“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” – Harry Truman My first major in college was music. My “dream” was to be a successful entertainer. The definition of “success”, of course, is much like the definition of “happiness”. It is a personal [...] [...]
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“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” – Hunter S. Thompson So when you look for job opportunities, do you just do a search based on job openings or do you have a “list”? If you are now thinking “what list?” then this post is for you. So, just like today’s quote, getting the right job [...] [...] “As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of “do it yourself”.” – Marshall McLuhan I traveled down to Wall Street in NYC from my midtown location the other day having not been down there in a few years. I was [...] [...] “I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” – Warren Buffett You’ve had a late night and work and are headed to the subway and a very late dinner at home. It’s raining out tonight, so you decide to take an underground short cut [...] [...] “Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. [...] [...] “The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned in no other way.” – Mark Twain I’m switching it around a bit and starting from the top of the list for this post. Large companies and lots of jobs, the companies range from Oil and Gas (which dominate the top [...] [...] “If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else!” – Yogi Berra The vast volume of job search information on the Internet is overwhelming. From countless job search sites, to endless blogs and company career sites you could spend years just looking at all of the data. Of course the real [...] [...] “The problem with winning the rat race is you’re still a rat.” – Lily Tomlin Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/winning_2.html#ixzz1IPtPbQAK Most people have heard of the Triple Crown (and you know I’m going to tell you anyway). So, in horse racing, the Triple Crown is (according to Wikipedia), the Triple Crown (of Thoroughbred Racing if you want to be [...] [...] “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison The beauty of a “functional job” (like Technology, Finance, HR, etc.) is that you can either work for a company that specializes in what you do (Technology Companies, Financial Institutions, Executive Recruiters, etc.) OR you can practice [...] [...] “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford “And the winner is . . .”. How many times have you heard those words? Better yet, how many times have you heard them followed by your name? It’s great to be the winner, “the best”. Not all [...] [...] |
 
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