“Liberalism's key principle is to redistribute wealth from the haves to the have nots. That takes money from the entities with the greatest potential to improve society (for example, corporations that create jobs, invent life-saving medicines, etc.) and redistributes it to the people, whom on average, will never contribute more to society than to hold a menial job.” PeopleJobsWealthPrinciplesExampleKeysMedicineAverageSavingCorporationsLiberalismEtcEntityLife Saving Author:Marty Nemko
“A half-hour before bedtime, I remind myself that I now deserve to prepare myself for a good night's sleep. You can't focus on your work if you're sleep-deprived even if you have a fascinating job.” IfsJobsNightHoursSleepHalfFocusDeserveFascinatingDeprivedGood NightBedtimeHalf HoursSleep Deprived Author:Marty Nemko
“Sometimes, low-level jobs are challenging even to someone with CEO potential.” SometimesJobsChallengesLevelsLowsCeoLow Level Author:Marty Nemko
“You might want to keep trying to rise, using a path that builds on your natural strengths: sales, analysis, managing people, whatever, and keep asking for honest feedback. When you reach the point at which it feels clear you've topped out, revise your job description or take a step back. Up is not the only way.” PeopleWayWantFeelsTryingMightJobsNaturalStepsPathClearHonestAskingAnalysisDescriptionFeedbackKeep TryingManaging PeopleHonest Feedback Author:Marty Nemko
“If you don't know what career you'd change to, I've come to believe in starting with your values. What do you care most about: producing a new product, a cause, health, something unpopular but important, whatever. Next, get expertise in that, perhaps not at State U let alone private U but at You U: self-study, articles,, webinars, volunteering, etc. Then use your network rather than answering ads to land a launchpad job in that career.” IfsKnowsBelieveImportantSelfStatesUseCareJobsValuesNextCausesCareersStudyLandProductsStartingEtcArticlesAdsVolunteerExpertiseNew ProductsDo You Care Author:Marty Nemko
“Answering ads rarely works for career changers because you have no experience in the job for which you're applying.” JobsCareersAds Author:Marty Nemko
“Only someone who already knows and likes you is likely to give you a good job with modest relevant experience.” KnowsGivingJobsLikesRelevantModestGood Job Author:Marty Nemko
“I think people's feeling the need to be more dependent on others is caused more by the lack of good-paying jobs and by today's zeitgeist that insists it takes a village. That's disempowering although possibly true for many people.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelingsTodayJobsDependentVillageZeitgeistIt Takes A Village Author:Marty Nemko
“What may create even more jobs is to develop more entrepreneurs, of course, ethical ones.” MayJobsCoursesEntrepreneurEthical Author:Marty Nemko
