No one likes to admit this, or even write about it. But one of the biggest motivators of successful people is revenge. If you are around enough successful people long enough, and they open up to you, a common theme is the impact of revenge on their success path. Most of the time, it is [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Take An Interest
Posted in July 31st, 2006
If you are unsettled about what you should be doing for a career, maybe you should take an interest in some other professions. Talk to people, find out how they like the job, the good and the bad. It is fairly simple…just walk up to them and say, “I am thinking about becoming a nurse. [...]
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Mark Cuban, One Great Help Wanted Ad Writer
Posted in July 28th, 2006
Mark Cuban, for those of you who don’t know, owns the Dallas Mavericks. He was also one of the web’s first pioneers. guys who got stinking, filthy rich off someone overbuying his hyped-up, relatively small internet companies. Anyway, if you want a fun read, click here. He is offering a job, SERIOUSLY, he says, to [...]
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What Causes Success? One word:
Posted in July 27th, 2006
While I have always liked to quote John Paul Getty’s success formula, Rise early, Work hard, Strike oil, it strikes me as being too wordy. I have a new favorite word that sums up success, or what causes it. Pluck (persistence +luck) Â
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After Zidane and Now a Jockey…
Posted in July 26th, 2006
by admin in On The Job...
Jockey apologizes for head-butting horse  July 25, 2006  LONDON (AP) — Jockey Paul O’Neill apologized Tuesday for head-butting his horse at a race last weekend. The Horseracing Regulatory Authority is holding an inquiry after reviewing TV footage of the incident at the Stratford races on Sunday. Do not think you can do this [...]
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Best Advice to HR Professionals
Posted in July 26th, 2006
Next time when someone arrives in your office with a complaint, especially about their manager, don’t immediately try to solve their problem. This is a very hard thing to do, since you, more than likely understand full well the entire issue, and can actually solve it. But, to gain more credibility and to improve your [...]
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Audrey Hepburn Ironic Dress to Go on Sale
Posted in July 26th, 2006
by admin in Work-related
I see that some auction house is trying to sell the cute little black dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It is called her little ironic dress. I am guessing they are calling it this because, like good irony, it was meant to mean something else. The movie was successful even amongst teenage boys [...]
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Making Your Bones
Posted in July 26th, 2006
Oldtime gangsters used the phrase “making your bones” to mean that in order to earn your way into the Mafia, you had to do something nasty. Today, for interns in summer jobs, you are making your own bones by working at far less pay than normal and in exceptionally trying circumstances. Often, companies bend over [...]
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Job Searching Urgency
Posted in July 25th, 2006
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
You should always approach the job search just like it was your full time job. This means getting up at a normal, early time…and get started on the job search day. My advice today on topic is to show some urgency. I believe urgency shows interest, passion and an understanding that the opening is open [...]
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A Good Second Job–Delivering Phone Books.
Posted in July 24th, 2006
Ok, I kid you not. Here is the deal. You can deliver phone books, the colorful one, and make some extra money. So, to find out about it, I have to go to a meeting…’it’ being so secretive and all. I guess that is why the meeting is in this abandoned warehouse. First, there are [...]
