Tag Archive: Growth

Four Surprising Strategies that get You Promoted

#1. Prepare your replacement: Work yourself out of a job before working into one. Train and enable your replacement so your transition upward is an easy choice. The more essential you are the… Continue reading

“Too Good to be Promoted” is Bull Crap

“The boss says you’re too important to be promoted.” Don’t believe it. That’s selfish bull crap. Some bosses promise promotions in order to appease you. They are lying manipulators. Their goal is to… Continue reading

Creating Your New Future

It’s better to fail at achieving a new future than continue living below your potential. Saying you’re wrong is the path to being right. Saying you’re wrong isn’t saying you are lazy, insincere, or… Continue reading

The 4 to 1 Rule Will Change Your Life

July 2, 2011 I decided to adopt the 4 to 1 rule. I challenge you to do the same. Every negative comment requires four positive comments. I know what some of you are… Continue reading

You’re more prepared than you think

Image source Changing the outside world begins with changes inside you. We change before we change others. Sometimes we change from the outside-in. Once, when I was a young man, I was fired.… Continue reading

In Praise of Doing

I used to excuse my lack of doing with the comfort that I wanted to do something. Passionate sincere wanting without performance is, however, cheap, easy, and self-deluding. Wanting to do something doesn’t… Continue reading