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The 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...
Filed under Advancement, Featured Leave a CommentWhen you see a fight occurring between any two people (or groups of people), it is always the case that one side believes it is right about something and that the other side is therefore wrong. It could be a disagreement over a political or territorial...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 2 CommentsMaking Others Aware of Your Weaknesses Can Make You More Trusted
Several years ago I was on vacation with my wife in Paris and was trying on shoes and found a pair of dress shoes that I really liked a lot. I had never seen a pair of shoes like this before and they were extremely comfortable. After trying them...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed Leave a CommentDo What You Want to Do, Not What You Think You Should Do
I know two men who worked in New York City, each of whom made millions of dollars and immediately quit their jobs, taking up completely different careers as gas station owners in New Jersey. I learned about one of these men when I was in college, and...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 2 CommentsColonic Hydrotherapy and the Need for Variety
A few years ago, I was invited by Tony Robbins to his resort in Fiji to discuss the job market. I had a good time and spent about a week there. The only thing I didn’t like about the resort, however, was the quality of the gym. Tony had a personal...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 8 CommentsWhen I first started selling asphalt repair services door-to-door, I heard one response an awful lot: “Let me think about it!” In fact, I heard this so often it became tiresome after a while. I could speak with 100 people in an evening and...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentEliot Spitzer, Your Dark Side and Being Calm
I had a very disturbing experience several months ago and I am almost reluctant to talk about it because it was so disturbing. I am hesitant because I recognize that your natural response might be to assume I am a little aberrated for being in the situation...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsFrederic Van Rensselaer Dey’s The Magic Story first appeared in 1990 and created an immediate sensation worldwide. The book is in two parts and the author has remarkably woven the fundamental principles of the ‘New Thought Movement’,...
Filed under Self Improvement Books 1 CommentThe Importance of Creating and Maintaining Value
One of the questions that has bothered me for most of my life is this: “Why don’t certain people succeed?” The reason this question has bothered me so much is because I frequently see certain people around me who have achieved incredible...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsYou Need to Be Self-Managing and Responsible
Several years ago our company was operating in downtown Los Angeles. At less than a year old, the company was very small at the time; however, the people I was working with were nothing short of extraordinary: I had one computer programmer who had gone...
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