The common sense career success coach point here is simple. Successful people are proud of what they do. They care. They follow the career advice in Success Tweet 100. “Care about what you do. If you care a little, you’ll be an OK performer. If you care a lot, you’ll become an outstanding performer.” Does your work show that you care? Or does it reflect an “it’s good enough” attitude? Take it from a career success coach, if you want to create the life and career success of which you are capable, make sure that how much you care shows through in every single piece of work you do.

No, this post is not about Andrew Weiner.  It’s a true story that has some great career success implications.
Every once in a while, I come across someone who gets and uses my career advice intuitively.  That was the case this week.  Rebecca Tisbe is the Housekeeping Manager at the Hilton Manhattan East in New York City.  I spent three nights there this week.
On Tuesday, I sent a pair of trousers out to be dry cleaned.  I had an important meeting on Wednesday and wanted to look good.  They weren’t returned by 7:00 – and hour after they …

“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, …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional 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.
I have great little book in my office called The Portable DO IT! …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success, 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success, and my latest book Your Success GPS.  There are three things essential for becoming an outstanding performer.  1) You have to remain technically competent.  The half life of knowledge gets shorter every day.  Become a lifelong learner to remain technically competent throughout your career.  2) You need to set and achieve high goals.  Set milestones to help you keep on track with your goals. Focus on your goals …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional 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.  Do whatever it takes to achieve them.  Third, get organized.  Manage your time, life and stress well.
And, it should go without saying, you need to work hard.  I subscribe to the Just Sell sales quotes.  Yesterday, I …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional 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.
Recently Forbes.com did a piece on lifelong learning.  While the author, Sangeeth Varghese, was focusing on leaders, he presents some …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional 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.  Do whatever it takes to achieve them.  Third, get organized.  Manage your time, life and stress well.
Your diet is an important part of life and stress management.  It’s easier to perform at a high level when you …

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 and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional 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.
Looking outside of your traditional box is one way to become a lifelong learner.  Recently, I had the opportunity to read …