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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. [...]  The hottest industries, the startups, the best employers, and the places where people are way ahead of the rest of the world are easy to find. In the last few years a handful of people I know have become multimillionaires. They set out to do it. People I have placed at their companies have gotten bonuses as high as [...] My daughter Merrilee has Down Syndrome and is low functioning within that group. My son James got a perfect score on the SAT Advanced Calculus II college entrance exam. Each can do things the other can’t. We look at James and say, “He can do anything!” No, he can’t. He doesn’t … 20 reasons why weak managers hire weakly. There are also some fascinating things companies do to keep it from happening. Not letting managers hire people is a fascinating idea. Check it out here. If you want to do something else, look for someone who can help you achieve that dream. You may first have to hitch your career to a place that will help you pay for the school education you need. The time will come when you are too constricted there. You will have the school education. Next you need I believe that every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every possession a duty. (Rockefeller) With up to 9 kids (we have 10) at home, we drink a lot of milk. There isn’t enough room in our 2 refrigerators to keep enough fresh milk. We use powdered milk instead. Every morning I get up [...] An expert knows all the answers – if you ask the right questions.
Jim Fixx passed away in 1984. Some obituaries said, “The man who invented running died.” Before his book, The Complete Book of Running, jogging and running were not sports. They were just weird. Jim Fixx didn’t revolutionize running, he just brought it acceptance. [...] No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (E. Roosevelt) Kids always made fun of the way I dressed. I had two shirts and two pairs of jeans for the whole school year. That’s all. I had cheap shoes. For dinner our family had beans every night, literally. We drank powdered milk. [...] How to get a great job is a secret only 5% of the people I talk to understand. Nose to the grindstone, being the best, and sacrificing for the team DO NOT WORK without 4 other things. For 17 years I have watched top performers get great jobs and get very bad jobs. I’ve also seen mediocre and [...] This is an open letter to my son. He is brilliant. He also just got turned down for every graduate program he wanted to attend this fall. This deals precisely with job hunting. So you didn’t get into any of the schools. Good thing we had a spy to tell us what NONE of the professors [...] |
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