Adding the Five Percent

Add the five percent for real profits

by James Hale, In an interview with authors William Doyle and William Perkins, a successful partner in a management consulting firm credits attention to detail for her success. She says, “I believe that battles are won and lost in the last five percent of detail.  Everybody gets the first 80%.  Most people get the first [...]

Five Truths: Part 5, Luck Favors the Prepared

Are you prepared?

In 2004, Pixar and Disney Studios released a brilliant movie called “The Incredibles.”  It was an animated film about a family of superheroes and their struggles to live in normal society.  There is a minor character in the film named Edna Mode.  Ms. Mode is a half-Japanese, half-German fashion designer specializing in custom-made outfits for [...]

Seeking a New Job? Learn to Stand Out with this FREE book

  Job Seekers and the Unemployed Can Learn to Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace Tarpon Springs, FL (i-newswire) October 3, 2012 — Getting noticed in this job market is a challenging task, especially in a difficult economy where more and more people are unemployed and looking for work. Career guidance expert James Hale of [...]

5 Truths: Part 4, Highly successful people are not hopeful…they are optimistic.

by James Hale, author of “Getting Seen” You thought “hope” and “optimism” were the same? Just smile. They are not! Oh, yes, they do have definite similarities, and in casual usage they are thought of as synonyms. After all, both hope and optimism are considered powerful emotions based on belief. Both anticipate a positive outcome [...]

Truths #3 of 5: You Need Help

Sample resume format

by James Hale, 80 – 90 % of job openings are filled by people who knew someone within the company to put in a good word for them.  Chances are you have landed a job in the past based on who you knew. Technical skills alone will not get you job offers.  You need friends, [...]

Truths # 2 of 5: You CANNOT be Anything You Want to in Life.

by James Hale, No, you cannot be anything you want to be in life. That is a lie told by well-meaning parents who want their kids to dream big and achieve greatness.  The reality is there are limits and restrictions on your potential.  One of these limitations is your natural skills and talents.  There are [...]

Why We Have to Die

by James Hale, Death. It’s not much fun to think about. Not a whole lot of fun for many who experience it, either. Most people don’t have the luxury of passing away in their sleep. They die some other way. Regardless, the outcome is the same. It’s also entirely unavoidable. Everyone here on this planet [...]

Learning to Hear God’s Call

Excerpt from “Quiet Spaces: Hearing God’s in a Noisy World” by James Hale, “Suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? … The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did [...]

The Mustn’ts

Opportunities

Listen to Mustn’ts, child, listen to the Don’ts. Listen to the Shouldn’ts, the lmpossibles, the Won’ts. Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child, Anything can be. -Shel Silverstein I remember my daughter climbing on my knee as I read her this poem. I talked to her about how [...]

Happy, Thankful and Awed

mission_value

I have a personal mission statement for my life.  Hokey… yes.  Academic… just a little.  Trite and frivolous… no way. You see, my mission statement pushes me to live my life and to view things in a particular way…in a way that I have consciously chosen to look at things.  A realist by nature and [...]