Bolster Your Self-Confidence with Self-Assessment
To bolster your confidence at this moment, do some honest self-attitude assessment of where you are now. In other words, appreciate your current status. Think about what you’re especially good at now and what you have going on for yourself. Everybody has a lot more than they think about on a regular basis. What’s painfully [...]
Learn MoreWhat does being good at your job really mean?
Everyone says you need to have a good track record, have substance, be good at your job. But what does that really mean? In CEO Material this subject takes precedence in chapter one. It’s not about technical expertise alone, that is a small part of it…..
Who Wants to be a CEO Anyway? - You Do
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When you see CEOs hauled off to jail in handcuffs, skewered before Congress and blamed for the Wall Street melt-down you might ask, “Why would I want to be a CEO?”
My response is, “If you are going to work in a company (which most of us are) you might as well work [...]
101 Things To Add To Your Business Bucket List
101 Things To Add To Your Business Bucket List
“The only successful marriage I had was me and my work.”
- The Bucket List 2007 Jack Nicholson
1. Get fired
2. Quit a job
3. Take a sabbatical
4. [...]
Put a Sharp Point on Your Written Communications
It’s not unusual to get 20 or 200 emails a day. I know someone who gets 2000! If you look at the ones you’ve received (and include snail-mail letters too), you will see that the majority start with “I.”
You typically see, “I’ve attached . . . I [...]
Thank God for Unanswered Prayers (and Garth Brooks for that line)
Thank God for Unanswered Prayers (and Garth Brooks for that line)
When I was young and trying to find my way in the business world, I applied for jobs that sometimes only interested me in one area, and nowhere else. But the money was good, and I figured I could do them. So I went after [...]