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AudioCareer Success
- ca·reer suc·cess [noun]
- 1. A goal most satisfactorily met as part of a process of personal development.
- 2. The art of making success happen.
Do You Think Like Steve Jobs? Take this Quiz and Find Out
Asking questions means asking enough questions, the right questions, and in the right way until, like Steve Jobs, we know our customers better than they know themselves. Steve Jobs consistently seizes the initiative by anticipating his customer’s wants and needs long before they can be verbally articulated.
A Leadership Lesson from Meister Eckhart
If the only prayer you say in your life is “Thank You” that would suffice. - Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) The problem with a sure fire way for beating the stock market is that you have to keep it a secret. As soon as everybody starts doing it, it no longer works. I didn’t invent it, and [...]
Ten Ways to Recession Proof Your Career
Beyond compensation and job security, there are lots of other reasons why mommas should encourage their babies to grow up to be… Back in the early days of MTV: Music Television I pitched a promotion into management. At the end of the interview the VP said that his only concern was that I didn’t have [...]
The 8 Steps to Authentic Leadership
Sooner or later every leader realizes that 99% of the people he depends on for success don’t report to him. Authentic leadership relies on persuasion and persuasion relies on trust. Trust is the most important asset that any organization, brand, product, leader, or individual can have. Most importantly, trust is not a scarce resource. We [...]
Leadership Lessons from an Unsung Hero
The stresses of high-altitude mountain climbing reveal your true character; they unmask who you really are. You no longer have the social graces to hide behind, to play roles. You are the essence of what you are. – David Breashears Mrs. Kavita Kapur Hall and Mr. James “Jay” Hall Last Saturday was one of the [...]
Can Creativity Be Taught?
Every great leader is a creative leader. If creativity can be taught how is it done? In the early 1980s I was trundling along on a New York subway with a colleague when he suddenly said, “14, 18, 23, 28, 34. What is the next number in this series?” For the next ten minutes I [...]
