Showing Posts from: David Harder
How Did All Of Us Become Her Favorite Client?
One of the most important lessons I learned about life came from my friend and colleague, Robert Maurer. He said, “We learn nothing of value by studying dysfunction.” He goes on to tell us that if we want a great love life, study people with long loving marriages. […]
Career Tip of the Day – The World-Class Interview
Let’s being by getting one thing straight: A world-class interview is not about you. Here’s why: Human beings are hard-wired to be able to think about something other than themselves for about 15-seconds. For most hiring managers, this means they will not be that interested in […]
Career Tip of the Day
Advancing technology isn’t taking away work; it is eliminating tasks. Before the pandemic, about half of our country’s workers were needing to shed the mindset of the past and develop an understanding of how to fit into the emerging work of the future. Millions of jobs have been eliminated. […]
If America is Failing Today’s Workers, What must we do?
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” John F. Kennedy As the pandemic hit our country, our workers were already in distress from underemployment. On the surface, we were given glowing reports of the […]
Waiting for Normal?
Which Side of This Table Will You be Standing? The world will not be going back to normal. The last time many of us waited for the world to change, We were unprepared to change ourselves. The future of work is no longer in the future. […]
My Last Pandemic
It was the early 80s. My first partner and I had just moved in together. He had just passed the California State Bar and gone to work for a big law firm. I was making good money in the staffing industry and getting concert dates in jazz clubs. We got […]
A Few Alternatives to Easter
I have never had issues with people of faith attending church and celebrating the story of Christ, except for this weekend. Many of us have not yet had someone close to them fall victim to the Coronavirus. Two and a half weeks ago, Terrence McNally, one of our country’s […]
Could Sheltering Become Your Turning Point?
Every generation gets an event that tends to shape their thinking, outlook, and behavior. In my personal experience, the current events that we are encountering today cannot help but create a re-set in most of our lives. There will be a profound positive change in our culture. Sadly, we will […]
Who Wants To Be a Billionaire?
“Want to become a billionaire? Then help a billion people. The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.” Peter Diamandis – Co-Founder, X-Prize History has long demonized wealth and the rich. The problem with blaming the rich is that the very people who point their fingers in […]
Success Will Never Care if You Are a Man or a Woman
To suggest that we are living in deep turmoil could be my understatement of the day. Much of today’s turmoil involves ongoing collisions with change and for many, Harvey Weinstein’s conviction represents a turning point. But, a turning point for what? Advancing technology is part of it. The […]