Some of the happiest, most well adjusted, and most effective people I know are also people who have a profound ability to disconnect from their work. They can disconnect rapidly and put themselves in another state of mind which does not involve work. People who come to mind include Richard Branson, who set records in balloons, captains of industry who leisurely golf their days away, men in bars who slap each others’ backs while drinking martinis and making deals, or CEO’s of companies in their early 60s who... [Read the full story]
What You Will Learn Employing unusual tactics in your job search may prove to be far more helpful than following the old route of waiting for positions to be announced. Open positions mean far more competition and a very high number of people applying for the same job. Use of well-planned or even entirely unusual moves can result in conquering goals without tremendous losses. For the past several years I have been interacting with people who are looking for jobs on a daily basis. I have also been working with recruiters,... [Read the full story]
One of the greatest things you can do for yourself is to learn from every single experience you have ever had. Each and every day you are having experiences, and you choose what to do with them. The wisest people are the ones who see every experience as an opportunity to learn. Smart people can transform even the smallest experiences into lessons that drive them to become better at everything they undertake in the future. You, too, can learn from your experiences and, in so doing, benefit tremendously. In every... [Read the full story]
One of the biggest secrets in marketing is the more relevant your communication, the more willing people are to respond. You can read and study everything you want about marketing, but if you are not communicating with relevance to your audience, nothing else really matters. When you apply for a job, or when you work for someone, you need to make your communication as relevant as possible. I’d like to tell you a quick story about someone I hired four years ago who communicated to me with relevance. One day, I received... [Read the full story]
About a year ago, I was sitting in my office and a registered letter arrived for me. The letter was from a large financial institution saying they could no longer lend me funds to provide student loans, and they would stop lending to me within the next four weeks. I had grown my student loan company into a large business over the previous few years and was doing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans annually. From my office, I looked out and saw at least 10 very nice people whom I liked a great deal sitting at their... [Read the full story]
There is a secret to being an outstanding performer in any job and getting more raises, more recognition, and more responsibility. The secret is to be 100 percent focused on your... [Read more]
What You Will Learn When you stop thinking about yourself in business and concentrate on the needs of others, you begin to do well. In business you should never focus on just... [Read more]
Can you be trusted? This is more important than any other single question. Regardless of how motivated you are, regardless of where you went to school, regardless of your work... [Read more]
Some of the happiest, most well adjusted, and most effective people I know are also people who have a profound ability to disconnect from their work. They can disconnect rapidly... [Read more]
People fail far too often in the working world because they focus too much on the money they earn at their jobs. The money you are paid is generally commensurate... [Read more]
What You Will Learn Understand your role in shaping your world, the people in it, and the occurrences related to it. Strongly believe what you wish... [Read more]
What You Will Learn If you can believe in something it is quite possible that you can achieve it – think positive. You need to believe religiously... [Read more]
What You Will Learn You can only reach your full potential when you are willing to forget what you know and start from scratch. Changing completely... [Read more]
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