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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. (Mark Twain) 12 words is the most that people will read on a billboard. (That was 12 words.) 1 ½ or 2 inches of print 12 to 15 seconds is all the time [...]  Too many people climb the ladder of success, only to find it is leaning against the wrong wall. (unkn) Why not go for the CEO job? Jim just took a job as a manager of a small company. He’s been a CEO before. He took the lowly manager’s job because he likes it better than being CEO. [...] Job hunting triumphs come often. Getting a job is always the cumulative result of a hundred victories. Those victories should be celebrated over and over in your mind. Yes, you need to notice that you failed to finish the next step, but you shouldn’t focus on a defeat and exclude the victories leading up to [...] Here is a hint about your future job: Banks are not spending on core systems. Banks spend money on IT where they expect to get the biggest return. This article plows thrugh the 6 main areas where banks will spend their IT dollars in 2012. If you want a job or promotion in a bank, make yourself irresistible because [...] Most career plans don’t include the most important element in job advancement. Let me show it to you. An usher at the movie theater I worked at wanted to become the lead usher. After the movie started he would always be the first to grab a broom and start sweeping the lobby. Once he even told me [...] Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. (Carnegie) I talk to many job seekers who want to change careers. Some of them are accountants who [...] The two main reasons for firing or laying off people are that they are not good enough, or they are too expensive. For either problem, some of the signs are the same, such as: Don’t listen to the folks who tell you about growing bamboo. It is a TERRIBLE way to look for a job. Here is what you should do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YovuWdXTAxM
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. (Seneca) Daryl comes out of another tense project meeting at work. He’s late leaving for his job interview. He guiltily leaves his jacket hanging in his cubicle so no one will suspect he is gone and sneaks out to his car. He turns on talk radio where politicians [...] A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. (Harris) Mike’s expertise selling into FEMA was critical. Their product was more than an idea, but not a proven solution. Mike was already calling on FEMA contacts even though he wasn’t officially [...] |
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