career advice | a harrison barnes
I recommend spending a Saturday afternoon in an exotic car dealership where they sell sports cars that cost $200,000-plus. Here, you will learn a success secret of the sorts of people who purchase these cars (and those who prey on them). I have never...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 2 CommentsSetting Goals Is Their Attainment
Every year in January, I do all sorts of goal setting. I set goals for what I’m going to do over the next year. I do this in a lot of ways, but sometimes I dig out old tapes and CD programs I’ve accumulated throughout the years and listen...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Goal Setting 7 CommentsCommunicate Your Value: How to Get a Job and Keep It
One of the best ways to realize the importance of communication is through simple services, such as getting a shoeshine, ordering hotel room service, or taking advantage of valet parking. In these situations the people providing the service must act...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 4 CommentsTo Succeed in Any Job You Need to Create Work
To be denied the right to work is to be denied the right to participate in the society in which we live. It is for this reason that having the opportunity to work is probably the most important part of your existence. Work is not something to be detested;...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 6 CommentsIn 1991 I purchased a four-year old Audi 5000 automobile for $2,500. When the car was new, it had been listed at $40,000. It was really beautiful inside. It had all sorts of electronic controls, powered everything, and it drove incredibly well. In fact,...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 4 CommentsConcentrate on Your Contribution
There is a secret to being an outstanding performer in any job and getting more raises, more recognition, and more responsibility. The secret is to be 100% focused on your work and to be passionate about your job. This is where your energy needs to go....
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 47 CommentsThe Best Career Advice You Will Ever Receive
When I was around 14 years old, I moved out of my mother’s house and in with my father, his new wife, and her daughter in a different part of town. I would stay there for a few months, attend a different school, then move to Bangkok, Thailand,...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 10 CommentsThe Job Search Market in a Bad Economy
I recently had a discussion with a manager of Legal Authority, my favorite job search company for attorneys, about exactly what happens in the market when there is a recession. Specifically we discussed what occurs in the job market for attorneys—who...
Filed under Featured, Job Market Leave a CommentJob Hopping: It Is Always About You
Many people’s careers and lives are often held back by one small thing. You might also be holding yourself back in your career, but if you can fix this one small thing, your career and life will change for the better. If you are not able to make...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 7 CommentsAbout a year ago, I was sitting in my office and a registered letter arrived for me. The letter was from a large financial institution saying they could no longer lend me funds to provide student loans, and they would stop lending to me within the next...
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