Dress for Success
If you are a person with a future, don't dress like a person without one. How you look on the outside has a big impact on how far you go.
Hello Mr. (or Ms.) President
You are the president of your own company with one employee. How's business?
A right to your own life
We all have a right to our own life - free to act in our own judgement, for our own goals, by our own voluntary, uncoerced choice. Our rights must pose no obligation on our neighbors except to abstain from voilating our rights. We have a right to free action.…
Equilibrium
In the remote mountains of Colombia, indigenous people have two poles rising from their huts. They represent the dual forces they see throughout the universe and consider their responsibility to keep in balance: spirit and matter, outside and inside, male and female, creation and destruction. Yes....
"You may be right"
Keep an open mind for opposing opinions. This way you may learn something, you can be corrected when you are wrong, and you won't lose the listening of those you are trying to persuade. To my dissenters - "you may be right". (And I mean it).
Write your own obituary
What would it say about you? What would it say you have done? What mark have you made? How was the world better for you having been here? Go ahead, write it. And when it comes time for the real one, will it be different?
Running for high office?
In today's world, our best and brightest consider the "doctrine of mutually assured humiliation" before running. Why put you and your family through such brutal attacks as the other side spins, twists, and outright lies? True, we need to know what our leaders are all about. But there are lines…
"A fear free life"
Psychologically and emotionally, a fear free life is what we want. In order to get it, we need the confidence that comes with knowledge. Hearsay, gossip and "news programs" aren't going to be the kind of knowledge we need. What are you afraid of? Learn all you can about it.
Advice for young (or old) unemployed workers
No work is beneath you. If you can't get your "ideal" job, take any job, and start there. Show that you can do it very well, be proactive, get you work done faster than expected, and ask what else you can do to help the organization excel and move forward.…
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Great observation! I’ve passed along to our team because I’ve been trying to find ways to help them succeed and this is clearly an area in which they could use assistance.