Planning, 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 we often fail to plan and obtain more information before we act on anything. This puts us in a situation where we end up having to do some clean-up of sorts, or worse yet, all-out damage control. In contrast, the people who plan properly and who relentlessly seek out information seem to be the ones who do the best in everything.
- They spend less time fixing what they have already done.
- They do not worry about things breaking.
- They put their energy into new projects instead of old ones.
- There are fewer kinks along [Read more]
Eliot 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 in the first place; however, I am human and must admit that at times I do find myself in situations that are a bit odd. This was one of the stranger situations I have encountered, and it really threw me into a tailspin. For several years a friend of mine, [Read more]
We Create Problems So That We Can Grow and Be Happy
When I was 15 years old, my grandmother took me to a Honda motorcycle dealership one day and bought me a moped. I believe it was called an Aero 50. That was one of the greatest days of my life at the time because, for at least the previous few years, I had been lobbying my parents for a moped and they had never gotten me one. Then, one Friday, my grandmother came over and I tried the same lobbying approach on her, and by Saturday afternoon, I was riding a new moped. When I got [Read more]
The Milgram Experiment, Submission to Authority, Your Life, and Career
The world is, quite simply, a jungle. You have your strong species and your weak species. You have your strong people and your weak people. Strong people impose their will on the weak and make the weak act in ways that benefit the strong. In the animal kingdom, for example, the strong apes have access to the best mates, the most food, and the best lifestyle. The weaker apes fear them. The stronger apes are strong based on their ability to intimidate and impose their will on the weaker apes, their [Read more]
Charlemagne, the Roman Empire, and the Importance of Good Leadership
Over the past several years I have become fascinated with leaders and entrepreneurs and what makes them successful. The power of an entrepreneur or leader — to take an idea, unite people around it, and create a long-functioning and successful organization — is profound. When organizations are experiencing a decline, a good leader can turn things around. When a company is starting up, a good leader can make it successful. In fact, the leader of a nation can profoundly shape its outcome. I have no doubt that many large companies and other organizations have been saved by the [Read more]
Moses, Great Religious Figures, the Wilderness, and Your Career
On a Christmas vacation over ten years ago, I went home to Detroit from Los Angeles, where I was practicing law at the time. I was taking a 10-day vacation. Over the course of those ten days, I found myself having trouble getting to sleep every night. When I did get to sleep, I would wake up in the middle of the night and have a difficult time getting back to sleep. All I could think about was how much I disliked my job and the work I was doing. I could not get it off my mind and I [Read more]
How to Use Newspaper Classified Ads and Newspaper Help Wanted Ads to Look for Jobs
Historically, the best place to look for jobs was in the newspaper help wanted ads. In fact, newspapers were largely supported by revenue from help wanted ads until recently. The stories you have likely heard about various newspapers closing down and/or experiencing severe financial problems have been caused not only by declining circulation but also by a massive exodus of employers posting jobs online instead of in the newspaper. Up until around 2000, the only place that it really made sense to look for jobs was in newspaper classified ads. If you were living in Dallas and wanted [Read more]
How to Find Teaching Jobs, Education Jobs and School Jobs
Regardless of what you do, the odds are that you could potentially get a job teaching. If you have significant professional experience in a field (or even not that significant professional experience), you are likely qualified to teach. Education is a gigantic industry and there are a ton of potential education-related employers that you can work for.
- You can teach in public or private schools.
- You can teach in colleges or universities.
- You can teach at vocational schools.
- You can teach at for-profit educational institutions.
- You can teach inside companies (companies have jobs for “trainers”)
Going into teaching can be an excellent choice if you are interested in going in a different direction in your career. One of [Read more]
How to Find Public Interest Jobs and Nonprofit Jobs
If you have a passion for a certain issue, such as civil rights, the environment, helping the poor, or animals, public interest can be an excellent career choice. In public interest you will be working with others who share a passion for an issue like you do. In addition, you will be making a difference in your chosen field. People who work in the public interest find a tremendous sense of satisfaction that they are making a difference to their careers. When you work for most companies, you are helping the company and its stock holders make money. [Read more]
How to Find Government Jobs (How to Find Federal Government Jobs, How to Find State Government Jobs, How to Find County Government Jobs, and How to Find City Government Jobs)
One of the best sources of jobs out there is government jobs. There are so many sources of government jobs, it is astonishing. Most government jobs are poorly advertised or promoted and receive very few applications. Because they receive so few applications, they are much easier to get in most cases than private sector jobs. In addition, most people have no idea how to find government jobs because they are “hidden” on a variety of government websites that most people never check (or do not even know about). I am going to tell you how to find these “hidden” government jobs. No discussion of government jobs would be complete without me offering a few praises of them as well. Compared to the private sector, government jobs generally
- Have more employment security,
- Offer better healthcare benefits,
- Award better pensions and/or retirement benefits,
