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How to Keep Your Job
Don’t bury your head in the sand and hope all of the potential threats to your job and career disappear. They won’t. Keep your ears tuned into your work grapevine; watch sales; observe your industry; keep a close eye on Washington; listen skeptically to your employer when you see problems not articulated. Now is the time to take steps to keep your job. You can keep your job, even in a bad economy. But, start soon, not later, to take the steps necessary to keep your job.

Stop Being Miserable at Work
Are you miserable at work? Do you never feel good about getting up and heading to work on Monday? Do you feel unchallenged, unhappy, or not in control? Is your boss the worst? Do your coworkers engage in unjustifiable complaining all day long? Is no contribution ever good enough? If you continue to participate in any of these ten situations, you will ensure that you will continue to hate your job. And, hating your job is the centerpiece for a miserable life. Why go there?

Becoming a Sage: The Keys to Life-long Self-development
Successful people practice life-long self-development. Studies show that successful people have similar characteristics. They are self-confident without being arrogant. This comes from being self-aware: knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses, knowing one’s goals and remaining true to one’s values and capabilities. They are willing to grow by challenging their limits of knowledge and experience. Find out how else to continue your life-long self-development.

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