Commitment to taking personal responsibility for your success is one of the keys to career and life success that is part of my Common Sense Success System.  I discuss it in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS, and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success. 
If you want to succeed, you must commit to three things.  First, you must take personal responsibility for your success.  Only you can make you a success.  You need to be willing to do the things necessary to succeed.  Second, you must set high goals — …

Clarity of purpose and direction is one of the keys to career and life success in my Common Sense Success System.  I discuss it in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  To develop your personal clarity or purpose you need to do three things.  First, define what success means to you.  Second, create a vivid mental image of you as a success.  Once you define what success means to you personally, I suggest that you develop a clear mental picture of you …

Competence is one of the four keys to career and life success in my Common Sense Success System.  I also discuss it in some detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; 3) dynamic communication skills; and 4) becoming interpersonally competent. 
There are four key competencies that will help you become a career and life success:

You have to …

Competence is one of the four keys to career and life success in my Common Sense Success System.  I also discuss it in some detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; 3) dynamic communication skills; and 4) becoming interpersonally competent. 
There are four key competencies that will help you become a career and life success:

You have to …

This is my second post today, and as you know, I rarely do two posts in one day.  However, I wanted to alert you to a great new book and wonderful offer from my friend Peggy McColl.  If you purcahse "attract the Abundance You Deserve" tomorrow — May 1 — you’ll not only get this great book, you’ll get tons of bonuses.
Check out this letter from Peggy’s publicist…
Why do we live without the things we desire most?
It’s incredibly sad to think that the majority of the population lives in “lack”.  It doesn’t have to …

Today is Friday.  Normally, I would be doing a post on interpersonal competence today.  However, I have a special announcement, so I won’t be posting on interpersonal competence until Friday, October 19.
I have created Use Your Common Sense Day.  It is an annual event, held on November 4.  Because you read this blog, you know that I believe in the power of applied common sense.
The key word in the preceding sentence is applied.  Most people know what to do in most situations — their common sense tells them.  However, many people don’t actually follow their …