“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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“The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.” – Charles Dickens A friend of mine found out that their job would be ending in 6 to 12 months. That sounded like more than enough time to find a great job with time to spare. Plenty of time to be patient [...] [...] “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 [...] [...] “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi New Year, new start (right?)! Any resolutions? How many will you keep and how many will you break? If [...] [...] “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss The year is winding down and we will soon have the usual flood of “the best of” and “year-end top 1000 countdowns”. So, in case you’ve missed some of my posts or [...] [...] “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 [...] [...] “It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because… All that matters in business is that [...] [...] “When the truth is found to be lies” – “Somebody to Love”, performed by Jefferson Airplane (written by Darby Slick) Very tough times at work lately. So, in order to put some hope in my day, I went off and purchased a lottery ticket. I’m not sure about you, but for me buying a lottery ticket [...] [...] “Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” – Benny Hill If you’ve been a long time reader of CareerAlley, you will notice that I’ve been including a fair number of “Top List” posts. This helps me shake up the content a bit but also provides readers with a quick hit list on [...] [...] “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 [...] [...] |
 
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