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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Debt Serfdom and the American Enterprise

How Did We Allow Ourselves To Get Locked Into Hyper-Consumerism

Eliminate Time-Wasters In Sales Career

Focus On Gaining Efficiencies

Private Money Credit Approvals: Best Practices

Is An Industry Standards Process

Strategies for Successful Loan Closings

Turn a Planned Strategy into an Action Habit

What’s It All About, My Biker Friends?

A Poem to Celebrate the Shared Passion for the Biker Lifestyle.

The 80/20 Rule

Leverage Your Effectiveness

The Value Of Truth: Alternative News Sources:

Empower Yourself By Locating New Sources That Tell The Truth

The Smartest Badger in Badgerville

He Lurks From Within, Always Looking For New Opportunities

Escape From The Jungle: Get Away From Working Too Much

Rejuvenate Yourself With Time Away From Work Pressure

Honey, Most Of The Time, Things Seem Normal With You

Then, for no apparent reason, you get mad at me.

Who Do You Want to Associate With? Empower Yourself:

Intelligently, Associate With Kindred Spirits

When A 'Friend' Turns Out To Be An Antagonist

Don't Give Opinions or Accept Opinions From Others Unless It Is Invited Or You Can Make Money From

Friends Do Business with Friends:

Work on Creating Lasting Relationships, In A World of Short Term Sensational Attention Getting Media Post

Don’t Let the Old Man In

Reject Societal Age Biases By Breaking The Mold And Remaining HIghly Productive

How To Reinvent Yourself, Part II

When Systemic Failures Are Within Our Control

How To Reinvent Ourselves, Part I of II

When Systemic Failures are Outside Our Control

Time Allocation: And The 80/20 Rule

Use The 80/20 Principle

A Successful Person’s Best Practices

Adapt to Changes Required For Continuous Personal Growth

On Being Ourselves As A Unique Sovereign

Take Ownership of Ourself and Our Worth

Who Moved My Marketing Techniques Cheese?

The Shifting Landscape in Effective Marketing Techniques