Dan J. Harkey

Master Educator | Business & Finance Consultant | Mentor

Personal Growth & Development

A practical guide to getting better results in your work, your time, and your life.

If you’ve collected enough advice to fill a bookshelf but still feel like your calendar owns you, you’re in the right place. My articles focus on the successful practices that move the needle: goal setting, time management, sales and relationship-building, negotiation, more intelligent time allocation, and reinventing yourself when the old version stops working. Less inspirational theater. More execution.

Most people don’t fail from lack of talent—they fail from drift. I write about how to build clarity, protect your time, strengthen relationships, negotiate better outcomes, and create a repeatable system for progress. Practical, direct, and occasionally funny—because growth is serious, but it doesn’t have to be grim.

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Right, Left, Centrist, Alt-Right, Alt-Left, Right-Leaning, left-Leaning, Passive, Ignorant, and Non-Participant, Subversive, Criminal

Political and Ideological Factions Abound.

You Hit The Nail On The Head

You Got It Right

Are We In The Driver’s Or The Passenger’s Seat?

Are We In Control, Or Just Along For The Ride

Stairway To Heaven: The Struggle With Government Compliance and Conformity.

Another Bad Dream: One Day Before the Election Night 2024

To “Take the Knee” or "Bend the Knee"

Back in the News:

Hitting the Threshold of Complexity:

Understanding and Managing Personal and Professional Growth

Cognative Test

President Trump just had a test so i decide to write on for my friends

American Colossal Racketeering Enterprise:

For the last 50 years, politicians have seemed too busy lining their own pockets to care about the ultimate collapse.

Are We Allocating Our Time and Resources Correctly? Technical Read

Time is a precious, limited, and non-renewable resource; once it is gone or wasted, it is gone forever

Worry is a Wasted Emotion.

Worry is a Useless Emotion

Rode Hard and Put Away Wet

A Good Spoof On A Friend

Fools Rush In

Where Wise Men Fear To Tread

Are We Focused on Yesterday, Today, or Tomorrow?

Do not let the events of yesterday overshadow the potential of today and tomorrow

Dan's 20 Bean Chili

I love to cook. But, when I cook, I cook big-huge-grande-mucho

Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal: A Phrase for the New Work From Home Culture

technological innovations allow workers be productive at home and eliminated the need for much of the office space

Not A Peep Out Of You!

Did You Hear What I Said?

Who Defines Our Narratives?

CNN and MSNBC

A Small Down Payment On Shuttering Government Wasteful Spending

Department of The Global Engagement Center Ceases Operations on December 24, 2024

The Cultural And Economic Collapse: The Biden Economy

Now We Can Openly Endorse Positive Changes

The Good, The Bad, and The Indifferent

People React Differently, Only Some Are Indifferent, Or Otherwise No Interested