The best part of my work is that I get to interact with amazing people. But, my life hasn’t always been this blessed. At the beginning of this decade, I was literally broke, in my wallet and in my soul.
From that time until this time, I am absolutely amazed that most of the changes that have revolutionized my life and lifestyle come from one, simple formula, which was repeated to me over-and-over in many ways and means in the last several years.
That idea or philosophy is the idea of Consistent and Significant Personal Development.
Here is a simple phrase that’s easy to remember:
“If you will change, everything will change for you.”
- Jim Rohn
A similar challenge was extended to me once in a religious context, that I should remember constant nourishment to body and spirit.
Einstein (reportedly) said it this way:
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
I am a living witness to the power of how this works. How can you make it work for you?
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Bozofication Alive and Well: Utah Companies Will Pay for Stupidity
June 27th, 2007UPDATE: Please leave comments about BOZO things you have experienced at your or other companies! Anonymous submissions OK
According to the Utah Department of Workforce Services, May 2007′s unemployment rate is 2.5%, where the national rate is currently 4.5%. BYU’s Newsnet validates the data with their recent article, More Jobs … Less Money: Utah Unemployment Rate at 2.4%.
But, no.
In fact, as I see the market tighten, companies seem to be getting stupider and stupider with their retention systems. In fact, they may as well be paying their employees to leave, rolling out the red carpet for them, and tossing in a trip for them and the fam to Disney Land while they’re at it.
Here are five things that have consistently surfaced in my interviews over the past few weeks when I ask, “Why are you looking to leave your current job.”
At the end of the day, the trend I am seeing simply stems from BAD MANAGEMENT. I wonder if the tight labor market is actually exposing fissures in the infrastructure of these companies to the point that they are letting any Tom, Jane or Harry run the place?
If you are caught working for any of these companies, I would RUN, not walk to your favorite recruiter or job-board and doggedly search for the next opportunity for yourself… or you may be the last comic standing when the walls come tumblin’ down… and it will surely not be funny.
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