I did everything I possibly could to get the job. I had been through 3 interviews, all of which went well. My audition was well received. And I was told that I had made the short list. A veteran of the radio business, this was my chance to become a TV anchor. I wanted the […]
He was playing the piano at age 3, composing by 5, and performing at age 6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart started his career early. As he grew older – he would take full command of his career in ways most of us would not consider today. Over 200 years after Mozart’s death, we review what the […]
She was called Hollywood’s most exotic actress. But Hedy Lamarr was more than a pretty face. She was also an inventor who helped create today’s wireless world of technology. Lamarr’s success can be summed up in a single word: unconventional. She despised boredom and believed that being “interesting” was her ticket to finding opportunity in […]
He remains one of the most popular singers in the world. Nat King Cole, who smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, left us in 1965, a victim of lung cancer. Cole believed that smoking helped improve his larger-than-life baritone voice. Instead, it killed him at the young age of 45. Today, Nat King Cole’s […]
He was mentally ill; tried to live off just coffee, smoke and alcohol; almost never slept; and was regarded as a total failure since only one of his paintings sold when he was alive. But Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh refused to back down, going on to create hundreds of paintings, each worth millions today. […]
He died believing his teachings had little to no impact. How wrong he was. The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius advocated leadership with self-discipline and self-control. His principles would be adopted more widely long after his death, both in China and the West. What Confucius taught 20 centuries ago is applicable to leaders of today and […]
Nobody in history was more persistent than Thomas Edison. The story is legendary that he tried 10,000 times before succeeding in creating his light bulb. If it were not for Edison’s persistence, we might all be sitting in the dark right now. But how did Edison do it? How can we practice his incredible brand […]
He believed in equality among men, between men and women, and between races. Long before Martin Luther King, there was Frederick Douglass, a former slave who met with President Lincoln more than once. The words of Frederick Douglass provide a guidebook for today’s job seekers. 1. Welcome obstacles starting now Without a struggle, there can […]
Cory Galbraith 