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This is anyone’s definition of the world’s worst boss.

1 The boss who is a self-serving, sniveling,  little rat who will kiss the ass of any superior while bullying his subordinates.

THEY KISS UP AND KICK DOWN.

2 The boss who will steal your ideas and take full credit.

3 [...]

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If you do what you did, you’ll get what you got.

If you do the same amount of work as your average colleagues, you’ll be average.

Do you want to be average?

Do you want to settle for what life hands you?

Or, do you want exponential success?

Do you want the [...]

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The other day, I heard someone giving advice to a young person,

“Yah, your uncle is connected.  You should see if  he can get on the fire department.  It’s a great job with super benefits.  After a while, you should be able to arrange your hours to work only three days a week and then [...]

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The dark side of success

On April 27, 2012 By

You are the boss.

Some people won’t like you.

You get a promotion and raise.

Some people won’t like you.

You make a lot of money.

Lots of people will be jealous and resentful of you.

What can you do?

Here is the point.

You can’t do anything.

You can’t change other [...]

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Who loves you baby?

On April 22, 2012 By

Not to be paranoid here but who really loves you?

If you bring home flowers to your wife and tell her you love her, she will love you.

If you bring home ice cream and take in an interest in their activities, your kids will love you.

Take him for a walk, your dog will [...]

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In college business classes, many students study interesting topics like …

“How to introduce new Crest toothpaste in South Asia?”

AND

“How the Swiss franc is influenced by oil prices in North Africa?”

These are important and interesting subjects for research and debate.

It’s really too bad that when most business majors [...]

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Is it OK to work for an idiot?

On April 19, 2012 By

Normally, I would say, “Hello, no.”

Normally, I would say, “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass, get out!”

However, caution is in order.

You work for an idiot but that idiot is a nice person.

You work for an idiot but that idiot likes you.

You work for an [...]

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How to make $200,000 a year

On April 18, 2012 By

Nice salary?

Sure, but how many jobs pay $200,000 a year?

That’s right, not many.

In fact, with most jobs, it doesn’t matter how hard you work.

It doesn’t matter how many hours you work.

It doesn’t matter how much money you make or save for the company.

They still aren’t going [...]

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How to find great employees

On April 16, 2012 By

Forget Monster.com or Craigslist and really forget classified ads.

There are two ways to find exceptional employees.

1. Ask exceptional employees who already work for you to find other exceptional employees.  Give the best employees incentives to find new best employees.

2. And, this is even better, be alert and aware and [...]

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How to get any job

On April 12, 2012 By

Feel sorry for the poor slugs who try to get a job – any job – please, God, any job – looking on Monster.com or Craigslist or some employment office bulletin board.  Feel sorry for the poor soul roaming aimless around job fairs.

DO NOT DO THIS!

If you are one of my Action Principle(R) [...]

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