You are always being watched. Your character and integrity are being judged. Think about someone being on the news after being caught on video doing something illegal, unethical, or just plain embarrassing by a fellow citizen with a video camera. How would you feel if...
My new book Resumes are Worthless: How to Find the Work You Love and Succeed is now on the market. Check it out!
Yes - resumes are worthless!! When I speak, I often say "resumes are worthless" to the shock of many in an audience -- especially when I am following well-meaning career counselors who just spent 15-20 minutes explaining why your resume needs to be perfect. Why do I...
What is your career goal? Lately, I have been reflecting and reading about this question - and how people answer it. Several things I have read and listened to have been written by people who have ideas and have shared them with others via various forms of...
With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and so many other websites that offer great potential for reaching clients, it can be hard to choose the best ones for your business. So come to our seminar and learn just what matters–and what doesn’t—in the world of social media for your business
Coming in November Patrick Cash and I will be offering a full day of Internet marketing training! Stay tuned!!!
Do you delegate well? Or do you instead decide, "I will just do it myself." Many of you probably think, "I have no one to delegate to!" Over the past few years, I have delegated MASSIVE amounts of work - even work that is typically MINE to do. I have found...
Ever thought of funding a larger vision with a startup business? At lunch with one of my clients the other day, he shared a vision to do just that. His entrepreneurial venture is not about creating money - but about helping others. He wants to raise enough...
When a resume and application fails yet another hopeful job seeker when looking for a position, I come in and offer real, tangible, solutions to free them from the darkness. Yet still, people choose blind fumbling as their approach to business rather than grasp on to solid career vision.
If you’re looking for a job and the only thing holding you back is that the economy is bad and therefore luck isn”t on your side, you are just making excuses. Get up off your keister and make your own luck. Jobs are there. Go get ’em.
One of the best entrepreneurs I know shares his advice on job searching and how to MAKE the career YOU want.
Do you want to start your own business? Have you been thinking about it for years? In the next few posts I will try to provide a series of practical hints to move from thinking to action - but smart action. First - let's look at some common myths! Myth: It takes...
We are not all the type of people who go around starting companies. But just because you don’t want to start the company, doesn’t mean you aren’t an entrepreneur. In this article we take a look at being an entrepreneur even if you work for someone else.
In it the author writes a lot of good thoughts, but based on the feedback the article gets, the article leaves many people asking the question “what if I don’t have a plan B?” It is a fun thing to head off into the sunset and think you might actually reach your dream, but reality says you will need income, so how do you plan for something to fall back on when you’re taking giant risks with your career?
I received this email from someone just the other day.... I recently graduated from .... MBA program and have not really found it to be providing any of the opportunities that I had hoped for, even given the current economic and employment conditions. I have a desire...
I do some work in the home school market writing DVD courses for home school math. This week we've really been swamped with calls and emails about parents getting ready for the Fall and needing answers to some key questions. In getting all of this done, we missed one...
At a ministry meeting I discovered that the pastor was using the same marketing tools I employ in my business.
When you look at starting a new venture--a new business, a new move, or really anything "new" and shall we say "adventurous"? --- The temptation is to be reluctant on the grounds of being responsible. And you have to sort of weed between the two. Being responsible and...