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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 20 ways to advance your career
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To survive and thrive in today's competitive environment, it is not just what you know. You also need to be competent. You must stand out from the crowd - be memorable, impressive, credible, trusted and liked.
"Success is never a destination - it is a journey."
- Maya Sullivan
1. Exceed expectations; deliver results on a or head of time....
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 18 caveats on how not to change
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Change is not simple. Why do we repeat behavior that doesn't work? Especially those actions that lead to stifling debt, disappointing careers, or stuck relationships? Then do it harder, yet expect a different result? Why is it not obvious that trying to exit an old story by simply writing a ?better ending? only recreates the same story, and ensures that we remain in it? That a thou...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 16 mantras for building financial wealth
- Copyright 2005 Jason Parsons
Everyone wants to be wealthy, but most of us do not have anyone to guide us down this road. Even if we stumble upon a mentor, most of us may think it's a scam. Most of us have beliefs that keep us struggling financially; "the more I can save the richer I will become"; "building good credit is more important than how I use it"; "if I stay with my job for ...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 12 ways to be a confident public speaker
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 11 moments of truth
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 wisdom-based wealth-building strategies
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?It's the business of your life.
and you're the CEO!? Gala Gorman
Imagine that you're Noah and God is telling you that you need to build the ark. You might suspect that Noah was a bit skeptical. Could it actually rain for such an extended period of time that a small ship would be required to survive the storm? According to the Bible, the answer...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 ways to kick the procrastination habit
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I recently read about a survey (by the University of Chicago) which suggested that those who relish challenge are more likely to live up to 10 years longer than those who spend their lives inhibited by timidity.
Trying to realise our ambitions, even if we don't always meet them, is preferable to not having the courage or motivation to take the risk. So not making any...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 tips to help get your virtual business up and running qui
- One of the most challenging aspects of getting a virtual business up and running is the pre-launch phase, which includes lots of research and planning. Below are ten tips to help get you up and running quickly:
Step 1. Choose the type of service or product you want to offer.
Step 2: Certify that you have adequate knowledge, skills, ability, and industry experience....
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 tips for reciprocal links
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Reciprocal links are one of the most common and most effective forms of website promotion. When sites trade links, they both benefit by sharing some traffic directly and getting noticed more favourably by the search engines.
Reciprocal Links help you improve search engine ranking and generate more traffic to your web site. The quality and quantity of reciprocal links...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 tips for a successful job search
- Create a support system for yourself emotionally and for your job search. Identify allies that you can count on. Know some will have strengths in one area, but weaknesses in another. Recognize different people will play different roles in your job search.
Maintain a positive attitude. Inevitably, negative feelings can sabotage your job search. If you have anger about your former emp...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 tips for avoiding home business scams
- by Lesley Spencer, MSc; Founder & President HBWM.com Inc.
Starting a home business has become a wonderful and attractive alternative for parents across the country. With the advent of the Internet, email and cell phones, working at home has been a very viable option. No other alternative allows parents the opportunity to create their own hours and work around their children's schedu...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 things you may not know about us small businesses
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Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner? Are you supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses?
According to this research from the Office of Advocacy, Small Business, there are some good reasons to patronize small businesses, and there may be more opportunity to in the coming years.
Small business owners are likely to be environmentally friend...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 things to think about when you run your own seminar or wo
- Experts on all kinds of subjects, at some point in
their careers, often try to run seminars or workshops.
There are lots of reasons why they do it, but the main
one is money. These can be very lucrative money-
spinners if done correctly.
An awful lot are not done correctly. Far too many
'experts' think that all they have to do to captivate
a...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 things managers/supervisors should know when dealing with
- When dealing with staff, whether it's in a cafe, gas bar, clothing store, etc, it can be frustrating sometimes. But the staff is only as good as the management is! Worth repeating, often a management person forgets this and expects something from the staff that they themselves fail to supply. So below are a few helpful examples to think about if you'd like to retain a content and happy staff....
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 secrets to motivating yourself to great accomplishments
- 10 Secrets to Motivating Yourself to Great Accomplishments
by Ed Sykes ?2004
1. Positive Affirmations
Our subconscious mind is a wonderful tool for success or failure. It will do what we tell it to do. It all depends on what thoughts we feed it. So why not feed your inner mind with only positive thoughts. The following are some examples of positive affirmations you can...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 sales tips for small business owners
- Running a business is easy compared to the act of selling. As a small business owner you started your business to deliver a superior product or service, not to become a salesperson. None-the-less you must master basic sales skills or risk losing your business due to lack of clients! Here are 1o tips to help you turn those inquiries into sales.
1.Define the benefits to the customer. ...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 really good reasons to quit your job and start your own b
- It's been five years since I made the decision to leave my corporate job and start my own company. No question about it, leaving nice coworkers, a stable paycheck and 12 years of tenure with one company was the scariest thing I'd ever done. And yet looking back, it was the defining moment not only of my career, but of my personal development as well. The fact is, I am now so enamored of blazing my...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 questions: do you have what it takes?
- Do you have what it takes to be really successful?
Have you ever thought about what you must be prepared to endure and do in order to be successful in business or your career?
I think I have been asked at least 5,000 times what it really takes to be successful in business, so I jotted down 10 questions you can use to gauge whether you already have what it takes, or if...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 power tips for presentations with computer projection
- When was the last time you sat through a terrible presentation using computer projection? When was the last time you gave one? If you want to avoid disaster and give your career a boost then apply these ten tips the next time you present with the computer projector. And if you want to do a friend a favour then slide them a copy of these tips before their next presentation.
The bigge...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 powerful networking tips using business cards
- Whether you are looking for a job or running a business, giving out business cards is crucial to marketing your skills or services. Even as a job seeker, develop the mindset of running the business of YOU, Inc. Business cards speak volumes about who you are, what you offer and how serious you are marketing YOU, Inc. as a business. Oh! So, you have a resume and don't need business cards. Can you ca...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 money-saving tips for home businesses
- by Lesley Spencer, MSc; Founder & President HBWM.com Inc.
One of the most common obstacles many home-based working moms face is trying to start or run a new business on a limited budget. The first few years
of a business are usually the hardest financially. Some moms leave full-time
careers and substantial salaries to start a new business. Others start a
home bu...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 keys to rise from retrenchment and move on to an exciting
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You may be astonished to realize that retrenchment may occur more than once during the life of the modern day worker. In fact, career advisors report that we could expect to be made redundant up to three times during our working life.
As common as retrenchment is, when it happens, no one likes it. Whatever range of emotions initially emerge - fear, anger, resentment,...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 good reasons for taking driving lessons.a guide for the i
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In a driving context, most of the decisions that you take and the techniques that you employ, will have both an economic and a safety impact. The decision to take driving lessons is really a simple one but one that will have far reaching consequences well into the future. Most, if not all, poor or dangerous habits in today's drivers stem from the lack of professional tuition at the...
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- 2007-03-26 11:45:40 - 10 easy-to-learn tips on handling interruptions
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Imagine this, a co-worker enters your office and says: "Cathy, could I talk with you for a minute? I'm having a real problem with...." You glance at your watch and think of the report that's due in an hour. What do you do?
What would happen if you were Cathy's supervisor?
Let's continue. You're cooking dinner, starting to destress, the food preparation...