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Frequent Secondments Can Cause Employee Ineptitude (A True Story + Tips You Can Use)

March 14, 2013

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 […]

Self-Development

When Your Work Speaks for Itself, Turn Up the Volume!

March 13, 2013

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 […]

Entrepreneurship

Train Your Mind to Repel Fear

March 12, 2013

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 […]

Public Speaking

Diligence Beats Following the Rules! (True Stories About 4 Famous People)

March 11, 2013

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 […]

Writing/Blogging

10 Valuable Lessons I Learnt About Blogging for Passive Income, from Yaro Starak’s 60 Minute Podcast Interview with Patrick Meninga

March 9, 2013

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 […]

Parenting

Your Child Needs to Decide What She Wants In Life

March 8, 2013

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 […]

Career Development

To Succeed, Treat Even a "Demotion" As a Good Thing

March 7, 2013

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 […]

Self-Development

Cheating Denies You The Opportunity to Improve Yourself

March 6, 2013

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 […]

Entrepreneurship

Do You Have To Be Popular To Get Rich? (Case Study: Michael Jackson vs Warren Buffet)

March 5, 2013

"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 […]

Public Speaking

What If a TV Reporter Requests To Interview YOU Live?

March 4, 2013

"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 […]

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