I found a recent article rather amusing; the title of the article was, "Outsourcing Your Life," which related various ways that people are using the services of others. Most of these outsourcing services seem rather bizarre and extravagant, such as someone to maintain a grave site, shop for your food or train your child to …
Today is My Gold Medal Day – 100 Posts!
Continuing on in the spirit of the Olympics, today is my gold medal day - or at least I'm bestowing that honor to myself. This is my 100th post, at least for Your Career Success Blog. If you are unaware, two years ago my website and blog got hacked so I had to essentially start …
Is the Finish the Most Important Part?
One of the enjoyable parts of these Olympics, for me, has been the commercials. They have been a great way to promote our athletes; but the messages they convey show that, with a lot of hard work, dedication and persistence you can do the impossible. One commercial that really resonated with me is by Kelloggs, …
First Female NFL Referee
I am so happy to hear that women continue to make gains in the world. They are breaking through 'glass ceilings' like never before and making strides for more women to continue to do so. The new Yahoo CEO, Merissa Mayer, took over the helm at six months pregnant; we've seen a fifteen-year old, the …
Stop Thinking You’re Not Ready
A former client, Joe, was a young man in his twenties who had just graduated from college. He had begun his career in banking, where he had been hired on six months ago. Joe came to see me as he was needing some help to figure out where he wanted to go with his career. …
Job Search Help for New Grads
This past weekend was summer graduation at our local colleges. It is a time of excitement for these grads but it is also a time of nervousness at what their job future holds. Several grads were interviewed on our local news; all of them expressed optimism that "something" would come up for them but they …
Do You Know Someone Like This??
I'm always amazed at stories of people who, no matter what, seem to have the ability to make the best of a bad situation. They seem to be able to make lemonade out of lemons, as cliched as the saying goes. Do you know someone like this? Well, I do. In fact, I have two …
Stop Presuming if You Want to Get Anywhere
I have two big 'pet peeves': one is people who negate what they want by using the word "but", and the other is when people don't go after what they by 'presuming' they already know the outcome. Either one can set me off as that person has essentially stripped themselves of having what they want …
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Take the Good with the Bad
As a follow-up to my post yesterday, where I discussed how to be incredibly consistent and to work hard in order to reach higher and to achieve more, I thought it would be fitting to add a disclaimer. I got to thinking that there might be another piece that is missing. As I stated previously, …
Incredibel Consistency and Hard Work
If you're like me, you are probably glued to the TV to watch the London Olympics. I become a "junkie" in watching athletes, from around the world, come to win a place on the podium in winning a medal, thereby earning the label as "Best in the World." It always amazes me to see individuals …
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