I am a motivational author, trainer, and blogger so when disinformation and miscommunication are released by the government to hide the truth, someone has to speak out! The latest unemployment rate, according to the government, fell from 9.4 percent to 9.0 percent last month. Hogwash! Either the data is inaccurate or the government better find an accurate and truthful method to …
Job Campaigners: Personal Branding Made Easy
Terror, anxiety, stress, depression, overwhelm, and a sense of hopelessness permeates the entire process of securing employment. Have you ever considered that job seekers need to master more skills than a CEO of a Fortune 500 company? While CEO’s hire and surround themselves with qualified experts in diverse disciplines, job seekers must master most disciplines themselves including goal setting, strategic planning, …
Are Your Expectations Too Low ?
Tomorrow Isn’t Promised John was dying. He knew he had months at most to live and, at age 68, he evaluated his life for the first time. He remembered a quote from a book he read years ago by Neale Donald Walsch that went, “Somewhere between the ages of 40 and 50, most people give up on their grandest dreams, put aside …
Why Does Everyone Have To Be Right?
How Do Problems Get Solved When Everyone Thinks They Are Right? Is it true that schools now contract police during Debate Classes because each party to the debate is so intense; so confident that they are correct, that if they don’t win the debate or get the other side to accept their views, violence will break out? Has the United …
8 Tips to Run Your Day like a Millionaire (No Matter Where You are at Now)
He asked me, “How many hours a day does a happy, successful, and financially independent person have?” I thought about it for just a few seconds and figured that it had to be a trick question. But I decided to play along. “24 hours a day,” I responded; waiting to hear why that was the wrong answer. To my surprise, …
10 Tips to Reduce the Time It Takes To Land a Job
According to a 2010 survey conducted by CareerBuilder, the time it takes the average job seeker to land a job in today’s job market is 6 months. CNNMoney reported that it takes job seekers approximately 30 weeks to find a new job today. Reality and statistics provide clear evidence that it takes somewhere between 6 and 7 months to land …
13 Things NOT to Say to Jobless Friends
This week, I was asked to provide my insights to Boston Herald columnist, Darren Garnick for a feature article he was writing and that appeared Wednesday April 7th. He mentioned to me that a close relative recently lost her job, and to console her, some of her friends and relatives said, in Darren’s words, the most asinine things. I gave …
Are Your Thoughts Friend or Foe?
More than 40 years ago, the late Earl Nightingale wrote a book that would motivate millions of people worldwide called, The Strangest Secret. In essence, the strangest secret is, “You are what you think; you are your thoughts.” For those of you who might be students of history and philosophy, you know that as powerful as this message is, it is …
Sex and the Job Market
How has the current recession affected men and women in the workforce? Statistics clearly indicate that the prolonged recession has disproportionately hurt more men than women. It comes as no surprise that job loss in key industries such as manufacturing and construction are greater since men make up a higher percentage of the workforce. On the other hand, women work …