Coming to you from London Englad today, where it’s cool and cloudy.
In my search for interesting, relevant material for this career advice blog, I subscribe to a lot of blogs, ezines and article sites.  I don’t often read all of the information that comes my way.  This is not the case with Bob Bly.  Bob is, in my opinion, the world’s greatest copywriter.  His direct response ezine always has great information on writing and marketing. 
The other day I received an email from Bob.  I thought that the ideas in it were so powerful that I …

Here’s a news flash for readers of this career advice blog… 
March 8 is National Be Nasty Day.  Hard to believe, but true.  In my book, being nasty is never good, nor the way to life and career success.  The other day, I got a press release email promoting a book called The Snark Handbook: Insult Edition.  Here is an excerpt from the email…
This year, on National Be Nasty Day, celebrate by refreshing yourself on some of the greatest insults ever uttered in film, television, politics, and literature!  The Snark Handbook: Insult Edition provides a comprehensive …

Today is President’s Day in the USA.  If you are lucky enough to have a day off, enjoy it. 
They played the NBA All Star game yesterday.  That reminded me of one of my favorite career success stories.  Read on to check it out…
Communication is a key life and career success skill.  The ability to engage in meaningful conversation is a key communication success skill.  Tweet 104 in my latest career advice book Success Tweets says “Learn how to handle yourself in conversation.  A brief conversation with the right person can greatly help – or hinder …

I often tell my career success coach clients that it is important to be impeccable in your presentation of self – in person and on line.  Tweet 72 in my latest career advice book Success Tweets says “21st century technology has created new etiquette rules.  Learn and use them to appear polished when you’re on line.”
The other day I received an offer to do a guest post for this career success blog from Greg Coyle.  He is the co-founder and Director of Product Development at My Web Career. For the past year, Greg and his …

Tweet 61 in my latest career advice book Success Tweets says, “Create and nurture you unique personal brand.  Stand and be known for something.  Make sure that everything you do is on brand.”  A strong personal brand will get you noticed in a positive way and enhance your career success journey.
The other day I saw a WikiHow that listed 12 pieces of career advice on how to stand out from the crowd.  While creating and nurturing your unique personal brand is my best career advice for standing out from the crowd, I thought that the …

I often tell my career success coach clients that business meals are not about the food.  They are about the conversation.  Tweet 75 in my latest career advice book Success Tweets says, “Learn and use simple table manners.  Good manners make you look polished and poised.”
The other day, I saw a great article by Kirk Baumann on the Corn on the Job blog.  It was about how to handle job interviews over lunch.  Check it out…
For recruiters or hiring managers, the lunch interview gives them additional perspective and insight into the “real you”.  People can …

You can find career advice in a lot of different places. But you have to pay attention.  The other day, Cathy my wife, received an email that was making the rounds of her friends.  Check it out…
I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the eleven year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come over.
Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
As he was walking away, I called after him, ‘So, what was wrong?
He replied, ‘It was an ID Ten T error.’
I didn’t want to appear …

People often ask me where I get ideas for this career advice blog.  My answer is that there is no shortage of ideas if you just pay attention to what’s happening around you.  Last night the closing story on the NBC Nightly News was about a college baseball coach who has donated a kidney to one of his players.
Wake Forest University Baseball Coach Tom Walter donated one of his kidneys to outfielder Kevin Jordan.  As it turns out, none of Kevin’s family was a match while the coach was.  Jordan has a rare condition that …

I’ve been fortunate with this career advice blog lately.  I’ve received lots of requests from folks who want to do guest posts.  Brian Jenkins is one of those folks.  He works with Braintrack.com.  Brian has written a career success post directed at freelancers on staying motivated while working from home. 
However, I think Brian’s career advice applies to anyone who works from home – and I’ve found that more and more of my career success coach clients are working from home more and more often.  So I think that Brian’s career success advice applies to most …

Tweet 96 in my latest career success book Success Tweets says, “Good truly is the enemy of great.  Don’t settle for good performance.  Today, good performance is mediocre.  Become a great performer.”
You have to be productive if you want to become a great performer and career success.  My friend Dr. Sharon Melnick has some great career advice on how to develop productivity mindset. 
She says that perfectionism – a disease with many of us are afflicted – is a mindset that will keep you from becoming productive, and will not facilitate your life and career success.  Sharon shows …