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Lesson #5: Separate Business from Personal
Although Hughes liked to put his personal touch on every project he worked on, he was also able to recognize the difference between business and personal. At times a ruthless businessman, Hughes would take whatever action he deemed necessary to achieve his goals.
The Art of Customer Service
This blog entry is a response to a topic suggestion by Douglas Hanna. It covers the art of customer service, a subject that is near and dear to my heart.

On the Other Hand: The Flip Side of Entrepreneurship by Glenn Kelman
This is a guest posting by Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, a company that enables people to buy homes online. He offers a counterpoint to my posting about how easy it is to make millions of dollars with "user-generated, long-tail, Web 2.0, social-networking, open-source content."
Staying on Top
One way I stay on top of things is to realize there’s a flip side to everything. It keeps me circumspect in both good and bad times. This produces a learning curve, which is a smart way to look at problems or the curveballs that come your way. There are highs and lows in everyone’s life. Whether you’ve reached your goals or not, staying on top of things requires momentum on a daily basis.

Mastering the Earning Game
When faced with a challenge, some people freeze. They stop taking action. They drift or coast, hoping that the problem will disappear. They blame, complain, whine, or moan about their circumstances.
Multiple dumbnesses
About twenty five years ago, Howard Gardner taught us his theory of multiple intelligences. He described the fact that there's not just one kind of intelligence, in fact there are at least seven (1 Bodily-kinesthetic, 2 Interpersonal, 3 Verbal-linguistic, 4 Logical-mathematical, 5 Intrapersonal, 6 Visual-spatial, 7 Musical, 8 Naturalistic). This makes perfect sense-people are good at different things.
Massive Growth: How Will You Handle It? Part 1
For the owner of a small business, experiencing explosive growth can be exciting. It can be the beginning of a new era for the business, and it can solidify the company’s existence in the sometimes brutal world of commerce. In the same breath of excitement, though, massive growth can provide new challenges as entrepreneurs strive to keep up with it. This article details how three very different types of women entrepreneurs may respond to massive growth – and how their reactions may affect their businesses.

The Power Of Daily Visualization Meditation In Your Home Based Business
Why do some people not take action? They buy into the system, buy the product and then it sits in their home office with the shrink-wrap still on it. I don’t know why they DON’T– but I do understand why others DO take action: they use the power of visualization meditation.

Stop Blaming Marketing
Sales and Marketing need to learn to work together and stop pointing fingers.

What to Look for in Online Backup
Learn the features to consider when choosing an online backup service.
Do's and Don'ts of Reference Checks
Checklist of what you should and shouldn't do when it comes to providing references.
Habits, life choices, decision,health,personal growth,personal development,spirituality
What it all boils down to is…”What is the quality of life you want?”
What’s in Your Spiritual Toolbox?
Ask ten people what spirituality means and you are likely to get ten unique answers. To one well-known Internet Marketer, spirituality means having a great toolbox of tools to help out with the inevitable situations life offers us.

Leadership Tip - Who is Leaving You Behind?
When you give in to self-pity and victimization you leave behind your potential. It is abandoning yourself from being all that you can be. Life holds a special purpose for you. Finding it is part of your journey. Once you get on purpose and get on track, you are not being left behind. Your success builds from your special purpose and no one else’s.

Strike While the Iron is Hot Using the Recession to Your Advantage
These last few weeks of our economic downturn got everyone wound up. From business owners, to CEO’s and back to the consumers – everyone is at a panic about the recession, and the bailout we are in. But what is a recession, really? How is it lack of bailout impacting your life?
Should You Panic If You Have No Books To Give Your Accountant?
This is a question that rears its head from time to time here in the office. My initial reaction is “Why not?”. Occasionally there is a reasonable reason for the lack of evidence of someone’s business activities. It may be that the business has grown really quickly and they haven’t been able to keep up. They may have only just started the business and don’t know the first thing about bookkeeping and are seeking help. Sometimes there has been a known disaster such as a major flood or a fire. However...
57% of Layoffs Occur in Middle Age
Just when you're least able to cope with upsets in your life, when you're reevaluating everything, your career gets upended. It's all part of how the midlife game is played.
Top 10 List to Avoid Litigation
Many employers are looking for tips and advice to survive the maze of employment issues that come with having employees. While there are many important factors to consider, the following is my Top 10 List of ways to avoid litigation.
Are You Making the Most of the 80/20 Rule?
80/20 Principle: 20% of everything you do results in 80% of your outcomes. Ouch! That's a tricky concept, isn't it? Yet, understanding what it means to your business - and your life - is essential to earning what you're worth, and doing so in less time. If only you could understand what that 20% is, and what the heck you're doing with your time. The trick is knowing, without question, what your customers pay you for, and matching that up with engaging your best talents in your work. When you find the intersection it's magic.
Avoiding Pitfalls in Mentoring Relationships Part III of III
Mentoring
Build Rapport Quickly and Drive Up Your Closing Ratios!
If you truly want to have a thriving book of business, you need to understand people and have them connect with you. Study the traits of the four social styles (Analytical, Commander, Expressive, Stabilizer)
Rut Busting
A Christian World view article on living beyond complacency - Climbing out of the Rut!
The Quickie Internal Customer Experience Diagnosis
Have any questions about the customer experience that your company delivers? Conduct a quick internal diagnostic. How does your company treat salespeople? The answer will be revealing.
The Einstein Factor in Leading Science Based Projects Part 1
When asked if the people, practices and techniques required to lead science research projects are different from those in the general population, the answer is not just YES, but a resounding DUH!
Are You Addicted to the Yes Habit?
How often do you find yourself saying yes when you really want to say no? Can you take on this extra project? Would you join our volunteer committee? We know its last minute but can you organize next week’s meeting? Would you like to get together with so and so (someone perhaps you’d rather not)? Is your 'Yes Habit" working for you? If not, read on for a better understanding of what your 'yes' is all about and how to navigate towards meaningful 'no thank-you's when it counts!
Developing Winners
Our position is this: Profits and growth are about performance and performance is about people. Therefore, invest in people. Invest in people because this is potentially a highly leveraged investment.
Lao Tzu - Give A Man A Fish...
This famous saying, steeped in thousands of years of wisdom, is a valid today as it was then, yet why is it so vital, especially in the fast-paced and technologically wired world we live and work in today?
Dedicated Web Hosting
What is dedicated web hosting and who should be using it? Have you ever asked yourself those questions? From what it is, to its advantages and disadvantages, to the costs, this article is here to help you out with some of the major questions surrounding dedicated web hosting. By the end, you’ll have a better idea as to what it is and whether or not it’s for you.

Leading with Your Strengths
Making a difference starts with banishing negativity from life. Changes happen when we start focusing on our achievements and surrounding ourselves with people who support rather than disparage us. As they have unique perspectives to offer us, we, in turn have unique strengths that they need. This is what I call 'social economy' — we 'supply' them what we have to offer and 'demand' that they offer to those in their circle their unique best.
Anger Solutions at Work - The Psychology of Procrastination
How often do we look at the things we must accomplish today, but we put them off for tomorrow? It is typically the difficult, the challenging, the unsavoury things that we tend to avoid, but they are often necessary to complete if we want to achieve success in our daily lives. One phone call. Sending one email. Finishing that report. Whatever it is that you are avoiding - you can face head on and accomplish in no time, just by making a few simple shifts in your thinking.
Empower yourself by the choices you make
Every single day we are bombarded by choices we need to make. Ultimately, our lives are defined by these choices. What should you eat? Should you go to the gym? Should you ask for that promotion? This process can be empowering, or on the flip side it can be stress inducing. You may feel empowered because you took control of your choices and their potential outcomes. On the flip side you may feel anxiety because you don't want to take responsibility for the potential results of your decisions. As a result of your anxiety you allow others to make these decisions for you.

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Empower yourself by the choices you make
Every single day we are bombarded by choices we need to make. Ultimately, our lives are defined by these choices. What should you eat? Should you go to the gym? Should you ask for that promotion? This process can be empowering, or on the flip side it can be stress inducing. You may feel empowered because you took control of your choices and their potential outcomes. On the flip side you may feel anxiety because you don't want to take responsibility for the potential results of your decisions. As a result of your anxiety you allow others to make these decisions for you.
Are You Careful or Careless
The average adult typically utters 40,000 words each day, according to a study performed by Professor Robin Dunbar of Liverpool University. A substantial amount, but have you actually considered how valuable words are? What about how powerful they are? Words have the power to heal, lighten, comfort, and encourage, on the flip side they can wither, hurt, anger and discourage. What a gamut!

Making the Transition After a Layoff
Here’s something you should know - traditional career search strategies like online job postings, advertisements, and employment centres represent about 20% of the available jobs in the market, but more than 80% of people use these methods to find their next position. On the flip side, 80% of jobs are available through networking, friends and business contacts, but only 20% of job seekers use their contacts to find work. Now is the time to make yourself extremely visible and to promote your credibility.

Mentor and Be Mentored: Both are Critical to Success
When you reflect upon your career, do you have a mentor that has played a role in your professional and/or personal development? On the flip side, as you have advanced in your career, have you taken the time to mentor others whom you have worked with and/or managed? Having and being a mentor are two of the major milestones during one’s career. Mentoring is a critical part of managing a successful and sustaining career.

Staying on Top
One way I stay on top of things is to realize there’s a flip side to everything. It keeps me circumspect in both good and bad times. This produces a learning curve, which is a smart way to look at problems or the curveballs that come your way. There are highs and lows in everyone’s life. Whether you’ve reached your goals or not, staying on top of things requires momentum on a daily basis.

Organizational Flexibility
Static organizations are not healthy ones. The flip side is that too much turmoil is hard on people. In deciding how much change to introduce, leaders must consider several factors. This article outlines some important ideas on flexibility.
Seven Cold, Hard Truths about Social Networking
Every time you turn around it seems someone is shouting about all the wonders of social networking and how easy it is to use it to market your small business…On the flip side, a quick online search will turn up plenty of articles wondering how, or if, you can actually make any money from Twitter or Facebook.

Are You An Accidental Consultant?
Times of economic upheaval are great equalizers and cleansers. The conditions shake out people who may not be at the top of their industry. Sometimes "natural selection" is at play, and the process can be cruel. On the flip side, when we stop taking ourselves so seriously, there are "natural" opportunities that evolve. The Accidental Consultant knows just what I mean.
Rent Billboard Ad Space on a Left-Hand Read
Every two-sided outdoor billboard has two distinctly different ad faces to rent -- the right-hand read and the left-hand read. The right-hand read is the side of the sign that is seen on the right-hand side of the street, while the left-hand read is the side that is always seen on the other side of the road, beyond the lane carrying traffic the other direction.
To Buy or Not To Buy a Franchise
Let’s face it; if you are currently someone’s employee, the prospect of being your own boss sounds pretty appealing. The flip side though is that it is also pretty scary to be 100% responsible for whether or not you bring home a paycheck at the end of the day. My advice to those interested in going into business for themselves: reduce your risks by looking at a franchise opportunity.
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