There is a significant difference between time and attention. Time is the ticking of the clock where minutes and hours pass by with or without you. Attention is how you are “clicking” while the clock is ticking. Time doesn’t matter. What matters is the quality of your experiences. And your experiences are determined by what you pay attention to. A …
Ain’t No Sunshine When There Ain’t No Customers
Innovation, and what we have come to know as entrepreneurship, has no value until it creates something a customer wants. The Golden Rule Successful entrepreneurship, job growth, profitability, and business success is dependent on identifying and pursuing customers who have the ability to pay and the desire to buy. Innovators vs. Entrepreneurs There is no shortage of innovators and inventors …
8 Ways to Reach Absolute Trust and Find Inner Peace
Years ago, a great teacher explained to me that absolute trust was the most liberating and invigorating means for achieving success and happiness. He also told me that absolute trust in no way guaranteed success; but that it was the most liberating and invigorating means for achieving peace and happiness in the wake of adversity, tragedy, and calamity. I was …
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Everyone has said it. Everyone has heard it. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.” That’s what we are doing regarding our jobs crisis… and this is true for BOTH political parties! The world has changed. Driven by technology and globalization, the economic and workplace landscape has undergone …
Why Writing Things Down Does Not Help to Achieve Success
There are so many articles and posts that suggest we write down everything, because the process of writing things down defeats procrastination, stagnation, and underachievement. You can write anything down with the intention of taking action – that’s easy. But unfortunately, it usually doesn’t work. I would conservatively estimate that 99.76% of the people who write things down (give or …
12 In-depth Tips & Tricks for Landing (And Keeping!) a Job in 2015
In 2011, I announced that the Industrial Age workplace is over, and has been replaced with the new Protean workplace. This shift is both indisputable and immutable. 12 Protean Success Principles For Unlimited Achievement Establish high standards of personal responsibility Recognize the significant role of your own personal ambition Remember: “If it’s going to be… it’s entirely up to me” …
Don’t Believe the Myth: Get Hired Over the Holidays !
“I’m taking the holiday season off from getting a new job because no one hires between Thanksgiving and New Years,” says the majority of job seekers. Don’t believe this myth When you lose this limiting belief and replace and embrace it with a new belief that there are unlimited opportunities at any given time, especially during the holiday season, you …
A Simple Job Hunting Survival Guide
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write; but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” ~Alvin Toffler ▬ How many people does it take to turn a windmill? ▬ How many new manufacturing / labor intensive industries are knocking on US doors? ▬ Does Wall Street care if unemployment goes down so …
Is That Legal? How To Handle Unlawful Interview Questions
By Ellen Block, Esq. Employment Law Attorney The scene is a common one these days: a jobseeker, fighting the wake of unemployment, sits nervously outside a human resources office preparing to answer an unforeseen list of interview questions. While formulating answers for anticipated questions, the interviewee should also be aware that there are certain questions that employers cannot …
The #1 Secret To Success: 5 Ways to be HAPPY
The most valuable skill you can ever develop, to enhance every aspect of your life, including your career, your job, and your job search, is the skill of directing your thoughts toward what you want and how you want to feel. It’s the law for all success, achievement, abundance, and personal and professional fulfillment. The greatest myth Knowledge is not …