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Love The Work You Do
Love the work you do. The work you do should be your passion. This will only get you o success. When you love your work it will be not like a burden but your it will like your passion. And, this will surely take you to newer heights.

Create a Vivid Mental Image of Your Success

Successful people define what success means to them. Then they develop a compelling and clear mental image of their success. They use this mental image to help keep their dreams alive and to keep moving forward to what they want in their lives and careers. Creating a vivid mental image of your success is not day dreaming. It's real work -- it's the work of designing your future, so you can take the steps necessary to create it.

Work At Home Jobs For Kids And Teens : Work From Home With A Computer
Today, work at home is a very popular subject. There are many ways for kids and teens to make money at home with their computer and internet. You can see here some fast and easy ways to make money at home.

Delicate balance between a career and baby
Having a career and a family can be difficult to manage and it is not uncommon for women to leave it too-late. We need to educate women and men that there is a right time to have children if they want the best chance to conceive naturally.

Interviews or interrogations?
Interviews are part of an organization's landscape yet from research it seems that many could be handled much better. It is one thing to be interviewing people, yet another to be interviewed. We need to be on both sides of the table in order to assess their effectiveness.

Keep your eye on the ball

It's very difficult to stay focused when there is so much to do. You have a list, a commitment to doing what is necessary to achieve the organizational goals but there is so much to distract you. You start the morning with good intentions and check the email. You've got your list to follow and then you find that there are things that are very important - it's only 8.00am in the morning and you have already let your daily list slide...

New to the job
This article has been written to assist new-leaders of local government. However, the information is just as useful for anyone who has moved into a management role. Rules and regulations change from state to state and country to country but one thing doesn't change: you have to know how to fit-in with your new group and how to manage constituents or employees.

One small step for you: One giant leap for your Organization

Times are tough in the business world; very tough in some countries. Regular reports indicate that this is the worst Global Financial Crisis we’ve experienced since WW11. It has made leaders stop and rethink the way they have been doing things. It has made them reevaluate their systems and processes in order to ascertain just how successful they really are. Performance Development Programs (PDP’s) are one way that your organization can improve workplace productivity. Implementing new systems and processes is laborious at first; however setting up and using PDP’s is essential if you are serious about increasing business productivity. They don’t have to be complicated, in fact the simpler the better. When done properly they are a valuable resource for not only you but for your employees as well.

You need one, I need one: we all need a break

In the current economic climate the mantra is to work harder and harder. This is a global phenomenon and we are told it regularly. There is no time for a break; you just have to keep pushing yourself. Everyone else is doing it - so of course you must follow suit. It's expected that this behavior will impact on productivity in all the right ways and that the organisation will go from strength-to-strength. Those in leadership are not immune from this pressure. It is not only difficult to continue to work harder and harder, it is impossible because there comes a point when the bone has no more meat on it. While sustainable for awhile, over time issues start to emerge. Pressured, exhausted leaders can experience a loss of confidence, self esteem, lack of clarity and mental and/or physical health issues can appear...

What we choose!
I experienced these lines. i used to work with something I hated and felt I was selling myself. Now I am blessed, because I do something I love and I am so much happier and make others happier too!

Monday Prayer for Work
Monday Prayer for Work Lord, Help me to always give 100% at work….. 12% on Monday 23% on Tuesday 40% on Wednesday 20% on Thursday 5% on Friday

Are you fishing or hoping for a free boat ride?

This morning Joanne and I were talking to some locals on a tiny island where we’re hanging out for a few days. We saw a fishing boat come in right after a pretty violent storm. There were probably 20 guys hanging around the edges of this very small boat. No one is paid for their services – they all fish and keep track of their catch. Typically, they pay the captain and owner of the boat 2 pounds of fish per day for the privilege of fishing from his boat.

What Basics?
The cyclical and now ubiquitously appearing phrase, back to basics, ignites supporters. The reasonableness of returning to previously successful principles, ethics, systems, accountability, approaches, or you-name-it, appears a tantalizing remedy for our individual or collective woes.

Gaining and Maintaining Healthy and Rewarding Relationships
Gaining and maintaining high integrity, healthy relationships and lasting friendships is a key to achieving a more balanced, bountiful and beneficial life. You will always become like the people you hang out with! Read on to discover some of the things you can do to build stellar relationships and friendships.

Start Something that Matters

Fortunately for us, in his new book Start Something that Matters, Blake tells us we don’t have to choose. As he shares the story of how he started TOMS, one of the fastest-growing shoe companies in the world, he says we don’t have to choose. And furthermore, we’ll have more success if we don’t settle for less than combining all three elements. I love his chapter titles – the six steps for creating your own life.

Why Employees' Leisure Interests are Good for Business

We all possess unique skills and talents, many of which come to the fore only when pursuing passionately-enjoyed leisure interests. Yet most businesses still only focus on the skills and abilities stated on job specifications. Skills audits rarely ask “what skills and abilities do you enjoy using in your personal life?” Passion promotes potential. To ignore skills used in passionate leisure interests is a major loss to the workplace.

Leisure Is As Important As Work
Leisure is no longer a dirty word in business. In fact its part of a new human resource trend to improve business productivity. Leisure has been out of favour since the Industrial Age work ethic killed it off generations ago as "a waste of productive time”. There's at least five good reasons why it's back in vogue.

Employers: Are you ready for the future recruitment landscape?
Bill Wynn, Managing Director of Project Resource discusses how employers must be aware of the changing habits of their target audience over the coming years.

Employers: Embrace the part time/ interim work force
Bill Wynn, Managing Director of Project Resource discusses why employers should embrace the part-time/ interim workforce and the benefits this can bring.

You Still Have Responsibilities When You Work From Home
It really doesn’t matter what you do when you work from home, you still have all your normal household responsibilities. While there are thousands of different things you can do to work from home and make money, this is not one of those types of articles. This is an article that helps put you in a mindset that reminds you to consider your other responsibilities.

When You Work From Home Don't Forget Your Other Responsibilities
I have seen it time and time again, and I have to be honest I sometimes forget my other responsibilities when working from home. This article will help you focus on your ability to work from home and ideas to keep the two separated. If you do not follow these tips you will find yourself mixing work with personal time only getting to the point they become one.

Are You Shortening Yourself on Your Invoice

If you sell services, you may be working for free. When I’m working with self employed business owners who sell services, I nearly always find that they are not billing for some part of their work. That is, their invoices are missing what they could get paid. These lost billings can be the difference between making a living and having money for business and family security, expansion, and retirement.

The Horrors of HR - Part One: Hiring, Teasing, Checking In
Can your employees' work environment become "too friendly - too comfortable"? If so, how do you address this issue? Betsey has some advice.

Why Don't "They" See Things the Way I Do? How Perceptual Style Theory Helps Us Understand Social Differences
What accounts for the extreme differences in the way that different people view the same things? According to Lynda-Ross Vega and Gary Jordan, PhD., it’s the 6 different Perceptual Styles innate to different human beings that determine the ways we see the world and what our values are.

From Boomer to Bloomer - A New Life Phase for Baby Boomers
Baby boomers are starting to reach what we used to call the age of retirement. Now they are looking to create a new life-cycle with its own stages of birth, growth and maturity.It's time to rename their generation baby bloomers.

Life, Conflict and Work
Conflict at work and how to avoid it and resolve it.

WHY WORK?
I was recently accused by a friend as a “WORKAHOLIC”. And, yes I occasionally do log in quite a few hours in a week. But my argument (and I’m sticking with it) to this accusation was surprisingly easy. I told him with some emotion and honest conviction that “I AM NOT A WORKAHOLIC!”

Who But You?
An article on surrender and how we are the only ones who can help ourselves grow in business and in life.

When You Are What You Do
Are you an extension of your job or is your job an extension of who you are?

Enjoy your work
How to have fun again in what you do for a living.

Moments of Professional Happiness
What is the amount of happiness in your life that relates to what you do for a living?

Powerful Coaching Distinction: Working In Vs. Working On Your Life

Having been a professional coach for over 16 years, and having been in over a dozen coaching relationships as a client during that time, I’ve had the opportunity to examine what makes coaching so powerful and effective. It’s my personal view that one of the most beneficial tools that can enhance a client’s life is coaching distinctions. You can think of a coaching distinction like a lens through which you look at life, and in the process life shows up differently. For example, when my mechanic, Dale, looks under the hood of my car he sees a whole different world than I do. I see mostly dirt and oil and maybe the oil dip stick and radiator cap. But because Dale has many more ‘engine distinctions’ he’s the one I’m going to call on if my car won’t start in the morning. In short, the more distinctions we have AND USE, the more powerful...

Live So That You May...

I know I want to live my life in a way that I would want to life the same life all over again. That’s the way ideas get re-circulated. And that reminds me of another great quotation: "There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We just take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn, and they create new and curious combinations. We keep turning making new patterns, but they are the same old pieces of glass that have been in use throughout all the years." --Mark Twain So I’ll probably take Nietzsche’s quotation, refine it a little and make it my own.

Ledership Vs. Followership
A strange paradox; America wants better leaders but invests nothing in followership.

Keeping Work and Life in Balance
It's Work / Life Balance Awareness Week from 1 to 6 September. Are you keeping your life in balance?

7 Day Challenge to Being Happier Today

So, what is this challenge that can make you happier in just 7 days? NO complaining for 7 days! Of course the goal is to keep it up after 7 days. :-) I’m not talking about just the big complaints… like “oh my gosh, the dog had another accident on the rug!” but also the little complaints like, “traffic is so slow this morning,” “it’s so cold outside, winter stinks, why won’t the kids pick up their toys, I hate these shoes, my co-worker is a jerk,” etc. We all do it, often without even realizing that we’re complaining.

3 Ways of Leading
This is when there were way too many frustrations. It was the biggest paradox at work. They loved it when he left them alone and hated it when they asked for his help and he would shrug and say "You take care of it. That's what I'm paying you for."

Say Goodbye to Procrastination……Today

"I'll get it to you later this afternoon" can send a sigh of relief through your body or a shudder of gloom. It all depends on who is making that statement. If you work with a procrastinator life can be full of stress and deep-seated anger. So, what can you do? First thought is to fire the slug! Slow is okay, tardy is often acceptable. However, promises that are made and never kept, well, that is another story.

Are you prosperous worker?
Work in prosperous ideas before reaching prosperous results.

How do you find a REAL Home Base Business?
Finding a REAL opportunity that's right for you is not easy with an abundance of information out there. Poor opportunities need to be weeded out. Read this article to hear my simple discoveries to help you along your path...

Does Direct Mail Really Work?
6 Simple Rules for Creating Direct Mail That Gets Your Phone to Ring.

Work Life Harmony, Rather Than Work Life Balance

Work life balance suggests people are living two lives, one at work and one away from work. But people don't 'work' for five days or more and 'live' for two days or less. Work is just one of many roles that people perform in their week. No matter where they are or what they are doing, day or night, people are carrying personal baggage, problems, responsibilities, personal goals and work goals. Separation of work and personal life roles has become a blur and, to many of us, almost a seamless link. Family friendly policies are now only one aspect of the work life balance issue. Work life balance has become a key factor in attracting and retaining good staff, male and female in a buyers market generated by a shortage of quality skilled staff.

Work + Leisure = Wealth
What sort of response would you get from the boss if, on a working day, you said you were off to play golf? The answer could be an enthusiastic yes if the boss is serious about getting and keeping the best staff to do their best work. The power of leisure lies in its ripple effect. This article will interest those who think the title should read work minus leisure equals wealth.

How to Choose Office Cubicles

In determining what type of office cubicles will be the best choice for a business, it is important to consider a variety of factors. The nature of the business and the potential need for additional employees will impact a business’s decision about the type of cubicles to purchase. It also is important to keep in mind the nature of the work in which the business’s employees will be engaged as well as the need for a pleasant working environment. Before the installation of cubicles, a business needs to carefully design its floor plan. The amount of floor space available, the number of work-stations, and the quantity of space an employee needs to accomplish his tasks all must be thoroughly thought out. All of these considerations will impact the size and type of cubicles a business should purchase.

Having Trouble Paying The Bills
In today’s world with the way the current economic climate is there are so many of us struggling to cope with debt whether it be struggling to pay the phone or electricity bill, getting those frightening letters from creditors or even worst having the debt collector banging at the door and all this leading you to worry whether or not you are going to lose your house or car.

Are You Afraid of Speaking Your Mind?
Being able to speak your mind is one of the hardest tasks to achieve in your career. This article gives great tips on how to speak your mind 'correctly' in the business world.

The Global Economy Recovery Will Be Driven By Women: Part 2
The economy needs a 'facelift' and women are going to be the ones to do it. Check out this story as a 'part 2' to a series of stories on our website.

Maturity is About Being True to Yourself

From age 50 to 60 has become perhaps the most crucial time for reviewing your life. Nature seems to say we have matured to a point whereby its time to again think about our life’s big picture. It’s time to re-connect with your essence - the person you really are, the product of your seed, your genes, your natural selection process. The person you ‘just are’ – a mixture of your natural talents, skills and passionate interests. It’s not about what you’ve done in life to date. Rather, its about allowing your essence to rekindle its natural desire to pursue ‘the magnificence of uncertainty’. Do it while you still have the health and strength to do so.

4 Killer Tips for Building Effective Teams
People in every workplace talk about building the team, working as a team, and my team, but few understand how to create the experience of team work or how to develop an effective team. This article will help you do exactly that.

Why Do You Work? (apart from the money)

Your reasons for working tell you much about what drives you as a person. These reasons go much deeper than the need to make money to pay the bills. They don’t just drive your work, they drive your life. They get you out of bed each morning with the feeling you have a purpose in life and a contribution to make, irrespective of any payment you might receive. The article includes a short exercise to help you find your own answers. These answers are vital for sustaining your daily energy, resilience and enthusiasm to ensure you keep enjoying living life to the last drop!.

Keeping Your Work Life Engine Purring

Life in today\'s stressful world is like driving a car. The harder you drive your car, the greater its fuel consumption and the more often it needs to be refueled. It also needs regular care and attention to avoid unexpected breakdowns along the way. You are driving yourself harder and harder each day. This article suggests how to ensure you keep your energy supplies topped up, stay resilient and avoid burnout.

Winning at Your Next Job-Simply Working Hard May Be The Answer
Nobody ever starts a new job with a goal to fail. Everyone wants to be a winner. Yet, most fail of at best are found among the mediocre. Why, is a good question? Many fail to recognize that thier talent is never enough. Hard work trumps Talent, every time-Tim Tebow

Last Kiss: Divorce and Split-Ups with Business Partners
Have you ever been in a relationship with a colleague? Are you still in one now? Don't let a break-up between you and a business partner ruin you financially. Don't know what to do? Check out this story for advice

How to Motivate Yourself: Part 1
Knowing what to do and how to do it is an important part of leadership, but is only two thirds of what makes any leader effective. The other third is motivation: the reasons for what you do. Consider what gives your life meaning, then implement self-motivation strategies.

How to Motivate Yourself: Part 2
Self-motivation strategies give you the energy to pursue your goals in life. The seven strategies shared in this article include introspective activities like retreating to advance, mentorship opportunities, and scheduled growth-producing activities.

How to Motivate Yourself: Part 3
Self-motivation strategies give you the energy to pursue your goals in life. The final four strategies shared in this article include enjoying the journey, clarifying your values, triumphing over circumstances, and looking for positive elements in every situation.

The Incompetent Interviewer
If you've been job hunting lately, chances are strong you've run into an incompetent interviewer. My experience is that many people responsible for interviewing see it as a necessary evil. It's not what they want to do so it's something to get over quickly so they can go back to what it is they do well. Don't assume you will be meeting with a polished interviewer.

Stop Making Decisions – just do what’s important!
I read in a interview this week where Dr. Mehmet Oz said: “I recently learned that the more decisions we make in a day, the more likely we are to make bad decisions – because deciding wears us down.

Life, Business and the Pursuit of Happiness: Do More of What You Do Best!

Why do some people thrive in the work they do while others seem so miserable? The answer to this all-important question has everything to do with who we are as people, and what makes us different from each other. By focusing on areas of natural talent, skill and passion-not just for what our businesses do, but what we do in our businesses-we can strengthen the bottom line and experience more happiness on a day-to-day basis.

Want a $16/hr job?
For several years we’ve heard the horror stories – about how American companies are moving all their operations to other countries to save money on labor costs. Why would a company continue to pay $14/hr when you can find people willing to work for $4hr? And all the American jobs are being lost overseas?

Top 10 Paper Organizing Tips
Paper over takes our lives, our desks and our homes. Take control with our top 10 paper organization tips!

Use Your Mistakes as a Catalyst for Success

In a recent article on the Alabama-LSU football game, I stated, "a fumble is simply a recovery waiting to happen." This article discusses five tips to effectively use your mistakes as a stepping stone to success: (1) Reflect on your mistakes, and learn from them (2) Treat a mistake as a natural part of a maturation process (3) Mistakes are opportunities for growth (4) Take pride in perfecting your deficiency and (5) Work, Work, and More Work. Get started today and use your mistakes as a catalyst for success!!

Make your mastermind rock
In a recent blog – The Power of a Group – I talked about the questions Ben Franklin created for guiding the discussions in his Junto group. Many of you asked to see those, so here they are. See what you think – can you get a sense of why the Junto accomplished so much in Philadelphia with ripple effects for the entire country? How would you like to be a part of a group like that?

Michael Hyatt guest post today - Forget the royalties – just give my book away

I have yet to meet an author who thought his/her publisher did enough marketing or who was satisfied with . Most have the fantasy of writing the book, submitting the manuscript, and then sitting in a lawn chair next to the mailbox, waiting on those big checks to show up. The reality of publishing and the source of real income is a quite different picture. Several years ago , author of , told a small group of us author wannabes something that revolutionized my approach to writing. He said, “Everyone I meet wants to write a book. I tell them, ‘Write your book. Do a great job. Now you’re 10% finished. The remaining 90% consists of marketing, promoting, developing ancillary products, etc.’”

Can you do that a little faster?
This morning the local electric company showed up to dig the hole for a new pole on our property. They had already determined the hole would be going through rock so they brought in the right truck to do the job. As an old farm boy I was fascinated so I picked their brains for some interesting information.

Details, Extras & the Personal Touch of Extraordinary Service
Success can be an early warning indicator for failure. Extraordinary service delivery is simple in concept but difficult in execution. It means paying attention to the details, including the nuances of relationship. Remember that all business is personal so the personal touch is one of your most powerful tools.

Do the Opposite....

I have never been a fan of "normal.” Even as a little kid I was drawn to things that were different. I wanted a bicycle that stood out from the crowd – not more expensive or even better – just different. I built my first car from the ground up so I could have something that would stand out. I moved on to college options that were different, completing bachelors and masters degrees with no debt.

Don’t Wait for Perfect…..
One of the beauties of today’s workplace is that we can just get in the game and then refine our business as we go. The unfinished and imperfect business, book, website, house, job, garden, or fashion design is a starting point. Releasing a trial version can be an act of transparency – and an invitation to customers and friends to help complete and improve it.

The 5% Challenge
I am very intentional about my use of time, working from a schedule that I create weeks in advance. But that does not mean that I work head down for 8 hours without taking a break. I once worked with a high-level financial executive that told me for 26 years at his previous company he had worked “head down, pencil up.” And he was dreadfully out of touch with currents trends and opportunities.

A N.E.T.W.O.R.K. of Words to Help You NETWORK
Top 7 Things You Need to Know About Business and Social Networking

Live Your Talents, Love Your Work
“Choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” Most of us are familiar with this quote from Confucius, but what does it mean? To veteran business coach Lynda-Ross Vega, a job you love means one that’s supported by your natural skills and abilities. Work and drudgery are not synonymous!

The “adjacent possibility”

A few years ago biologist and researcher Stuart Kauffman came up with a term he called “the adjacent possible.” It’s a complex theory but here’s a simple way to look at it. Think of being in a house that magically expands with every door you open. You walk into a room and see three more doors leading out. Once you open one of those doors you enter another room with another three doors leading to yet new rooms. Keep opening doors and eventually you’ll realize you’re in an expanding palace.

That dog won’t hunt

Here we are at the end of March already. I was talking with a friend the other day about an old farmer’s adage we used to anticipate in March regarding the weather: “In like a lamb, out like a lion.” Or “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” The expectation was that if we had harsh winter weather at the beginning of March we would have mild weather at the end – and vice versa. I have no idea why that is expected but it reminds me of all the little clichés that we accept as reality. As farmers we also used to cite, “Red in the morning, sailors warning; red at night, sailors delight.”

Learn How to Celebrate You!

For many who go through life feeling vaguely dissatisfied and unfulfilled, veteran business coach Lynda-Ross Vega has a solution: the Perceptual Style Theory and her Perceptual Style Assessment. Upon learning more about the theory, and reading the results of the assessment, many people experience a sense of validation: they begin to understand not only what makes them unique, but also how to embrace – and celebrate – their unique talents and skills. The result: happier, more fulfilled lives.

Would you hire this person?

This addresses a pet peeve of mine. And that’s the “Objective” on resumes. Here is a recent example on a resume submitted for my review: “To support the growth and profitability of an organization that provides challenge, encourages advancement, and rewards achievement with the opportunity to utilize my experience, skills, and proven abilities.” Sounds great – would you like to hire this person? But what do you know about this person? Is he/she a candidate for flipping hamburgers or for a CEO position? Does he have skills in supervising, organizing, planning, selling, marketing, etc? Is she proficient in any computer skills? We don’t know. This “Objective” tells us absolutely nothing about the person. It was a total waste of time on the applicant’s part.

Open Door - Right Direction?

Here’s a reader question: Dan, My big goal is to start a business and I’ve taken the first few steps. My broad goal is simply to find a different job. It’s funny though – the more I work on my business plan, the more interviews and job opportunities come open to me. I’m not sure if it’s a sign that I’m really headed on the right track (and the other jobs are distractions) or if it’s a sign that there’s something else out there for me (just a different job, not my own business). How do you figure that out?

Are you a coach or just a cheerleader?
As quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana led his team to four Super Bowl victories. He has been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was named by Sports Illustrated as the greatest football player of the past 50 years.

Getting Along with the Boss
Getting along with your Boss can sometimes mean the difference between having a successful career or the job from hell. Here Terri offers advice on how to get along with the grumpiest boss.

Your Best Summer Ever
As Brian Tracy has advocated for years, when you work, work flat-out. Work hard! Work smart! Work with full concentration and full attention.

Work-is more than just a paycheck
Does your work align with your abilities and deepest interests? Is your work simply a way to earn a living? Do you enjoy your work so much you could do this work forever? Find the Right Work, which aligns your ability and talent

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