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Motivational Speakers and Writers
Saturday, January 26, 2008 I used to hunt bookstores and libraries reading anything that is positive and affirmative about life. I like an optimistic outlook on life: it keeps me going. I've read Tony Robbins, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Zig Zigler, Napoleon Hill, and others. Pure hype. It's no different than reading Robert G. Allen. They became rich by being professional cheerleaders about becoming rich. This is the key to non-working get rich schemes today: one gets rich telling others how to make money doing the same thing - selling nothing, but hype. Why do they all seem to be white, middle aged, and male? I ain't mad atcha, guys. I used to think that I could apply their ideas and suggestions. Most times, I realized I couldn't. They, to me, point to success in male oriented directions as opportunities for networking: extreme sports, golf, football, ski diving or some other sport. Success, to a number of them, pertain to activities mostly favorable to networked, outgoing, hyperactive people. I've never read a book which pertain to issues women, the shy, and the introverted face. This is my personal take. It's possible that women, the shy and introverted were able to get advice which works for them. For example:
One day, with a good amount of serendipity, I'll find a book that addresses my needs. Labels: motivational speakers, motivational writers, Napoleon Hill, Robert G. Allen, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Tony Robbins, Zig Zigler posted by GoldenAh
email this! | article source | 0 comments | post a comment Sales People Are the Lifeblood of a Company Friday, January 18, 2008 Without sales people, who brings in the money? Another failure of Corporate America is to understand that every employee who makes contact with a customer is a sales person. Customer service should be exactly that, not just handle people, get them off the phone, and ignore them. The goal should be to:
The following is an example of the sales person who knows more than we realize:
Another example of customer service that leads to future sales:
Labels: car dealer, customer service, sales person posted by GoldenAh
email this! | article source | 0 comments | post a comment Third Party Vendor Needed: Job References Monday, January 14, 2008 I do not trust business people, especially supervisors or managers. They speak. Their lips move: I see a liar. Why do I feel this way? Personal experience. It doesn't matter how many good reviews received while on-the-job, once you are gone from the organization, do not expect these individuals to keep their word. Yes, of course, they'll be a reference, but they are saying anything to get rid of you. It's gotten so bad these days, a man won a lawsuit to keep his ex-employer from bad mouthing him. Has anyone ever bad-mouthed me? Once, many many years ago. Today, a third party has to be utilized to make sure all these references aren't calling one an embezzler or incompetent boob. Because you know how corporate America is today - it's nothing personal, it's just the business rules of the vindictive, bigoted, stupid and spiteful. Yeah, I'm bitter. I haven't started the search yet, but is there a business that provides vetted references? What do I mean? There's a company that provides, excuses - ah, alibis - as a cover for people who are supposed to be at a specific location, yet are not. I want to find a company - legit - that works like an official reference trust or a credit scoring service. This company carries out the task of making sure references are vetted, checked, and asked a series of questions. After 12 months, the reference information expires. This leaves the managerial liars at the former company free of legal entanglements. They are released from being asked the same questions multiple times and providing multiple fraudulent and inflammatory answers. In addition, people forget. Why have them answer the same questions over and over again over a period of (gawd forbid) years? Through this plan, all sides win. If a company can use testimonies of their "customers" - whom I suspect are really actors - as proof of their level of quality. Why not have a company that keeps references for working people? Labels: corporate America, job hunting, references posted by GoldenAh
email this! | article source | 0 comments | post a comment Shopping Experience: Walmart vs Target Thursday, January 10, 2008 Oh my Gawd, I hate shopping at my local Walmart. It is never an easy in-and-out experience. It takes forever to get out of this store. Do they even care in this place? This Walmart is not a full size mega store with a grocery store and oil change depot and whatever other features they provide. However, it is one of a significant size. In consideration of size, one would hope that they would staff the checkout aisles appropriately! This store hires just about anyone, and they specialize in apathetic and slow moving employees. I make trips to the dollar store, my local grocer, any store, even if it's higher in price, just to avoid this Walmart. If only they understood customer service, I'd shop there more often. Here's a comparison of their failure to perform. I also shop at Target. Whenever there are more than four or five people on a line, guess what they do? They send a bunch of clerks to open up new aisles so that people can spend their money, and get the hell out of the store! Novel concept, eh what? Think the managers of the Walmart near me could consider that? Labels: customer service, Target, Walmart posted by GoldenAh
email this! | article source | 0 comments | post a comment What Color is Your Parachute? Tuesday, January 8, 2008 The book, What Color is Your Parachute? is a perennial, massive, bestseller by Richard Nelson Bolles. There is a new version every year along amongst others with similiar titles. It is a practical guide to helping a person through the difficult steps of finding a new job or changing a career. It is not about a search for any job, it is about the search for The Dream Job. The path to The Dream Job is achieved by: completing exercises, reviewing online sources, and an interesting self-examination of what it is a person truly desires. The chapter on self-employment is thin gruel and not very encouraging. Surprisingly, he's also not keen on online job searches. I'm conflicted by the stats he quotes. Aside from the big league, golden parachute positions almost all viable jobs seem to be on the Internet. Hunting down employers like telemarketers is apparently the approach he prefers. Networking is key, which takes up the second half of this book. I am someone who doesn't have a grand passion for anything in particular. I found the book tough to work through. I'm an adult who doesn't quite know what I want to be (if and when I grow up), so I couldn't answer most of the quizzes to adequately describe myself. However, this book is excellent for those with a clue, have a passion for something(s), and are keen on a career or job change. Overall, the message is: It takes work to find work. Labels: career change, career counseling, dream job, job hunting, online job search, what color is your parachute posted by GoldenAh
email this! | article source | 0 comments | post a comment I Hate Corporate America Thursday, January 3, 2008 I love to work, especially when I get to use my brain power. I love figuring out puzzles, following clues and solving problems. I'm all for intellectual inquiry and resolving obscure issues. What I don't like is working for corporate America. I've hated working for that soul draining monster, since I left college. I wasn't overly fond of college either, but at least I saw the results of my work: decent, unbiased grades. I've stayed jobs over the years, misconstruing that the problem was with the individual company. Well, after the enthusiasm wears off, be it the third week, month or year one thing becomes apparent: it's the same all over. I've run out of interest in it all. There is no difference between a career and a job. People show up to a job because they work to live. People who have a career live to work. No matter which way it's played out, people are trading in their time - a precious commodity - for dollars. I'm angry at myself, because I feel I've been conned, yoked and suckered after so many years. I had hoped that of the years I've worked at a company, any company, there would be some satisfaction for a job well done. Hah! I enjoy being busy, at a good, interesting, well thought out, and methodical task. Yet, there were times when work was slow or non-existent. Yeah, try and find your manager for something to do. Would you believe most of the work I ever did, I gave to myself? I mostly created all of my own projects. Those dead work times were the most stressful for me. It's limbo time. I've been told that the project will start, or continue, as soon as so and so signs off on the budget. Or head honcho Chief Doubletalker is over in Europe and we must wait for his return. Or it could be the case that the manager is in over her / his head and is frozen into inaction. Name the scenario, I've been there. It happens everywhere, and it happens all the time. Now, I'm someone who doesn't care for much of the niceties of socializing at the job. I'm not a water cooler plant. It's like mingling with the cattle as we're about to be slaughtered. I feel that after spending 12 LONG hours a day with these people, I don't want to see you after I leave the building. No offense. Nothing personal. I just want to keep separation between corporate church and state, which is my life. Ever really read any of those career advice columns? I used to, until I realized that it was never about competence. It could never be. These articles have been and always will pertain to how to be the best brown nosing ass-kissing suck-up at the office. The fact is if you are attractive, which almost anyone can achieve these days, you will get ahead. If you are a phoney, unpleasant, non-compliant, take-credit-for-other-people's-work cretin, and a two-faced backstabbing liar at the job, that's the way up the corporate ladder. But what if you aren't a sociopath? If one can find a way to make a living, and not head off to the jail-cubicles of corporate America, make a run for it and don't look back. You'll be happier person for it. As for me, these people can keep their damn jobs. I've had enough. Labels: college, corporate America, jobs, work posted by GoldenAh
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