it became clear to me that the other families...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 5 CommentsCommon Sense: How to Exercise It
“Enthusiasm is as brittle as crystal, but common sense is durable as brass.” Blanchard Yorimoto-Tashi, one of the greatest statesmen that Japan has ever produced, presents some of his precepts in his book Common Sense: How To Exercise It. To...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 4 CommentsMy first job out of law school was working for the area’s only federal district judge in a small courthouse in northern Michigan. The courthouse was in a post office building, and to get inside of the courthouse, you needed to pass through an x-ray...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 2 CommentsOne day several years ago, I was sitting in my office in Los Angeles when two barefooted women walked in. Their feet were dirty, and I can assure you, it is not normal for women to walk around downtown Los Angeles without shoes. Both of the women had...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 5 CommentsPrank Phone Calls, Accountability and Your Career
When I was growing up, like many kids my age, my friends and I discovered the joys of making prank phone calls. We never did anything all that serious. We might call a girl from our class and talk in a funny voice, for example. The most serious phone...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 5 CommentsSeveral years ago I realized that there was something horribly wrong with my life during the Super Bowl. I was watching the game on television with my fiancé at the time and noticed that there was a van parked far off in the distance. I could not concentrate...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons Leave a CommentPlanning, Grass Seed, Saunas, and Your Career
We are always fixing things. Always. We are always doing everything within our power to fix this or that, and we are continually trying to improve things because nothing is ever perfect for us. However, one of the biggest explanations for this is that...
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