The Best Way to Land a Job These Days
Job boards, applications, resumes. Oh. My. Stories from the front lines tell us that the traditional way of finding a job is pretty well broken. The …
This Ought To Do It
I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can’t find anybody who can tell me …
Chasing Career Specters
In every industry or profession there is a mythical, ideal character we feel compelled to emulate. If we want to get a good job, get …
A Leadership Power Tool
Often the greatest gifts we can give another is to listen to them. Just listen and give acknowledgments (nods, “yeses,” and occasional brief recaps of …
Success Is a Way, Not a Goal
The sages tell us to have goals but not attach to them. They warn us that having too much focus on our goals comes from some subtle …
Waiting Not Required
We don’t have to wait until we are experts before starting something new. Most successful people figured it out along the way. You can, too. …
The Greatest Source of Failure
The greatest source of failure is not a lack of talent, capital, or ideas. And it’s not politics or the lack of opportunities. The source …
Enough
When will we have enough? Never. It’s not because we have a psychological problem. It’s because–as soon as we reach any level of achievement–we will …
No Matter; Fun
No matter how important the situation, much more gets done much better when we do it with fun and not, as we’ve been conditioned believe, …
Habits That No Longer Work
Many of our habits come from decisions we made as children. These decisions might include being shy or outgoing or being passive or forceful. They …