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Power Principle of the Day:

June 25, 2019

“If your days are busy and fulfilling, all the yesterdays blend in. Only today counts as you look forward to tomorrow.” – Scott Gerson


May 15, 2018

“Our hiring process has little to do with job specs. It has everything to do with relationships.” – Jeremy Gerson


January 5, 2018

“If they were always right, they wouldn’t be analysts; they would be retired traders.” – Scott Gerson


February 17, 2017

“Those who listen succeed.” – Scott Gerson


June 13, 2016

“Distance should not affect timing.” – Scott Gerson


April 11, 2016

“The most important people in business answer their own phone.” – Scott Gerson


March 17, 2016

“In interviewing, nothing is too big to learn or too small to do.” – Scott Gerson


January  5, 2016

“Don’t worry about doing business. Just do business.” – Scott Gerson


October 16, 2015

“By the time people say, ‘you can’t do it,’ we already did.” – Scott Gerson


August 13, 2015

“Selling isn’t an art or a science.  It’s knowledge disseminated through instinct.” – Scott Gerson


July 23, 2015

“It’s not too good to be true, it’s better than true.” – Scott Gerson


July 3, 2015

“Things that seem to happen by coincidence are usually no coincidence.” – Scott Gerson


July 2, 2015

“That’s not luck, it’s life.” – Scott Gerson


July 1, 2015

“If you’re afraid of people knowing your business, you’re not doing business.” – Scott Gerson


June 26, 2015

“I never think of retirement, I only think of living.” – Scott Gerson


June 5, 2015

“Don’t look to being set for life and doing nothing, you’ll miss everything.” – Scott Gerson


May 28, 2015

“‘Risk Management’ is just another term for not losing too much.” – Scott Gerson


May 27, 2015

“If you’re worried about losing, you can’t win.” – Scott Gerson


May 26, 2015

“Setting up strategic alliances with former competitors is the future of business.” – Scott Gerson


May 20, 2015

“Only jobs have descriptions. Careers are beyond description.” – Scott Gerson


May 14, 2015

“We don’t make money judgments, we just provide you with opportunities.” – Scott Gerson


May 8, 2015

“Online testing cannot measure integrity and character.” – Scott Gerson


May 7, 2015

“Word of Caution: Always work from the top down. If you put your resume into these lower level body shops, you will be judged accordingly.” – Scott Gerson


May 6, 2015

“Cost cutting on hiring is a recipe for revenue ruin.” – Scott Gerson


May 5, 2015

“Don’t take a role that is too senior unless you are ready to move out to move up.” – Scott Gerson


May 1, 2015

“The truth is always changing.” – Scott Gerson


April 30, 2015

“Nothing can happen unless we make it happen.” – Scott Gerson


April 29, 2015

“Hack my computer, please. It is only going to slow yours down.” – Scott Gerson


April 28, 2015

“Be controversial – It attracts a lot of attention and in business we want attention.” – Scott Gerson


April 24, 2015

“Colleges don’t impress me, people do.” – Scott Gerson


April 23, 2015

“Most jobs are word of mouth and most people are word of mouth.” – Scott Gerson


April 22, 2015

“Managers are made not hired.” – Scott Gerson


April 21, 2015

“We find the impossible to find.” – Scott Gerson


April 14, 2015

“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.” – Vince Lombardi


April 8, 2015

“Interviewing is an art form, not a science.” – Scott Gerson


April 7, 2015

“In today’s business, yesterday means nothing.” – Bob Wall


April 1, 2015

“You can be efficient and not get anything done.” – Scott Gerson


March 31, 2015

“If you have more than one person working on the same task, they can’t be very effective.” – Scott Gerson


March 30, 2015

“You are only in the right place at the right time once.” – Scott Gerson


March 24, 2015

“Financial freedom is not for retirement, it’s for living.” – Scott Gerson


March 13, 2015

“Don’t move on, move ahead.” – Scott Gerson


March 12, 2015

“If you survived, now you will prosper.” – Scott Gerson


March 11, 2015

“If you are losing sleep over it, you should not be doing it.” – Scott Gerson


March 10, 2015

“In Bridge, as in life, he who hesitates is a fool.” – Scott Gerson


February 25, 2015

“Don’t call with something to ask, call with something to offer.” – Don Chadwick


February 24, 2015

“Don’t reinvent yourself, just become the person you always wanted to be.” – Scott Gerson


February 18, 2015

“Don’t ask stupid questions, give smart answers.” – Scott Gerson


February 17, 2015

“Perception first, substance later.” – Scott Gerson


February 13, 2015

“In this age of job boards/web surfing/LinkedIn/etc., heavy exposure or saturation is a quick way to box yourself in rather than being hard to get and desirable.” -Scott Gerson


February 12, 2015

“The difference between 99 and 100 percent is success.” – Scott Gerson


February 11, 2015

“Everything in business is strange, rarely what you expect, and it’s your ability to react and adapt that allows for success.” – Scott Gerson

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