I loved the 1972 movie, Cabaret (I can’t believe it was that long ago). If you haven’t seen Cabaret, rent the DVD. It’s a funny and sad movie at the same time. I bring up Cabaret here because one of the dance routines in it popped into my mind when ... [Continue Reading]
Career Success: Tweet #7
In this post, I’d like to tell you a story about a young woman who has figured out what she wants to do and is really going after it. Morgan O’Reilly is my niece. I love her dearly. Ever since I can remember, Morgan has been interested in houses and ... [Continue Reading]
Career Success: Tweet #6
This is really important. You need to live your own life and create your own career success. Over the years, I have had way too many career success coach clients who felt as if they were trapped in careers that they didn’t really choose. That’s not a ... [Continue Reading]
Career Success: Tweet #5
Let’s back up for a second and talk about the difference between your personal mission and personal vision. Your mission is your reason for existing, your passion, why you are on this earth. As I’ve said, my mission is to help others achieve the life ... [Continue Reading]
Career Success: Tweet #4
Your clarity of purpose and direction provide your foundation. From them, you can build the successful life and career that you want and deserve. The more clear and the more mighty your purpose and direction, the stronger your foundation. I’m a ... [Continue Reading]
Career Success: Tweet #3
As a career success coach, I’m here to help other people succeed in realizing their purpose. I think this is a pretty mighty purpose. I may help someone who someday may become President, or a Supreme Court Justice, or find a cure for cancer, or just be a ... [Continue Reading]
Confidence Helps You Win — In Sports and Life
I’m a retired rugby player. I played my first match in college 1968 and my last on my 60th birthday in 2010. I love rugby. And in this post, I want to tell you the story of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, played in South Africa. This was the first time the ... [Continue Reading]
Career Success: Tweet #2
In the first post in this series, I told how I decided that I wanted to be an independent career success coach early in my career. I was fortunate in that I had several good role models – people with whom I was working who had the career to which I ... [Continue Reading]
10 Ways to Brand Yourself as a Polished Professional
I did a post called “10 Ways to Brand Yourself as a Polished Professional” for JenningsWire.com, a hot new site for all sorts of interesting information the other day. Here is some of what I had to say…. Little things mean a lot. I had a colonoscopy ... [Continue Reading]
Career Success: Tweet #1
Career success begins with clarity of purpose and direction. As the tweet says, it’s easier to hit a clear, unambiguous target. Successful people know what they want in life. However, career success means different things to different people. When I ... [Continue Reading]