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Lesson #3: Stretch Your Brand but Do Not Let It Snap
“When I began making jeans, the press was skeptical that someone who made luxury ready-to-wear could start something so commercial,” says Armani. “But I considered it a medium to speak with a less affluent clientele.”
The Power of Pokemon: How Tajiri Took the Bugs Out of Success
According to some reports, Tajiri has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a disease that shows itself in the form of social awkwardness and public clumsiness, among other things. Despite this, he has managed to become one of the most beloved and successful video game designers in history. How did he do it?

Survival Tactics
The giraffe is the largest mammal that gives birth while standing up. I don't speak "giraffe," but I can imagine what the baby giraffe must think when he bounces on the ground from that great height. He just left warm, cushioned quarters in which all his needs, comforts and security were provided. Now he finds himself bouncing off (comparatively speaking) hard, cold, unwelcoming ground.
Caution to the winds?
Yes, let’s throw caution to the winds and throw out our old habits with it. I just listened for the first time to my introduction to the Vancouver Dreaming Room recently past, and was I surprised!
The Sixth Deadly Workplace Sin: Gluttony
Recently, I read an article from Careerbuilder.com about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. Last time, I gave you my take on Sloth. Today, it’s all about Gluttony.

Throwing Caution to the Winds
I am often asked whether entrepreneurship comes easy to me. The answer is yes and no.
4 Steps to Optimize a WordPress Page For Search Engines - SEO
The pages on your WordPress site (not posts) are your most important links to the outside world. Why? Because pages change much less frequently than posts and serve as the core message of your business. If building a WordPress website is like building a house, your pages are the foundation.
COACHING FEEDBACK FOR MANAGERS
Feedback is often regarded as the most difficult part of a manager’s job. However, in a coaching culture, negative feedback is experienced in a positive way, as an opportunity for making new discoveries rather than blame. In this article we will look at four areas of feedback: Positive feedback, Negative feedback, Receiving feedback, Coaching feedback.
More on First Impressions
Last week’s article was about first impressions and how basic personal grooming and the taking care of the clothes you wear has a positive effect on the people you meet. This week’s article is also focused on creating a great first impression, however the emphasis is on your behavior. Here are the five top tips to creating a fabulous first impression:
Celebrate The Small Stuff
Find out in this article why every step you make in your journey towards your goal is as important as your desired outcome. It’s time to celebrate – starting today!
Remembering The Three W's Of Recruiting Board Members
The success of nonprofit organizations is contingent on many factors, including the recruitment and development of board members who are committed to helping the organization accomplish its mission. This article provides a tool for recruiting board members who are in the best position to aid the organization.

The Invisible Close Sales Nugget: Using LIVE Testimonials to bring in the Big Bucks!
As a speaker, trainer or salesperson, one challenge you may face is: How do you effectively promote what you’re offering when your audience senses you are biased?
Look Before You Leap Into Affiliate Marketing
Before you take the plunge into a Internet home business you need to take some time to “look before you leap” . While this may sound simplistic it is a key strategy of affiliate marketing. This one simple process can save thousands of new Internet marketers from failing and save them some of their hard earned cash.

Telemarketing Victory - 10 Rules: Use The Phone, Let 'Em Moan, Retain Client Confidence
Ever had good clients and customers walk away and never understood why? Is it possible they're so disgusted they're refusing to respond to your email or take calls from you? Ever felt powerless to change the outcome? How did it come to this? Whether they slip away silently and imperceptibly by degrees or create a commotion on the way out, for some business owners and directors it's a bitter blow they never fully recover from. The good news is that in the vast majority of cases it can be avoided. Often, it's the telephone that provides us with the answer to the problem of losing clients and customers.

Connecting with a purpose Part IV
Perhaps we ought to challenge the way people view the ordinary. This article shares how one young man did just that.
Twitter Tools: The Definitive List of the Best Twitter Tools Ever
Are You On Twitter? Then You Need to Start Taking Advantage of the Best Twitter Tools. They Will Make Your Job Easier, Get More Followers than Ever and Give Your Business Wide Exposure.

Buying An Existing Business Part VII of IX
This is the VII Part of a IX Part series of articles discussing the buying of an existing, small business. In this article we offer suggestions and tips buyers should use when conducting their due diligence of a small, existing business
Is LinkedIn a Profitable Use of Business Owner Time?
Will LinkedIn succeed in expanding beyond pure social networking? Will it get you new clients or maybe more business with existing clients? Is it profitable for you to spend your precious time there? Let's find out.
Betting On Yourself
You have to take a chance, in order to have a chance--a story from the life of Martha Hughes.
When Is It Rational To Be Irrational
The expression “irrational exuberance” has taken on a new significance in recent days. It was used in a 1996 lecture by the then Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, and was widely interpreted as a diplomatic hint that he considered the markets overvalued.
So You Just Got Promoted to Management – What Next?
This article provides an excellent process to use when you get promoted to your first or subsequent management position.
Leadership Lessons: How Much Is Enough
If people are given the opportunity to find their own set point and are neither forced nor excluded from bringing the best of who they are, "the whole person", to work, real progress can be made for healthy team connections to occur. The big question concerns what we need and want to know about each other to make relationships move along in a smooth and collaborative manner. And, it is vital to consider an important caution: work is not a rehab facility!
No leader is master of everything
One of the key failures senior executives and leaders tend to make early in their careers is acting with hubris. This affliction recurs with even the best who have had marvelously successful careers and begin to act without appropriate caution or due diligence. The best way to solve this problem is to look for outside input just to be sure your thinking is clear. The key is knowing when to seek input to avoid making bad decisions. In this article, I talk about how to get input from others and improve your decision making, and ultimately your success as a leader.
Buying An Existing Business: An Introduction
Buying an existing business, compared to other means of getting into your own business, is in my opinion the safest way to go. But you must plan your purchase carefully. This article outlines the advantages and disadvantages of making one of the most important buying decisions of your life.

Entrepreneur Caution: Idea Vampires are on the Loose
Watch your necks! Be careful with whom you share your ideas! The Idea Vampires are out in full force this month! Actually they are around all year. They just seem more overt in their blood sucking right around Halloween. This is their time of year. Right before the Christmas bonus is being discussed. So, how can you recognize an idea vampire? Here is what they are not: no, they don’t all have long black hair. They don’t all have extra long eye teeth hanging out like fangs. They don’t talk in funny Transylvanian accents.

Franchising - Current Economy Offers Great Incentives
As we approach the new year, many prospective franchisors wonder whether developing a franchise operation is a wise decision with the U.S. mired in a recession. Conversely, prospective franchisees wonder whether purchasing a franchise makes senses given the current economic climate. The quick answer to both...
Article Writing – The Most Effective Viral Marketing There Is!
Article writing is one of the hottest ways of marketing your web site and products BUT like all things in internet marketing you have to do it right to get results. Viral Marketing, an important constitute to you receiving volumes of good quality, buying traffic to your web site. So how do you combine the two?
Entrepreneurs, Thinking Of Starting A New Business – Making That Leap From Your Comfort Zone
To many people, starting their own business is a dream – so how do you move from your dream to reality? Making the move from your regular job with the regular income is a big step. Have you really thought this through? Do you really understand all the changes that you will need to make? Let’s examine how to make the journey as safe and quick as possible.
Got a great business idea and not sure when to make the leap from that nice safe job to your new business?
That leap from being paid by others to relying on your own business for an income is a frightening one – make sure you are going about it the right way.

Entrepreneurs – Have You Thought About A Loyalty Program?
You’ve got your business up and running and sales are coming in and you are even making a profit. Now is the time to step your marketing up a bit. How about a loyalty program to encourage more sales and more customers?
A Leader who Understands His Responsibility to Lead
Leaders have a unique role. They must be willing to step out when others are too afraid, risk more than others think wise, and strive for more than others think is possible. It is this type of Leadership that has shaped our world, and therefore is the one thing that makes a leader's role among the most coveted. It is also for this reason that we must proceed with caution when being given such a privileged position.

Sales Training – Can Salespeople Stop and Learn from Traffic Lights and Roundabouts?
Some salespeople go round and round with a prospect without yielding to sales results. Find out how to stop and learn to sell better from traffic lights and roundabouts.
How Not to Beat Yourself Up
The extremes of hyper-responsibility and hyper-irresponsibility are two sides of the same coin. Holding the middle ground often means detaching with love.
Eliminate the Negatives
Ever notice that all the folks with negative, small-minded attitudes always hang out together and all the successful, big-minded people hang out together as well? Coincidence? NO! Remove yourself from the negative crowd. Avoid negative people as much as possible.
Why Women Entrepreneurs Differ from Men
“Many people perceive a style difference as the other person’s personal failing.” Deborah Tannen Have you noticed? Women and Men aren’t just dissimilar below the neck. They often act and express themselves differently as well. That is due to changes in an entirely different area than below the belt. It is their brain, which is located above the neckline. In general, she says “slow” and he says “go.”

6 Ways To Avoid Being Scammed When Buying A “Business Opportunity”
When we decide to pursue our dreams, to go for what we truly want instead of settling for whatever comes along, we automatically become vulnerable to being taken advantage of. Dreams are often so fragile and yet so formidable that they're easily trampled on or abandoned. So whenever someone comes along who tells us what we so much want and need to hear, we can be like putty in their hands.

Low Cost Franchises Offer Way to Own Your Own Business
Low cost franchises come at a very economical price range. But it will be a good investment, only if the franchise opportunity comes along with comprehensive training and support system.

Advance or Retreat
What is the best way to lead when times are tough? How do we turn a downward spiral in a depressed market into an opportunity?
7 Things I’ve Learned About Fear
Learn 7 things that will help you to think about and look at fear.
Tips When Taking Over (Or Transformational Leadership)
If you have just arrived in a new organization, received a promotion to a new position or are new to the management game; this article is designed to help you get a good solid start in your new role.
Sales Performance Boost for Top Salespeople – Part One
Top salespeople have an internal direction to stay the course during turns and downs. Here are key reminders of the top positive attitudes salespeople need to maintain, all taken from a personal elevator mishap. Anyone can adopt top selling attitudes for greater sales results.
Navigating Career Change Understanding the Six Phases of Change
Do you feel the need to change your career, your workplace, your relationships? Understanding the emotions and stages of change can assist you pull together a realistic action plan.
Procrastination and JDI!
Getting better information makes for the more correct decisions. Yet the fear of 'getting it wrong' sometimes means that we use collating information and all sorts of other seemingly completely valid tactics as a good excuse for being slow to decide.

Other caution Related Articles

The Top 10 Limits to Liberation
These are surefire brakes to slow down an experience of a wonderfully expansive life and unbounded freedom. Use with caution, or refuse with great faith.

Caution to the winds?
Yes, let’s throw caution to the winds and throw out our old habits with it. I just listened for the first time to my introduction to the Vancouver Dreaming Room recently past, and was I surprised!
Small Business 2007: Time to Pull in Your Horns
By most accounts, 2006 was a pretty good year for the U.S. economy. While experts remain upbeat about the nation’s economic outlook for the next 12 months, some industry watchers argue that caution should be the watchword for small businesses in 2007.

Towers Perrin Study Discounts Workplace Myths;
Work/life leadership expert, author and speaker, Eileen McDargh, analyzes the data and expresses caution when reading the recently released 2007 Global Workforce Study by Towers Perrin.
Passionate but not Persuasive
There are times when we have an idea be it business or otherwise which we are passionate about. But I would issue caution when relying on that passion to persuade others. Sometimes you can be passionate but not persuasive...

Who Should You Use to Raise Your Capital?
Caution! It may be illegal to compensate a non-licensed broker/dealer.
A Picture Says 1,000 Words–Especially on The Internet
Remember that our public image and our reputation are not just in our hands to control. Being a key player in your brand and your business means that you must use caution with your online presence. Make sure you know what is out there about you - pictures, reviews, and everything else.
The Price of Worry
In the next few days, you'll probably encounter situations that should be approached with a certain amount of forethought, caution, and even skepticism. But if those useful tools of wisdom get blown out of proportion, the result will be worry. At some level we all understand that nothing good comes from worrying, but it's hard to resist because it seems like such a vague, indefinable condition.
Be Careful Not to Over-Improve!
In past articles I have spoken about focusing on repairs – not remodeling. This is mostly most true in cases of the average and below-average investment properties. Even when handling a higher-end property, caution is needed so that your precious profits are not eaten up entirely.
Putting Together Personal Development Strategies
Deciding to change our lives for the better is sometimes much easier said than done. In order to do this we must proceed with caution toward a desired but clear target. Doing so requires a plan. This paper will give you some effective strategies toward your desired outcome.
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