Do Not Create Too Many Rules

One of the biggest mistakes people make when they are looking for a job, working in a job and in life is this: They have too many rules.

• They have rules about the jobs they can apply for.
• They have rules about how they apply for jobs.
• They have rules about where they can apply for jobs.
• They have rules about whether they will or will not use recruiters.
• They have rules about how many jobs they apply for.
• They have rules about the type of work they will do.
• They have rules about the hours they will work.
• They have rules about the wages they will start making.
• They have rules about the sort of health insurance they need to receive.
• They have rules about the reputation of the employer they are working for.
• They have rules about the diversity of the employer they are working for.
• They have rules about the challenge of the job they are working in.
• They have rules about the vacation policies their employer should offer.
• They have rules about the challenge their job should offer.
• They have rules about the sorts of people they will be working with.
• They have rules about the style of the people they will be working with.
• They have rules about the accomplishments that people they work with should have.
• They have rules about the academic degrees the people they work with should have.
• They have rules about the material possessions the people they work with should have.
• They have rules about the neighborhoods the people they work with should live in.
• They have rules about whether or not the people they work with should have families.
• They have rules about the organizations the people they work with should belong to.
• The have rules about the race the people they work with should be.

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Create Rules that Make You Feel Successful, Not Unsuccessful

I attended a private high school named Cranbrook-Kingswood. There was a lot of competition to get accepted. A couple of years before I started there, the founder of Little Caesar’s Pizza, Mike Ilitch, made a large donation to the school with instructions to build an indoor hockey rink. Mike loved hockey, and his son had also been very good at the sport. I believe he may have also “required” the school, as part of his gift, to have an exceptional hockey team. The school went out and recruited the best hockey players from all over the [Read more]