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The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.

When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.

Preparation, application and determination are three of the most important factors that enable you to regain your sparkle and shine like never before.

When it comes to getting a job or client, congruent value is aligning the employer's need with your value add.

Ever day you spend at work is a foundation for your future.

The most important tool you have on a resume is language.

Earn your confidence, nurture it, then help to build it in others.

you are trained for job but you are born to work.Exert then your energy in the right proportion on the most vital matters

You must fall in love with your job, over and over again, to own it.

Do not waste your life, in search for a job.Use your special gifts to create work for yourself.

When you work on what you love, you have the best job in the world.

We yearn for opportunities, we pray for opportunities and we seek for opportunities. The good news is that we meet opportunities. The bad news is that we miss the opportunities only to come to a later realization of missed opportunities.

the value of intellectuals is neither their intellect nor the value of their intellect but the value of what they use their intellect to do

One theme that runs through many [job hunting books] is just plain harmful: the advice to "just be yourself." Wrong. Remember that first day on your first job, when you went to get your first cup of coffee? You found the coffee machine, and there, stuck on the wall behind it, was a handwritten sign re

Come right out and say you want it: __t__ been great hearing you talk about the position. I__ love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.

Good questions are those that show that you not only want the job, you are prepared to knock the ball out of the park once you have it. So ask, __hat would a successful year in the job look like?_ or __hat did you most value in the person who left?_ You__e done a Google search of the field and the company, of course, and one of your questions could be about emerging trends. Interviewers love it when questions relate to them and their accomplishments (____e heard you made some exciting changes recently. What has the outcome been?_).

Every day you should also be checking job boards to track positions as they open up. In addition to the job boards on company websites, use public job boards such as Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn, and any specialty sites. There__ also your alumni website, etc.

When you create a résumé, for instance, it__ not about listing every single role and responsibility you__e had. Instead it__ about highlighting accomplishments that all ladder up to your overall positioning, expressing a clear point of view. You__e taking control of the impressions you make by doing the work for them.