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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Solo entrepreneurs and very small organizations don’t lack structure: Part I of II

They suffer from self-created bureaucracy.

Reducing Organizational Friction:

Methods to Counteract Bureaucracy and Create an Engine of Efficiency

Son of a Gun:

The Curious History of America’s Most Polite Insult

“Boy Howdy!”:

- is a classic piece of American folk slang — and it’s older (and more interesting) than it sounds.

“If You Wanna Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life”:

Jimmy Soul’s Musical Warning:

SB-4 Housing Ministry: When Faith Is Called into Real Estate Development.

Free Sacred Trinity Church Steps Up For The Mission-And A Model For Other Churches and NonProfit Organizations

The Illusion of Control As A Element of Personal Freedom: The Resolve with Personal Faith

Most anxiety is born from a quiet lie: that everything depends on us.

Tumor vs. Cancer: With Clinical Details- Extended Read

What’s the Difference—and Why It Matters

Tumor vs. Cancer: Quick Read

What’s the Difference—and Why It Matters

Dress for Success in 2026:

The Ongoing Impact of Appearance on Professional Opportunities—Even in Remote Work Environments

“Flip-flop”:

Dress for Success:

Why What You Wear Still Shapes How You’re Judged

Little Boxes: Song from 1962 Rejecting Conformity

by Malvina Reynolds and later, Pete Seeger:

Holy Mackerel: A Fish With A Veil

Meaning, Origins, and Modern Usage

Crack the Whip: Meaning, Origins, and Modern Usage

Few idioms sound as forceful—or as misunderstood—as “crack the whip.” It evokes urgency, discipline, and command in just three words. But behind its sharp imagery lies a long linguistic journey from literal livestock control to modern leadership language used in business, politics, and everyday communication.

Carl Jung: Renowned Swiss Psychiatrist

The Psychiatrist Who Taught the Modern World to Look Inward

Bowling Along (Part II of II):

The Age of Frictionless Living—and the Cost We Don’t Measure

Bowling Alone: Part I of II

A Professional Overview: (Robert D. Putnam)- published in the year 2000

“What’s It All About?”

— Alfie (1966) and the Song That Asked the Question

“Twilight Time”: Rare Classic Song From 1958

A Song That Lives Between Day and Night