Don’t bother making any friends; most of the people around you won’t be here for very long. Your confidence will come from seeing others drop out, as they will. You must want to be here. If you have a “Plan B,” you won’t make it.”
Selector’s Greeting, Australian Special Air Service
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Continue Reading →Be afraid. Be very afraid.
There are now 14 million adult “children” living at home with dear old mom and dad. And, the number is growing and growing.
If you don’t have a job or are working part-time or contract or unbenefited, it is very difficult [...]
Continue Reading →You learn from observation. You see people who make good choices. You see people who make poor choices. Are you learning?
You see Melika spending tens of thousands of dollars opening a restaurant specializing in Moroccan soups. You think, “Who the hell wants Moroccan soups?” You are correct. You think, “What is this idiot thinking?” You [...]
Continue Reading →ou were born into poverty. There is nothing you can do about this.
Your parents were dysfunctional alcoholics. There is nothing you can do about this.
You were the high school cheerleader. Does anyone remember your glory days?
Your second cousin on your mother’s side is the govenor. And, that does what for you?
Your [...]
Continue Reading →Here is a quiz to which the average fifth grader would score 100%.
What matters? What shouldn’t matter? What doesn’t matter?
Acceptance of work hard – MATTERS
Focused written goals – MATTERS
Type of business/career – SHOULDN’T MATTER
Dysfunctional family – SHOULDN’T MATTER
Accepts constructive criticism – MATTERS
Leadership [...]
Continue Reading →Other people aren’t mind readers.
So, speak up. Tell them. Just say it.
If you are interested in a promotion, inform the appropriate supervisor, just say it.
If you intend to get an “A” in a course, tell the professor, just say it.
If you’d like that pretty coed to know you’re interested in a [...]
Continue Reading →You get cut off in traffic. It happens.
Your best client buys somewhere else. It happens.
You go jogging and pull a muscle. It happens.
You go to a great movie that turns out to be a dud. It happens.
You study and still get a C. It happens.
You negotiate a [...]
Continue Reading →This isn’t funny.
What do you have to eat when you have no money? Well, you stand in line at the soup kitchen or at the church food pantry. What if you are a senior citizen and can’t get to the free food? Well, you might eat from the last cans in your cupboard. If [...]
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