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Instead of Seeking Praise, Seek Criticism
Several years ago, I had a girlfriend who would fly off the handle at the slightest criticism. It didn’t matter who was criticizing her. She would call people ugly, smelly, short–whatever attack she could muster in response to what she perceived...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 2 CommentsHarness the Power of Your Subconscious Mind to Get a Job and Improve Your Career
I know of so many people who fail to get jobs and, ultimately, do not have good careers because they keep their minds cluttered with things that have nothing to do with their job search. I have wanted to write for some time about how to harness the subconscious...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 9 CommentsNever Worry about What Others Think
Being concerned with what others think is one of the biggest mistakes people make. Rather than focusing on who they want to be and what they want to do, many people live their lives more concerned about how they look to others. Deep down inside you is...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 16 CommentsHow to Choose Recruiters, Executive Search, and Recruitment Agencies (and How They Work)
When you go to most job sites, the majority of advertisements you will typically see will be from recruiters. However, despite so many recruiter advertisements clogging job sites, recruiters are one of the most popular (and most misunderstood) ways of...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsIn our job searches and careers, there are a variety of forces that can hold us back. However, in almost every single case, the thing that can hold us back more than anything is ourselves and our own minds. In fact, your brain and what it’s doing–how...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 3 CommentsThe Dangers of Getting Jobs Through Friends and Family
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure. –Tacitus (c. 55-120 A.D.) “Oh, I already have a friend there. I’ll just contact her.” In the legal recruiting realm, this...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsThe Importance of Your Sense of Self
Once, when I was around 17 years old, I was sitting in a car with a friend of mine, waiting for another group of kids. My friend was very wealthy and by this age had already inherited several million dollars–and he was very arrogant about this....
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Staying Positive 23 CommentsWhy You Should Work Weekends and Holidays
I cannot tell you how many people have ruined their careers by having the wrong attitude when it comes to working weekends and holidays. Although you may consider your work just a job, if you send this message to your superiors, you will be in trouble...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 7 CommentsInduction, Deduction, and Your Career
When you look at the way something has been in the past to draw conclusions about the way something always will be, or always is, you are using inductive reasoning. A standard example of induction would be: All grass examined thus far is green. This...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World Leave a CommentUse Your Emotion Instead of Being a Critic
When I was an attorney, I stopped going out to lunch with other attorneys during the day. The reason was not that I was not hungry. Instead, I stopped going out to lunch because just about everyone I worked with would want to dedicate the lunch to a...
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