I’m still writing about the common sense career success coach advice in my latest book Success Tweets: 140 Bits of Common Sense Career Success Advice, All in 140 Characters or Less.  You can purchase a copy of Success Tweets on Amazon.com, or at your local book store.  Better yet, you can download a free copy of the eBook version at www.SuccessTweets.com.
Today’s career advice comes from Success Tweet 64…
Build your personal brand.  Do whatever it takes to make sure that people think of you in the way you want them to.
Abraham Lincoln once said something that applies …

I’m still blogging about the career success coach advice in my latest book Success Tweets: 140 Bit of Common Sense Career Success Advice, All in 140 Characters or Less.  You can get a free copy of Success Tweets at www.SuccessTweets.com.  I’m writing about creating positive personal impact in this group of posts.
Today’s career advice comes from Tweet 63…
Be visible.  Volunteer for tough jobs.  Brand yourself as a person who can and does make significant contributions.
Being visible is a great way to create positive personal impact.  Volunteering for tough jobs is the best way to become …

Competence is one of the four common sense coach keys to career success that I discuss in my new book Success Tweets: 140 Bits of Common Sense Career Success Advice, All in 140 Characters or Less.  You can purchase a copy of Success Tweets on Amazon.com or at your local bookstore, or better yet, you can download it for free at www.SuccessTweets.com.
If you want to create the life and career success you want and deserve, you need to develop four basic but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; …

I’ve been blogging about the career success coach advice in my new book Success Tweets: 140 Bits of Common Sense Career Success Advice, All in 140 Characters or Less.  Success Tweets is divided into four sections. Each section corresponds to one of the 4Cs of Success that I have identified: clarity, commitment, confidence, competence. 
All successful people…

Have clarified their purpose and direction in their life and career.
Have committed to taking personal responsibility for their life and career success.
Are self confident.
Are competent in four areas: creating positive personal impact; performing in an outstanding manner, dynamic communication; and …

Successful people create positive personal impact.  It is one of the career success competencies that is part of my Career Success GPS System.  You create positive personal impact by developing and nurturing your personal brand, dressing for success and knowing and following the basic rules of etiquette.
As a career success coach, I believe that a strong personal brand is the starting place for creating positive personal impact.  Do you have a personal brand?  How did you develop it?  What do you do to nurture it?
Personal branding is simple in concept.  Figure out how you want …

Today is tax day in the USA.  I hope you got your taxes in on time.   Taxes are one of my least favorite things to do.  In this post, I want to discuss, least favorite things to do, as well as hard work and effort.
Outstanding performance is one of the key competencies to life and career success that make up my Career Success GPS System.  Outstanding performers are lifelong learners.  They manage their time and life well. They are organized for success. They live a healthy lifestyle.
In this post, I’d like to discuss the importance …

As a career success coach, I am a big believer in having an abundance mentality.  Put simply, an abundance mentality holds that there is enough of everything for everybody.  People who have an abundance mentality are good at building relationships.  They focus on what they can do for others, knowing that good things will come back to them.
The sixth point of The Optimist Creed is a good example of an abundance mentality in action.  It says: “Promise yourself to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.”
Tweet 123 …

I think it’s finally spring time in the Rockies; and that’s not just because the Colorado Rockies had their home opener last Friday.  Yesterday was a beautiful day.  I went for a bike ride and really enjoyed being outside getting some exercise. 
As a career success coach, I advise my clients to live a healthy lifestyle.  This means eating right and exercising.  You don’t have to become a tri-athlete; every little bit of exercise helps.
Dan Robey is a friend of mine.  He is the author of The Power of Positive Habits.  I am one of his …

This blog is all about career advice and career success.  As a career success coach, I advise my clients that they need to develop competence in four key areas if they want to become a career success: positive personal impact, outstanding performance, dynamic communication and relationship building. 
You create positive personal impact by doing three things.  1) Creating and building your unique personal brand.  2) Being impeccable in your presentation of self – in person and on line.  3) Knowing and following the basic rules of business and personal etiquette.  Today, I’d like to provide some …

As a career success coach, I stress the importance of building strong relationships if you want to become a career success.   Andy Fiffick is a friend of mine.  This morning I received a great email on the subject of friendship from him.   I liked it so much, I’ve decided to post it here.  It’s a story called “A Nail in the Fence.”
A Nail in the Fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he was …