Are you employed? Are you unhappy with your job or income? You’re not alone. And you can do something about it right away. Something that is moderately easy and inexpensive to start and maintain. Why would you want to add something else to your already time-challenged life? Because being employed is hard! Sure, it’s a [...]
Read more »Website recommendation and sample career video: Howdini.com
Are you familiar with Howdini (http://www.howdini.com/)? It’s a video website with some outstanding, professionally made how-to videos. They are short, but packed with helpful information and education. And the topics they cover are real-world relevant. For example, they have a “career” topic section with videos like: “How To Find A Recession-Proof Job” “How To Ace [...]
Read more »Supervision. Workplace Fun. Meeting Humor. Productivity Plans.
For those who visit my blog but don’t check the main page of superperformance.com, here’s a quick update on some of the articles recently published there. Earlier today, I published Wally Bock’s “Good Supervision is a Good Defense.” Bock has a scary thought. Although you know that bad supervisors are bad for business in many [...]
Read more »Green careers, time management and book writing
Are you familiar with the Great Green Careers job board? I just read about it in a Mother Earth News newsletter. If you’re looking for a job, remember that “going green” is a current trend and there are not only jobs for those with particular “green” skills (like geotechnical technicians, hydrologists, solar installers, etc.) but [...]
Read more »Old classic book download
Here’s another entry in the old books with good information for today: “Business.” The volume is a collection of essays written by various experts in the field and edited by Andrew Carnegie. (Who also contributed.) Yes. The famous Andrew Carnegie. This is part of a ten volume series on vocations, published around the beginning of [...]
Read more »Motorcycles, Freedom and Productivity
I know, I know — what do motorcycles have to do with productivity? Bear with me for a moment. This morning I am beholden to my iGoogle gadget for Mother Earth News. Mother Earth News ran a press release for the American Motorcycle Association on why “Every day is Earth Day on a motorcycle.” It [...]
Read more »Knowing what to do. Being there to do it.
I’ve published two guest articles since my last post here. First, there’s Jim Allen’s “How to Get Going When You Don’t Know What to Do.” Coach Jim talks about the times you can get stuck. Times when you have problems that you don’t know enough about, don’t have enough experience in, to resolve. He has [...]
Read more »Thinking about professionalism and about trust
Since I last posted on this blog, I’ve published a couple of new guest articles on superperformance.com: “What is Professionalism” should be of interest in both career development and in small business performance. Gina Gardiner gives a list of possible characteristics of professional behavior. It includes such practices as being on time and using time [...]
Read more »Success and Happiness
The other day, I read a quote from Albert Schweitzer, “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” It made me think of how much general “wisdom” on success and happiness is like the “chicken-and-the-egg” problem. Which comes first? [...]
Read more »Product creation, positivity, respect and appreciation
It’s been three days since I updated you on my articles. Here’s what I’ve written during that time: “Product Creation: Old is New Again” Finally back to my product creation/development series. The article suggests that while it may be more exciting to create new and imaginative products, it’s much easier to improve on popular products [...]
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