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The Secret of Getting Ahead
I was reading a great article yesterday on BusinessInsider.com entitled 7 Life-Changing Lessons You Can Learn From Mark Twain. All of the 7 points offered up practical wisdom that you and I can apply to our lives and businesses today… but… point 4 really jumped out. It said: “The secret of getting ahead is getting [...]
Continue reading...5 Ways to Increase Your Productivity with a Productivity Tune-up
26. July 2011
Learning how to maximize our productivity is an essential component of achieving better results. Productivity helps us work smarter, become more efficient and better enables us to produce our desired outcomes (whatever those outcomes may be). Productivity isn’t only about cranking out more widgets or more work though… It’s also about using tools and resources [...]
Continue reading...Does Your Office Need a “No Complaining Rule”?
22. July 2011
I’m not a fan of complaining… well, at least not the chronic kind that is rooted in negativity instead of being a catalyst for seeking solutions. Mindless complaining is useless. It not only makes the complainer more pessimistic, it also brings everyone around them down. It’s a lose-lose. Complaining CAN be productive though, when it’s [...]
Continue reading...Dealing with Stress (The Self Inflicted Kind)
21. July 2011
Stress plagues a lot of us… doesn’t it? Especially in today’s fast paced environment where we’re trying to squeeze out more and more productivity in the same amount of time. In the course of my day it seems that a good portion of people that I talk with appear to be stressed about something or [...]
Continue reading...Quality vs Quantity and The Pursuit of More
14. July 2011
We’re always trying to accumulate more… aren’t we? It’s especially true where Social Media and building a following are concerned. A simple Google search is a great example… “How to get more followers on Twitter” has about 42,400,000 results. “How to get more fans on Facebook” has about 70,000,000 results. It goes way beyond the [...]
Continue reading...The Most Powerful Thing You Could Do Today
12. July 2011
Encourage, Inspire, and Uplift someone else. Take a moment right now to encourage someone around you. Do it by email, text, phone or face-to-face. It doesn’t matter so much how you do it, just that you do. Tell them that they matter. Let them know you believe in them. Offer an encouraging word that gives [...]
Continue reading...Use Chumming to Grow Your Business and Build a Platform
11. July 2011
Are you trying to grow a business? Are you an author trying to build a platform? Are you someone trying to leverage social media to attract new followers? If you said “yes” to any of those questions then this post is for you. You know what “chumming” is, right? It’s is the practice of luring [...]
Continue reading...Focus on The Relationship, Not Just The Transaction
24. June 2011
Sometimes we can treat people and opportunities like a transaction can’t we? Like we’re walking up to the counter, placing our order then we’re done. We get what we want and then we walk away. We might not intend to do it. Perhaps we’re just busy and trying to check another box off the To-Do [...]
Continue reading...Make the Complex Simple to Achieve Better Results
23. June 2011
“I’m looking for simple solutions for complex problems.” – Anthony Sullivan, Pitchmen We live in a complex world that is getting more and more complex by the day. The speed of information, the number of choices, and the constant evolution of technology can tend to overwhelm a lot of us. That’s why there is so [...]
Continue reading...6 Ways to Master the Art of Woo (Winning Others Over)
21. June 2011
Regardless of who you are or what you do, you have influence. It’s what you do with the influence you yield that matters. Your influence can be positive or negative. It can be a haphazard byproduct of your life or it can be an intentional reflection that serves to lead and move others towards something [...]
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28. July 2011
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