Awesome advice for anybody who works for a living
Mike Krzyewski has the most wins of any coach in men’s division I college basketball. He also just won his 5th NCAA championship, so he knows a thing or two about team building and leadership. I was privileged to hear Coach K speak at the Envestnet Advisor Summit 2015, held last week in warm and sunny […]
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Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.” –Benjamin Franklin Big changes can be difficult to implement. Human brains are wired to create and distinguish patterns, and our tendency to follow routines reflects this. Work practices are even more regimented—and often ingrained—than our activities at home. But, by […]
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If you make listening and observing your occupation, you will gain much more than you will by talking. — Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scouts “A beginning is a very delicate time.” Starting a new job can be a trying experience. Especially if you were out of work for a while, moved into […]
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Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin Whether you feel like one of the people Carlin is referring to or whether you love your job and would never consider leaving, you can’t escape the fact that job hopping is becoming […]
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Real urgency … is an emotion. It’s a gut-level determination to get up every day, every single day, and to do something, no matter how small, to push along your capacity to grab the big opportunities or to avoid the big hazards.” — John Kotter, Change Management Expert This quote, from Kotter’s book A Sense of […]
Read More →If you are not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.” — Vince Lombardi quotes (American Football Coach, 1913-1970) What if you were told that based on your job performance on a single day, a decision was being made on whether or not you should stay in your present job? And what if you were found […]
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