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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How Strong Leaders Handle Jealousy:—Without Becoming Smaller

Success doesn’t just attract opportunity, it attracts resentment. As leaders rise, they inevitably discover an uncomfortable truth: not everyone around them wants them to win. Some smile. Some comply. Some quietly hope for a stumble. Strong leaders leave ego out of the question.

Why RAM Matters:

The Invisible Engine Behind Computing Speed

“Why Me, Lord”: Kris Kristofferson-A Song of Unvarnished Grace

When Mission Creates Envy- Part II of II

How Leaders at Free Sacred Trinity Church and Optimum Health Institute Can Navigate Jealousy Without Damaging the Work

When Mission Creates Envy- Part I of II

How Faith-Based and nonprofit Leaders Can Navigate Jealousy Without Damaging the Work

“What’s Going On” – Marvin Gaye (1971): Empathy as Social Resistance

“Cats in the Cradle” – Harry Chapin (1974): Family & Regret

“Somebody to Love” – Jefferson Airplane & Grace Slick

“White Rabbit”: Jefferson Airplane

What inspired Grace Slick to write this timeless classic

“Fortunate Son”

– Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969): A Vietnam War Critique

“Sad Eyes” and “Turn the Other Way”

Two Sides of Emotional Restraint

What Is the Cumulative Inflation Rate Since 1913—and Why the Middle Class Can’t Get Ahead

Inflation is not an accident. It is a design feature.

Dogs, Horses, and Mules: Part II of II

Three Kinds of Intelligence, Three Kinds of Loyalty

Dogs, Horses, and Mules: Part I of II

Three Kinds of Intelligence, Three Kinds of Loyalty

Taxing Paper Wealth:

The Intended—and Unintended—Consequences of an Unrealized Gains Tax

Upgrading Technology Is Not Enough: Technology Is Only 20% of the Equation- Part III of III

Why the 80/20 Rule Determines Whether Performance Actually Skyrockets

I’m Upgrading My Technology—and Expect My Performance to Skyrocket- Part II of III

Performance skyrockets only when the entire system evolves—not when one component does.

I’m Upgrading My Technology—and Expect My Performance to Skyrocket- Part I of III

I am continually working on using my time more effectively, with exponentially increased output. That is the new Requirement for lightspeed growth.

Performance Elasticity vs Role Elasticity in Job Performance

Performance elasticity and role elasticity are related but distinct concepts used in organizational design, labor economics, and management.

Government Data Revisions : Continuously Undermines Public Trust

Public trust in economic institutions does not collapse because numbers change. It collapses because the pattern, timing, and consequences of those changes consistently favor institutional authority over public understanding and public benefit. Revisions, in rare cases, are technically defensible. Their effects, however, are corrosive.