Self-Devpt. Nuggets™

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!If you’re an employer or an organizational decision maker, this article will interest you. It’s about how a talented employee’s development of on-the-job proficiency can be stifled by frequent redeployments – unless conscious efforts are made to prevent that problem […]

This post’s title is not a play on words. It refers to the need for more business owners to use Self Promotion to boost their marketing efforts. Henry J. Kaiser reportedly once said: When your work speaks for itself, don’t interupt.” I agree. And I also believe one should explore ways to make it speak […]

Fear is a terrible thing. It negatively affects your state of mind, and at a point even your physical well being. It is my considered opinion, that the biggest mistake anyone can make is to allow fear to control her, or influence her decision making. In fact I believe your ability to master your fears […]

In this week’s issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I offer excerpts that I personally transcribed (inserting sub headings in relevant sections) from the audio clip of an edition of the Speaker Match Radio Series titled “Success Strategies for Speakers from the Pros”. The host – Bryan Caplovitz – interviewed Burt Dubin – a 25 […]

This is an excerpt from my new ebook, which includes my 20 page VERBATIM text transcript of Yaro Starak’s 29MB podcast – with headshots and time stamps. Patrick Meninga achieved fame as a blogger by building a $2,000 a month adsense website while doing a full time job, and then selling it for $200,000. Between […]

What would it take to have one’s child grow up and become a sports superstar, like Michael Jordan or a famous personality like Larry King? History has shown that it is possible to deliberately coach children, from a very early age, to develop their unique skills and talents towards excelling as adults. The Williams sisters […]

Imagine you get a letter from your boss notifying you of management’s decision to temporarily redeploy you to a position that’s about 2 steps below your current management grade? If you’re like most people, you’ll most probably interprete such a career move as a demotion. This article presents a different perspective that you can adopt […]

Tough times can be blinding. Hardship can be traumatizing. When things are not going the way we want, we humans, despite our high level of intelligence, can be so quick to forget the good times that preceded any bad ones that emerge. And so we complain and whine, asking “why me?. Those who feel they […]

“Quiet Success” vs “Loud Success”: Which Is Better? If you think that’s an odd question, bear with me as I explain. Generally, wealth acquired through creative endeavours (like entrepreneuring, sports, entertainment) are especially popular measures of success. In contrast, less widely followed avenues to success (like investing) can often be more lucrative, even as they […]

“Can we ask you a few questions?“. What if the foregoing question was suddenly directed at you at a formal public event, by a TV reporter holding a microphone, followed closely by a colleague with a camera? A live interview (on an important subject in your area of expertise), right on the spot. No opportunity […]