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Be carefull, Success may not be all that you expect
We all strive to be successful. But what is success? How is it rated or determined? How has your success been achieved? Has it been at any cost, to others or to yourself? The danger, today, is that success, almost exclusively, has now come to mean achievement in a particular field of endeavour. Success, for you, may be a collection of exquisite material items and great financial wealth; or to be in a position of power and influence. The trouble is that anything that is external to you can be lost. Hence the requirement for insurance, security guards, fencing, keys and locks, and for those with power and influence – minders to watch their backs! Lasting success is internal. It is contentment and being happy with yourself.

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RAMP UP YOUR BRAND - SLEDGEHAMMERS AND SERVICE BRAND PREFERENCE
By Mike Schultz and John Doerr Swing the Hammer Imagine the strongman game at the carnival. You lift the sledgehammer over your head and swing it down onto the platform. When it strikes the target, a metal cylinder rises up and up—20 feet up the pole until it rings the bell. On its way down the pole the cylinder passes the same words it passed on the way up: strongman, tough guy, athlete, junior, and weakling. In a way, establishing a services brand follows a similar process. You swing the hammer (your marketing tactics, the marketing mix you employ, and the quality of your company's services) and the strength of your efforts determine whether or not your brand moves up the pole and makes it to the top to ring the bell. The question is, “What stages must your brand pass through in order to ring the bell?”

What Kind of Workplace Future?
In 1883, as soon as construction ended on the Brooklyn Bridge, the scams started. George C. Parker is credited with originating the idea of selling the Brooklyn Bridge, convincing people they could earn a fortune charging tolls for bridge access. Some erected traffic barriers even as Parker boasted he "sold the Brooklyn Bridge twice a week for years." Eventually he was sentenced to life in prison.

Tenacity is NOT Enough!
No one has to tell you that high performers succeed more. But, is this a fluke? Are they special people? They obviously are different in some way because not everyone is able to perform at their level. Clearly they don't blend in with the masses on the bell curve. But interestingly enough however, they don't always stand out either. Take an interview for example. Many poor performers are hired by mistake, and who knows how many top performers get turned down. It would be much easier to identify the best if they all had a certain look, or always had the best skills - but they don't.
Sometimes Unintended Consequences Are A Good Thing
We’re all familiar with the “Law of Unintended Consequences.” My personal favorite is still the plastic whistles that were packaged with Cap’n Crunch cereal back in the ’70s. Blowing the whistle into your phone triggered a connection to AT&T’s long distance dialing AND by-passed their billing system. Free calls! Not exactly what Quaker Oats had in mind. (…and Ma Bell was not pleased.)
Don't Ring the Bell - Develop a Success Mindset
The visual and the symbol of the bell in the movie, GI Jane can teach us about developing a success mindset. Here's what it taught me...
What Sales Leaders Don't Know about Ego and Empathy
Empathy and Ego are both a lot like food - you can't have too much of it or it will make you sick. And if you don't have enough of it you'll be weak. They are really best plotted on bell curves, not bar graphs!
Who Really Invented The Telephone
While Alexander Ghaham Bell is credited with being the father of the telephone, with any great invention there exists controversy. Elisa Gray, an inventor working on the telegraph at the same time as Bell, claims to have been the first to invent the device.

Edward Christopher Wente and the Condenser Microphone
Edward Christopher Wente was an instrumental figure in the the series of advancements that led to the modern day telephone. An American industrial scientist, he worked at Western Electric & Bell Labs to develop microphones and compression driver lousdpeakers.

Work is Best if You "Practice Safe Stress"
Sorry, I can't just make a quick list here. I am going to give you some tips and tolls to practice "SAFE STRESS". However, it cannot be done in a few sound bites. It will take some searching inside yourself to find your specific issues that keep you from personal fulfillment and even financial freedom. This is a time to do some spring cleaning of your old patterned behavior and beliefs that keep you, (you're not alone, they keep all of us) from reaching peak performance and be able to stay there.
Transformational Benefits of Hiring a Professional Image Consultant
How we dress and present ourselves to potential employers during an interview plays an integral role in whether or not we are offered a job, or politely shown the door with the famous one liner "we will call you if something comes up" do those words ring a bell? If so, you might have underestimated how important impeccable grooming and strategic visual presentation can be, besides your portfolio of clients and stellar job references.
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