Focus on Solutions
Problems are part of life. Success comes from finding solutions to the problems in your life. Everyone has problems. These […]
Building Your Career
Free Preview The tools and systems thousands of people have used to find the best jobs and to build the […]
Authentic Leadership
Authentic leaders the kind of trust that build creates success within an organization. To be authentic, leaders must have the […]
Finding Opportunities
Are you finding new ways to build on your success? Innovation creates changes. Attitudes create changes. Economics creates changes. Mergers, […]
Heathly Reflection
Healthy Reflection: Caring about what other people think about you is normal. But you cannot control what other people think. […]
Trust Yourself
Are you holding yourself back? Trust yourself to become a powerful performer. Put together all the pieces to create success. […]
How the Best Leaders Manage in a Crisis
Difficult managers use crisis as a management tool. Everything is serious. Everything is urgent. They shake everybody up. The […]
For hiring managers, the chemistry of the job interview influences hiring decisions as the much as the skills of the job applicant.
For hiring managers, the chemistry of the job interview influences hiring decisions as the much as the skills of the […]
The People are the Company’s Greatest Assets
Knowledgeable, well-trained people are a company’s greatest asset. There is no game without the players. There are no goods or […]
Great People
The Challenging Work of Selecting Great People As a recruiter who worked with wonderful human resources people and hiring managers, […]
Choose Happiness
Happiness is easy when everything is going our way. Some people seem happy all the time. How can we be […]
Life Challenges
Life’s challenges create pressure. I cannot always eliminate these challenges, but I can be smart about how I respond to […]
Worry Not
Worrying is Not Planning. When I am planning, I am actively engaged in the present moment. I am acting on […]
Do Something to Eliminate Fear
If you want to change the subject in your head, do something. Call someone. Read anything: a book, a website, […]
Freedom from Fear
Emotional Intelligence: Learning how to manage emotions is part of growing up. However, becoming aware that our feelings are making […]
Setbacks and Resilience
Successful people have setbacks. Everyone does. But successful people bounce back. They have resilience. ~ www.jaywren.com How is it that […]
Poise and Confidence
Poise is not always automatic. Nearly everyone feels uncertain and lacks poise from time-to-time. How do successful people restore their […]
Gratitude and the Present Moment
People who see themselves as victims of the past and future lose power over their lives. However, they can step […]
Health
Your Health and Your Career Weight, Health, and Your Career Understanding the relationship of weight, health, and career success is […]
Master the Power of Overcoming Fear
Master the Power of Overcoming Fear The Power of Overcoming Fear: What is fear and why do we need it? […]
Best Teams
Team Success: What traits engage and build loyalty among team members? This article covers five of the traits I have […]
Choosing Joy
Don’t Wait for Success to Be Happy. Happiness doesn’t happen in the future. Nothing exists in the future. Everything can […]
Becoming a Healthier Person
Toxic people create stress that spreads throughout an organization. What are the skills that you can develop not only to […]
Changes
Toxic people create stress that spreads throughout an organization. What are the skills that you can develop not only to […]
Act to Find Joy, Peace, and Success
Happiness and Joy don’t happen in the past or the future. Everything can only exist here and now.
Solutions for Success
Solutions: Viewing the world as a series of problems is discouraging, even scary. Solutions: How Successful People See the World
A Clear Mind
Life’s challenges create pressure. I can’t always eliminate these challenges, but I can reduce the pressure by being smart about […]
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Success Starts Today
Every day there are opportunities to create success from where you are. Look ahead without regret of the past or […]
Creating a Positive Workplace
Focusing on a negative can distract people from the positive side of doing their job. It’s Not about Fruitcake I […]
The Personal Benefits of Helping Others
Helping Others is Rewarding Some of the best things I have done for myself involved helping other people. Giving my time […]
Professional Growth
Professional growth: things change so rapidly that you must develop the skills and learn the information that will continue to […]
Anxiety and Emotional Intelligence
Anxiety is an emotion not an event. https://www.jaywren.com/emotional-intelligence-2/
Quotes on Hiring Great People
Hiring the Best People and Empowering Them to Excel: How do great leaders build great companies? Here are some of […]
Take Breaks
Take breaks: I can become so absorbed in my work that I don’t realize that I am too tired to […]
Self Honesty
Self-Honesty: There are two types of honesty. Cash register honesty is one. Certainly, the cash register is important for building […]
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
Persistence and Resilience: Empowered for Success
Continuing Professional Development: 5 Elements for Continued Growth
Continuing Professional Development and the 5 Elements of Learning. If you want to become a power performer, you probably have […]
Finding Joy in Life
If you don’t like what you are getting, stop doing what you are doing. Maybe you are following the wrong […]
Stick with Winners For Personal and Professional Success
Stick with winners. Surround yourself with people who will make you smarter, healthier, happier, and more successful. Personal and Professional […]
Persistence and Resilience: Empowered for Success
Successful people have setbacks. Everyone does. But successful people bounce back. They have persistence. They are resilient. ~ www.jaywren.com Do […]
Jay Wren – Author: Best Jobs. Brightest Careers.
During my career as a corporate recruiter, I conducted recruiting assignments for over one hundred companies. The success of my […]
Self-Consciousness
Self-consciousness is an obstacle to confidence. When I lack confidence, I am focusing on myself. Loss of Confidence When I […]
How to Stop Scaring Ourselves with Our Thinking
Things we don’t think about don’t scare us. ~ www.jaywren.com Who doesn’t have days when we worry about things going […]
Creating Relationships with Influencers
Your network is your sphere of influence. ~ www.jaywren.com One powerful way to gain recognition is to have influential people […]
The Simple Steps to Success in Virtual Interviews
A successful virtual (or phone) interview carries as much weight as an in-person interview. Without success in either one, you […]
Winning Team Members
There are many traits of winning team members. Here are six of the best traits. Mistakes Team members own their […]
Self-comparisons
Self-comparisons are normal, but not always healthy. For some people, success comes early and appears to be easy. Some tech […]
The Direction of My Day
The direction of my day begins with the thoughts that I reject or embrace as I become awake. From there, […]
New Directions: You Got This
New Directions Along the way, my career has taken new directions. As an undergraduate student, I had planned to become […]
A Lifetime of Success
Long-term success comes from a lifetime of repeating daily steps. www.jaywren.com Long-Term Success: What are the things that successful people […]
Starting Now, Act on Opportunities
Starting Now: Remember, success does not come from trying to change things we can’t control. Success comes from acting on […]
How to Meet Deadlines
A deadline is not a wall for failure. It is the door to success. www.jaywren.com Some projects require months, even […]
Overcoming the Fear of Being Wrong
Do you fear being wrong? That fear is normal. With a little understanding and simple habits, you can manage that […]
For Successful People, School is Never Over
For successful people, school is never over. They learn as if they will live forever. Developing new skills will increase […]
6 Tips for a Gold Medal Performance Review
Your performance review affects your promotions, your pay raises, and your job security. Go for a gold medal review. www.jaywren.com […]
Great Direction Focuses on Solutions
The Best Direction Tells People What to Do A guest lecturer at one of my undergraduate classes put a note […]
Lifetime Career Success Requires the Power to Grow
Lifetime Career Success: Building a successful career is a continual process of expanding your skills and your network. Don’t fear […]
How to Turn Down A Job Offer
Job offers: There are many things that you need to know to get a job offer. For some people, turning […]
Building a Powerhouse Reference List
Build a Powerhouse Reference List as Part of Building Your Professional Network. It seems that most people think of creating […]
5 Things Not to Discuss in Your New Workplace
If we say things that offend people at work or in our businesses, we hurt our co-workers, our employees, our […]
Expand Your Qualifications with New Skills
Is there a job you would like to have but do not have the skills for that job? Perhaps there […]
Identify Your Career Options
Identify your career options. Develop a refined list of options by examining your interests, skills, and values through self-assessment, researching […]
The Stress of a Job Change
Just the process of seeking a new job requires effort and creates stress. Meeting new people in networking and interviewing […]
Income and Job Changes
If a hiring manager or recruiter calls you and you have no interest in making a job change but would […]
Job Offer Questions: 6 Questions to Ask before Accepting a Job Offer
Offer Questions: Mutual understanding starts with great questions. Here are questions you should ask before accepting a job offer. When […]
Salary Increases: Changing Jobs for More Money
Salary Increases: Some people recommend changing jobs every few years solely for an increase in base pay. The benefits could […]