Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Navigating My Middle Passage
From Chasing the Almighty Dollar to Finding Meaning and Purpose in Mid-Life
When I was in my 30s I had a well paid sales and sales training position. I worked hard and made good money. In fact, most of my waking efforts were devoted to increasing [...]
My Two Cents On Sheryl Sandberg And “Lean In”
Sheryl Sandberg’s new book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Win” is getting quite a bit of attention these days.
I decided to see what all the fuss was about. I bought Lean In and downloaded it to my Kindle. I liked it. [...]
Be Humble Enough To Learn Something Every Day
Become a lifelong learner.
Sam Parker, founder of GiveMore.com, has a lot of great ideas on how to create your life and career success. I really like what he has to say about the importance of lifelong learning. Check it out…
“Focus [...]
Career Success Advice From The Sequester
Well here we are in the Sequester.
No matter what your political position on this, one thing with which most people agree is that our leaders haven’t done such a great job leading. Positional bargaining is the culprit here. To over simplify, [...]
Nurture Your Network Before You Need It
I had dinner with an old friend the other evening.
He head recently gone through a pretty tough time. His company was downsizing and he lost his job. This was on December 20. He landed a new job by the end of January. He didn’t settle [...]
Self Esteem And Career Success
February is National Self Esteem month.
It’s a good time to reflect a bit on how confident you are. Your self-esteem and confidence are directly related to how optimistic you are.
Tweet 42 in my book Success Tweets says it well. “Choose [...]
Presentation Lessons From The GOP Response To The State Of The Union
Did you watch the State of the Union address and the Republican response the other night?
I watched for two reasons: 1) to hear what each side had to say, and 2) to observe the presentation skills of President Obama and Senator Rubio. Because [...]
The Power Of Persistence
So I’m driving up Interstate 4 from Tampa to Orlando listening to the rock and roll station.
One song ends and the disc jockey says something like, “The next song is from a performer who, back in 1967, auditioned to replace Steve Winwood [...]
A Final Bit of Career Success Advice From the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl happened over a week ago – and what a weird one it was.
The Ravens were way ahead and looked like they were going to run away with it.
Then the power went out in the stadium. It took about 35 minutes to get it back on and [...]
Personal Branding Lessons From The Super Bowl
It’s Super Bowl week, let the hype begin.
Over 100 million people are likely to watch the Ravens and 49ers battle it out on Sunday. This year’s game is interesting because the head coaches of the opposing teams are brothers. I don’t [...]
Career Success Lessons From The Super Bowl Coaches
The Super Bowl is only a few days away.
Today I want to provide some career success advice that I picked up from the Harbaugh brothers, the opposing head coaches in Sunday’s game.
Jim coaches the 49ers. In the 10th game of the season, he [...]
Forever Young
I’m one of the 500 or so people in the USA who go to the movies to see documentaries.
I saw a very interesting documentary the other day, Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has to Travel. It’s life the story of Diana Vreeland, the noted fashion columnist [...]
Blessings From Bad Circumstances
Staying positive.
Many of my clients and some of my acquaintances find it hard to stay positive in these recent months after the Sandy Hook shootings and the Mall Massacre and economic hard times. In her lyrics, Laura Story asks, “What [...]
Career Success Lessons from the Fiscal Cliff Discussions
Have you been following the fiscal cliff discussions?
President Obama presented his plan. The other side reacted. Mitch McConnell said he laughed when he saw it. John Boehner said both sides are “nowhere” when it comes to reaching [...]
Be Gracious – Especially When Things Don’t Work Out as You Hoped
It’s a week after the election and Mitt Romney continues to put his foot in his mouth.
In a call with big donors to his campaign the other day he said, “The president’s campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a [...]
The Other Dream Team
Over the weekend I saw a great movie called The Other Dream Team.
If you recall, the original Dream Team was the USA basketball team in the 1992 Olympics. This was the first time NBA professionals competed in the Olympics. The USA Dream [...]
Your Unique Gifts, Skills and Abilities Make You Special
My corporate climb
The other day, I interviewed Andy Mills retired President of the Thomson Reuters Financial Professional Publishing Group. This interview is for my membership site, My Corporate Climb.
Andy grew the Thomson Reuters Financial [...]
How Ben Affleck Turned Around His Career
There’s a new movie about the Iran Hostage Crisis coming out on Friday.
It’s called “Argo” and is directed by Ben Affleck. Ben has resurrected his career. If you recall, he was a mainstay of the tabloids several years ago. Now [...]
Success Through Defined and Attainable Goals
If you are going to pursue “success,” first you must define what it means to you.
In order to define success, begin with a set of goals that are clearly stated, easily measured, and meaningful to you. That last part—meaningful to YOU—is [...]
The Way Om
The Bridge Between Spirituality and Business.
So many folks are out there trying to make more money, increase leads, make more money, follow the entreprenuerial path, make more money, and of course, make more money.
Here’s what I tell my clients, [...]
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