My new book Success Tweets: 140 Bits of Common Sense Career Success Advice, All in 140 Characters or Less has been well received.  I think it is one of my more interesting career success coach writings.   I thank all of you who have downloaded a free copy of the eBook.  If you want a copy, just go to www.SuccessTweets.com.
But I must admit that I have received some less than flattering comments about Success Tweets.  One of my fellow Penn State alums said that “140 tweets is not a book, it’s a page.”  Another Penn State …

I want to begin this post by apologizing.  Due to a software glitch, I have not been receiving the thoughtful comments many of you have posted to this blog.  This has been going on for the past six months or so.  I was wondering where all the comments had gone.  That glitch is fixed now.  Yesterday I found almost a hundred comments which I had not read, and to which I had not responded.  I spent a couple of hours reading and responding to them.  I believe the software problem is fixed now and this …

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work.”
This quote from Daniel Burnham is a perfect to begin a post on outstanding performance, one of the success competencies that is part of my Career Success GPS system and that I discuss in detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, I want YOU…To Succeed, Star Power, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to be an outstanding performer, …

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 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 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 …

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 …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to be an outstanding performer you need to do three things.  1) Stay at the top of your game by becoming a lifelong learner.  2) Set high goals.  Do whatever it takes to achieve them.  3) Get organized.  Manage your time life and stress well.
I’m a big believer in synchronicity.  That’s why I pay attention to what’s happening around me.  Several days ago, I received an e …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to do three things.  1) Stay on top of your game by becoming a lifelong learner.  2) Set high goals and do whatever it takes to achieve them.  3) Get organized.  Manage your time, life and stress well.
I saw an interesting quote from my favorite playwrights, George Bernard Shaw, the other day.  Mr. Shaw was very successful in his time — and after.  He died …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to do three things.  1) Become a lifelong learner.  2) Set high goals and do whatever it takes to achieve them.  3) Get organized manage your time, life and stress well.
I take my own advice – especially when it comes to lifelong learning.  I actively seek out people who know stuff that I don’t.  (In my case, I don’t have to look too hard as …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become an outstanding performer you need to do three things.  1) Stay on top of your game by becoming a lifelong learner.  2) Set and achieve high goals.  3) Get organized.  Manage your time, life and stress well.
If you read this blog with any regularity, you know that I am a big fan of SUCCESS Magazine.  I read it from cover to cover every month – and keep it as a …