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Category Archives: Personal Development
What Does Your Castle Look Like?
Over the course of my multiple careers, I've put in a lot of hours counseling people through crisis situations. I've been screamed at, cursed, threatened with firearms and most anything else you can imagine. However, in every case, we found some resolution, some peace, and deepened a positive relationship with each other. I hope I've learned a few things along the way and am excited to share one of those insights with you on this post.
They Want To Hire You
Just a short post this morning.
My son had a job interview this morning. He called as he was driving home. Sounds like the interview went very well.
I reminded him that they want him to do well. Because of fear or lack of confidence–neither of which my son has much of–people often approach a job interview as if it is antagonistic, as if they want to find something wrong with the candidate and exclude them. In part, that is true, but that is only the small part.
How To Prove You Are An Expert
For many years I have enjoyed teaching and coaching young professionals about how to prove to prospect employers that they are experts in their fields–beginning experts, but experts nonetheless. The problem is not that they are not experts, it is that they don’t know how to let it out, how to provide convincing evidence that they know their stuff. Over the years, I’ve found a few things that convince the interviewer that the job hunter is an expert but I want to focus on the two most important ingredients that must be present to convince an interviewer that you know your stuff.
The Dirty Little Secret of Success
Maybe the title is a bit strong–maybe not. The secret that is a critical part of almost all success, true and lasting success, is PERSONALITY.
It is personality that determines whether that boss across from the desk decides to hire you or not. He knows what makes work bearable from day to day is the personalities of the people who must work together. If you’re not going to be workable, guess what? You won’t be working.
It’s personality that determine if that next customer will buy from you, either in person or from the copy you’ve written for your personality is smeared all across everything you do.
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Tagged charisma, leadership, personality, success
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The Buffalo Nickel Approach to Leading People
Are you old enough to remember when the BUFFALO NICKEL was in circulation? Or maybe you’ve seen them in display cases at a coin shop or in a friend’s collection. They fascinated me as a kid, the picture of a proud Native American on the obverse and a mighty buffalo on the reverse. How easy it was to examine one side, then flip the coin over and look at the other side.
I seriously doubt if you have a BUFFALO NICKEL in your pocket, so look at the two sides of the coin in the picture below:
- Buffalo Nickel
Posted in Leadership, Office Musings, Personal Development
Tagged diversity, good leadership, leadership
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“Gottas” for Success
After having counseled and coached literally hundreds of individuals and many families spread across my career, I'm convinced there are five critical elements for success in any specific endeavor and in life in general.
Four of these are not so unique to me; you'll find entire books written concerning the first four. They are:
Stress – A Major Obstacle to Progress
We all know it: stress is a killer. But
long before it gets that bad, it’s still bad! Stress reduces our ability to think creatively and often contributes to hasty decisions that we pay for later. At the most elemental level, stress is a thief that can, if allowed, rob us of enjoying life moment by moment. Kind of like this video . . .
Information Overload Syndrome?
So . . . like so many other things that come our way daily, stress must be managed.
Okay . . . This Works!
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Tagged Health, Mental Health, progress, Stress, success
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