Unfortunately and ironically, fear of failure leads to inaction and inaction leads to failure. Stagnation makes people lose out on opportunities and makes companies lose out to innovative competitors. Don’t stay in the same place for too long, or you’ll be left in the past. It sounds true, deep, and like a sound solution, but [...]
A popular tip I’ve been reading lately during my job hunt (and therefore my resume reconstruction) is that resumes are a like a brochure of oneself and one’s skills – they’re meant to be a sales pitch and a marketing tool, rather than just a plain list of all your skills and qualifications. Consider resumes [...]
Focus.com has a list of 101 rules for leaders. Most of them are a little bit common-sense, but there are a few with interesting logic behind them. Either way, it is a good list to review periodically if you are a manager.
An objective of every employer in every industry is to increase employee productivity and output without shelling out more money. This is accomplished by keeping morale and a sense of efficacy high and clear of any negativity. How to keep employees motivated, however, can be somewhat of a challenge. Faced with such a task in [...]
David Shea’s The Printable CEO (or PCEO, for short) is probably one of the most revolutionary tools for productivity and organization a small business owner—anyone, really—can have in their toolbox. The PCEO is a collection of 5 printable worksheets for goal tracking, task tracking, daily planning, planned versus unplanned tracking, and individual task tracking. (More [...]
There is a certain nuisance we have all experienced while being amused: advertisements. Blinking, yelling banners popping out of browser windows, movie previews for those completely irrelevant to our chosen film, and commercials for cars, fast food, and make-up regularly interrupt our entertainment time and disrupt enjoyment of our lives. From a business perspective, this [...]
Anybody studying economics, business, or many other areas has heard of The Pareto Principle: the law that states that 80% of results come from 20% of effort. It is a common rule used in businesses to express that 80% of business will come from 20% of clients, and 80% of clients will come from 20% [...]
As any businessperson knows, networking is one of, if not the most, important activities one can undergo for career expansion. Learning who’s who and mastering relationship-building can be the qualification that makes or breaks a person in today’s rapidly-changing and rapidly-judging world. Sorority alumnae know that they have much better job prospects right out of [...]
Marketers, advertisers, and business owners are constantly trying to dream up new ways to get the word out about their products and convince consumers that their products are the only products which fulfill a want or need. No matter what industry, this is the constant struggle. Whether successful or unsuccessful, there have been extreme measures [...]
Balancing work with home life can be difficult, especially in this age of technological advancements that have led us to being able to work from home with relative ease. If you make money while you sit around in your pajamas, however, how do you balance home time with work time? It can be a difficult [...]
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