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Today’s career advice comes …

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 …

If you want to create the successful life and career that you want and deserve, you need to perform at a high level consistently.  High performance is one of the competencies in my Common Sense Success System.  I discuss it in detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Star Power, I Want YOU…to Succeed, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success. 
High performers manage their time, life and stress well.  They pay particular attention to their health and well being.  It’s impossible to perform at a consistently high level …

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 …

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. 
Consistent high performance is a key success competency.
If you read this blog with any regularity, you know …

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.  First, stay on top of your game by becoming a lifelong learner.  Second, set high goals and do whatever it takes to achieve them.  Third, get organized.  Manage your time, life and stress well.
We had a rainy Memorial Day weekend in Denver.  I was home and a little bored on Monday.  When I’m home and bored I often turn on ESPN.  …

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.  Do whatever it takes to achieve them.  3) Get organized.  Manage your time, life and stress well.
If you want to perform at a high level you need to take care of yourself; you need to avoid the little nagging physical problems that can wreck your …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to personal and professional success 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.
In the past week or so, I’ve come across the same unattributed quote several times…

“There is no elevator to success.  You have to take the stairs.”

I wish I knew who first said that because I’d …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to 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.
The other day I saw a great quote from Gandhi on line…

“Live as if you are to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you are to live forever.”

Both sentences are some great common sense advice for personal and …