A client of mine once joked, “If youremployer likes you, the rest is history, the raise and everythingelse will come.” That intangible attitude in the workplace is whatsets apart those who get promoted and those who don’t.

Your self-esteem and emotional strength relies solely onhow you think and how you see things around you.

The difference between successful and unsuccessful people isn’t really aboutresources that were available to them when they started out, Instead its their resourcefulness or personal initiative that makes the difference.

If you don’t take control of yourcareer development, it’s highly unlikely that anyone else will!

The best way to prepare for life is acombination of formal traditional education, reading, seminars,and workshops, coupled with experience as well as tapping into the knowledge of experienced people.

Personal growth is the most powerful force for change on earth. I believe that personal growth can help anyone change anything.

The most important thinganyone who is looking at a career, especially students, can do is toremember that strengthening and developing your employ-abilityis your personal responsibility.

As someone said, inthe School of Hard Knocks they give the test first, then thelesson. That is a slow, costly and surely painful way to learn.Unfortunately, it’s the only “school” that teaches many thingsyou need to know.

Our life is an odd mixture of different moments of action andinaction, work and rest.