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The Truth About LinkedIn That You Might Not Want to Hear
Spend a little time on LinkedIn and you will be amazed; I know I was. You really can reach out and tap some pretty amazing and accomplished people on the shoulder.

Lesson #4: Thrive On Change
Dell believes in the power of deriving strength from change. When speaking on the issue, he often makes a link between change and “the Chinese character for crisis which represents both danger and opportunity.” The success of his company has come about in large part due to Dell’s ability to not only withstand change, but also to take advantage of new opportunities.

Making Headlines: Murdoch Makes the News

After having successfully revived The News, Murdoch began looking for other daily and local newspapers to acquire. In little time, Murdoch had gained control of most of the newspapers in Australia’s capital cities, including Sydney’s The Daily Mirror. With this, he was able to begin offering the larger competitors in Sydney a real challenge. His papers were soon becoming known for their exciting stories about sex and mayhem.

Lesson #1: Balance Work and Play
“I think about the business all the time,” says Ellison. “Well, I shouldn't say all the time. I don't think about it when I'm wakeboarding.”

Refining Success: Standard Oil Takes Shape
By the time Standard Oil was in business, Cleveland had become one of the five major refining centres in the country. By getting secret rebates from the railroads and supporting a new cartel aimed at stabilizing freight railroad rates in return for preferential treatment, Rockefeller was able to give his company an edge.

The Dark Horse of Success: Cowell Becomes a Hit

Now that Cowell had started his company, he needed to find an artist that would help take it to the top. That was when he met Sinitta, an aspiring pop singer, who Cowell immediately both asked out on a date and signed a contract with. In little time, her single “So Macho” had become a smash hit in the UK. At the same time, Cowell struck up a friendship with successful producer Peter Waterman and, in his own words, “followed him around like a dog,” in order to learn as much as he could about the industry.

Chris Gardner Stock Broker

He may not have landed the biggest clients or made the most money, but multi-millionaire stock broker Chris Gardner is possibly one of the most successful stock brokers in the world. From living on the street, bathing in public restrooms, and having to spend ten days in jail, Chris Gardner has crossed valleys and moved mountains on his way to creating his own successful and internationally-known stock brokerage firm.

Coco Chanel Handbag

The launch of the first Coco Chanel handbag in 1955 marked the beginning of a fashion revolution. Coco had retired in 1939, and had been written off by most in the industry. Her perfumes could still be bought at Chanel outlets, but she had stopped making any new designs, and had effectively retired from the fashion business. When she made her comeback at the age of 71, and introduced the innovative and hugely popular Coco Chanel handbag, her success was thus all the more remarkable.

Biography of Donald Trump
The biography of Donald Trump has it all, from lavish properties and beautiful women to lots and lots of money. But, behind the glamour and glitz of what the world knows as Donald Trump, there is a story of hard work, failure, determination and finally, triumph.

Lesson #5: Set Goals No Matter How Unreachable They May Seem

“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history,” said Penney. “Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.” Penney understood the importance of deciding where he wanted to go, and striving to get there no matter how difficult it may have seemed at the time. His career is characterized by his ambition, his focus, and his refusal to give up in the face of difficulty.

Lesson #2: Winning Does Not Matter When You Love The Game
“When you find the niche you love, that becomes your passion,” says Joyce. “For me it was Tim Hortons. It was my world.”

Lesson #1: It Is Never To Late To Get Your Start
“When we began to make $10 a day, [my ex-husband] thought that was enough, thought I ought to be satisfied,” said Walker. “But I was convinced that my hair preparation would fill a long-felt want. And when we found it impossible to agree, due to his narrowness of vision, I embarked on business for myself.”

On the Cutting Edge of Time - Part 1
Where would we be without Time? And where would Time be without us?

Forget the Planner - Get a Plan!
When was the last time you took a vacation—not just a weeklong getaway to a luxury resort on some remote island, but actual time off from your job to do whatever you like? If it’s been longer than you can remember, you’re not alone.

Pa-ZIG-ative Thinking
People who are doing better than good will be sensitive to the needs of others and do the little things that make a big difference.

Making the Time
One time we were keeping Timmy, a young cat with a long, fluffy tail for our granddaughter, Sunshine. Somehow he went missing and we spent a considerable amount of time and energy looking for that cat before he was found. That’s typical. Most people pull out all stops to recover a pet or a treasured relationship. We would “do anything” to change some things or to have them back.

Not Taking Vacations
Many Americans are giving up traditional vacations. The reasons range from having too little time off work to not having enough money to travel. But in many cases, people just aren’t in the habit of getting away from their jobs. All this has some experts worried.

Believe It or Not: An Original Take on Leadership
Dov Frohman is a pioneer in the semiconductor industry. Among (many) other things, he started Intel Israel and was largely responsible for the growth of Israel's potent high-tech sector. With Robert Howard, he has written a truly original book on leadership, Leadership the Hard Way: Why Leadership Can't Be Taught—and How You Can Learn It Anyway.

One Minute Mindfulness Relax-Refresher - Resilience at Work

Stress is a very powerful force that involves awareness, attention and energy. It can be managed and empower you. If you let stress control you, the resulting distress can be harmful to your body, mind, and spirit. Learning to become more "present," will free you to be more flexible and creative. Mindfulness reduces stress and promotes resilience. You can become more resilient, enjoying better health and well-being. Most of us have busy lives today full of a never ending list of things to do. There is little time for self-reflection making sure that we are doing the right things based on meaning, purpose and values. Taking a few brief meditative breathing breaks throughout the day can help you create a new story of hope and possibility. The following exercise can help you re-energize and become more fully engaged.

Insights from being in business for 13 years

Happy New Year to you all. I wonder if you took time off over the Christmas-New Year break and, like me, had a bit of trouble letting go initially and then found yourself easing into enjoying a little time off from work commitments. It’s when I slow down that I find some of my thoughts drifting to why I got into business for myself in the first place. There is a good reason for this. You see on the 9 January 2008 my business will be 13 years old.

Practice, Practice, Practice then Play

In the sporting world it is expected that athletes make the time to practice, practice, practice and then go and compete or play the game. Through regular practice they hone their skills, behaviours and attitudes to ensure they are ‘match fit’ and ready to compete at the highest standards. A sports team needs to make sure that when they are in the thick of the game they can draw upon those skill drills and practice sessions to perform well as a team and perform well under pressure. When an individual athlete is neck and neck with a competitor racing for the finish line they need to know how to dig deep and draw upon their experiences, skills, and mental and physical reserves to cross the finish line first. This cannot happen without lots of conscious, purposeful practice.

••••••>Free SEO Tips: SEO your Images using Alt tags and Caption for top Search Engine rankings
Basic SEO calls for assuring that all images on your website have an Alt Tag. The use of alt tags is used for more than just SEO, it allows the visually impaired to “see” what is contained in the image is and it is proper web accessibility.

Time Management Skills For Increased Productivity
Time management can be very difficult for some managers, causing them to keep putting off tasks that they don't want to do, however important they are.

How to Guarantee Internet Marketing Sales! ~GET RESULTS FAST
Making Internet marketing sales is something many people online want to do but fail to do, time and time again. Most were just never told the steps I'm going to share with you in this article. Enjoy this article by Omari Taylor and learn exactly how to guarantee Internet marketing sales.

Branding Your Nonprofit's Mission - Six Items To Consider Before You Start

Nonprofit organizations have a myriad of issues they need to deal with on a daily basis, leaving them with little time to focus on branding their mission and organization. However, it is important that they allocate some time and money to branding, as good branding will establish a solid identify, making it easier for clients and stakeholders to recognize and grasp the organization's mission. In addition, recognition helps organizations to solicit clients, raise funds, and improve collaborative relationships. This article provides six items to consider in branding your organization.

Mind-Set and Goal Return
Just one in a small series of development pointers to help further along your home business or other marketing ventures. These are some of the exact principalss I follow daily to insure my success. Not only key to your business but any walk of life no matter the career path you have chosen.

C-Level Selling Tip 4 -- Relationships with C’s Produces Business, but You Don’t Have a Relationship
Relationships at C’s and high levels are easy to attain if you know how. Let me explain.

Successful Home Based Business – The 3 Daily Tasks for Success
There are 3 essential things every entrepreneur must do every day if they want to achieve success. Implementing these three daily duties will increase sales and the success of your business.

How To Write Articles Really Fast
Writing articles is probably among the most time consuming of all the tasks that an Internet marketer needs to do. The good news is that with some simple techniques, this task can be done much better and faster.

Info Products Made Easy--Stand Out from the Start
Investing a little time upfront to strategically map out your ebook or info product will go a long way toward making sure you end up with a bestseller...here's some ideas for how to do that.

Top Online Business Opportunity For Real Estate and Mortgage Professionals
Real estate market down in your area? Taking longer to get fewer deals to close? Income is not what it used to be? The solution is a simple and easy way that real estate and mortgage professionals can start earning real income right away.

Direct Marketing Excellence explores… Being Too Needy
Is there anything less attractive than a needy person? Someone bowing down to you, kissing your feet, just so you’ll like them? I don’t think so.

The Zen of Ease
Effortless success in your business is also as much a state of mind as a set of specific actions that you need to take to experience higher income, fewer work hours, more freedom, time, energy, etc. This article explains why.

How to write a captivating press release
Does the thought of writing a press release make you cringe? Every small business owner will be required to write a press release at some point. Self-promotion plays a big part in the success of any business

How To Optimise Your Time
The best way to utilise your time effectively is to identify the goals you first need to achieve. We usually feel that we have far too many things to accomplish and need to deliver on too many promises. This makes us feel overwhelmed which leads us to give up and choose to do nothing instead.

A Cunning Cost Cutting System for the Busy Business Owner
Smart small business owners are finding ways of cost cutting in their businesses. You don’t have to be struggling to think cost cutting is a good idea in this recession. If you want to thrive not just survive, here’s a system for cutting costs with just a little time.

Continuity Advertising and Marketing Strategy
Doing something every day toward your marketing plan is essential for the success of your business. If you are struggling with this tough economy, there is nothing more valuable you can spend your time on than marketing. Do you have a marketing system in place that you work at every day? If not, are you happy with the situation you are in?

How To Build Your Own "Cruise Control" Marketing And Lead Generation System

Most people are pressed for time and looking for ways to leverage what little time they have. The second most popular reason for not building a business, behind having no money, is no available time. This comes from a lack of understanding that there are alternatives to always spending your PERSONAL time to generate leads for your business. If you're someone who works a regular full time job, which these days is 40-50 hours per week, it becomes very difficult to muster the mental and physical strength to tack on another 20-30 hours just to try and build a successful company on a part time bases. When will you sleep? Eat? Spend time with the family? Relax??? Lead generation is the lifeblood of your business, so you must take it seriously. So, here's a few things you can do to free up some time in your lead generation efforts.

Why Are You Not Working From Home And Turning Your Annual Income Into Your Monthly Income?
Find out the benefits of creating your own online business that allows you to work from your home or anywhere. Control your own destiny and make a ton of money doiong it.

Online Business Success: Does Your Business Need An Upgrade?
Do you know how to upgrade your business for increased business attraction? Read this article and learn seven quick and easy ways to get started now.

Energy Vampires Are Sabotaging Your Organization
The search for external power has created the fears, habits and perceptions that set individuals and corporations against each other. It is the same struggle that creates conflict, chaos and wars.

Preparing for Security Breaches
A major security breach of sensitive customer data is a nightmare every business with digital consumer records needs to plan for. It may be impossible to stop security breaches, but it is possible, and even a legal obligation, to have a process in place to manage and minimize the damage that a security breach can cause. Here's how to do it.

Finding and Forming Your Corporate Identity

Just as individuals need to know who they are in order to lead fulfilling and successful lives, so too do organizations need to be clear about their identities in order to establish a stronghold in the marketplace. Your identity as a brand and essence as a company is the equivalent to an individual’s personality. It informs your culture the same way personalities instruct behavior. So understanding yourself, knowing what makes you tick and having a grasp on how you are viewed and experienced by the outside world all serve to inform the decisions you make about your behavior in business, life or both. The key is to put a little time toward thinking about it and having fun in the process.

When the Sales Processing Doesn't Support Sales Competencies
So, of course, here's the question that relates to the sales force. Do your salespeople sound like these folks working the deli counter? Three of the four had some kind of process, but are the processes effective?

Spring Cleaning For Your Business.

Everyone has different workstyles. While some people are comfortable in chaos, others can't get anything done if one paperclip is out of place. No matter where you fall in the spectrum, the important thing to take into consideration is how it effects your customers, clients, and co-workers. Are THEY comfortable in your messes? If not, then these Spring Cleaning tips will help get you on the fast track to an orderly office and business.

Leadership Strategy - Lead The Way With Your Talents

Today, change is showing up globally like a volcano that has been merely spewing smoke and now has erupted. The signs were there. The “too good to be true” mortgages with little or no down payment; credit card accessibility used with promises that the user would pay them off in the future, yet the debt just kept mounting to outlandish proportions; trying to have it all by working harder and longer with little time left over to develop relationships and self care. With all the stress internally and externally it was inevitable for the bubble to burst.

Small Law Firm Marketing: How to Market a Small Law Firm for Less than $500
Jump-start your solo law practice, here is a starter list of things that you can do to Attract New Clients with Little Time, Effort and Money...

How to Make 2009 Your Best Year Ever
A new year, a fresh start. For some businesses they will make the leap into a new year with planning and insight. For others the new year brings stress and the unknown. How do you make the New Year a fresh start for your business. Find out in this article.

How To Manage People Effectively
I recently met up with a friend of mine who was telling me how little time he had working on his business due to the people problems he was constantly experiencing. He always complains to me that if he could run his business on his own, he would. Unfortunately this is not a reality so he constantly wastes at least 50% of his working week trying to overcome staff issues.

Work Life Balance: 7 Keys to Avoid Burnout

Last week I gave a workshop on time management for a women's group. I asked the audience (mostly moms) about their biggest challenges about time management and stress management. Not surprisingly, most of them feel stressed out, overwhelmed, juggling too many competing priorities, have too many things to do with too little time, and virtually no time for themselves. If you're a mom, I bet you can probably relate to this, at least to some degree. What you might not know is that you are heading toward burnout. This article will teach you 7 keys to avoid burnout.

Stress Management: Fast Track to Calm

Does your life look like a race car running at cut-throat speed and, to your horror, the brakes are broken? Do you feel like you are perpetually in a hurry, even when you are not in a hurry to go anywhere? Do you feel like all the items on your to-do list are dancing around in your head, and you can't seem to concentrate on any of them? Do you run around like a chicken without a head all day, and still feel like you will never "catch up?" Then this article is for YOU.

Enhancing productivity and profitability by outsourcing

You're a busy business owner trying to juggle it all. It can get overwhelming sometimes. Wouldn't it be nice if you could make a fundamental change in your business to improve productivity and profitability? You can! In this article, I'll show you how business owners are leveraging their time and working with virtual assistants to take their companies to the next level. You'll read about five qualities you'll want to look for in a virtual assistant that will add real value to your business; and by the end of the article, you'll be ready to start looking for someone who can help you achieve the success you desire for your business

Interviewing and the Electric Tooth Brush
When answering an interview question it is best to be as focused as possible so that you can be succinct and to the point in as little time as possible – two minutes.

People are hired for their skills and fired for their behavior!
People develop behaviors over time and find them very hard to change, while skills can be taught fairly quickly to a person with the appropriate behaviors.

Sales Training Can the Introvert Salespeople Find Happy Hour Bliss?
The history differs about the origins of Happy Hour. Happy Hour would also be planned differently whether it was salespeople who are introverts or extroverts.

Hidden Secrets to Crack the Voicemail Gatekeeper
Voicemail is perhaps the hardest gatekeeper to get past in the SMB market space. Executives play many roles and have little time for sellers. They use voicemail as their screening tool and you need not only a great message, but perseverance and creativity to crack through.

Productivity and Power, Freedom, and Peace of Mind

You might ask what Power, Freedom, and Peace of Mind have to do with productivity; and that is a good question. We usually do not relate Power, Freedom, and Peace of Mind to productivity. We might assume that Power, Freedom, and Peace of Mind could be the result of being very productive. Having done Mission Control and being trained as a Mission Control coach I am going to elaborate in the following article on the connection between the above state of mind and productivity.

Handling Challenges Productively
General guidelines for handling difficulties, challenges, or problems. 1) Maintain a positive attitude 2) Use productive communication skills 3) Deal with causes, not symptoms 4) Avoid arguments 5) Accept responsibility 6) Focus on behavior or results

Four of the Most Common Mistakes in Persuasive Speaking
From more than two decades of working with business and community leaders on critical presentations, we've culled a few of the most common persuasive speaking mistakes -- and added a few ideas on how to avoid them.

Should A Manager be Loved or Feared?
The best managers know how to make work fun.

Six Simple Ways to Boost Your Business and Enjoy More Family Time

Whoever thinks that running your own business is a breeze obviously has never had one. There are so many areas you need to get right otherwise your business could end up disintegrating along with everything else in your life. You need to be organised and disciplined, a good marketer, action-taker, a great communicator, understand finances, have systems, plenty of resilience and so much more. If any of these areas are lacking in your business then you're heading for trouble. Of course you can hire other people who have these skills and attributes so you can focus on what you're good at.

Making Money through Affiliate Marketing Programs Tips and Tricks
Affiliate marketing is a popular and undeniably known as one of the best methods of promoting web businesses online. It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees for the introduction of new clients to a business The merchant pays the affiliate a commission for generating leads, clicks or sales for its product or service.

Legitimate Work at Home Business? Naw...Cant be!
Looking for a legitimate work at home business has been compared to looking for a needle in a haystack. Now while I will admit that it can be a little time consuming finding that perfect business opportunity that meets all your personal needs and is indeed genuine, there are in fact many legitimate work at home businesses to choose from. You just have to know what to look for.

Be Here Now
We're overloaded, overworked and over stimulated. Join Eileen as she discusses the four truths about time and offers some tips for staying sane and staying present despite our overwhelming schedules.

Getting In Control
Advice from an expert in work/life balance uses the acronym C.O.N.T.R.O.L. to help you get some balance in your life.

SWOT Analysis Is No Magic 8 Ball

Q: A key investor in my business has suggested that I hire a consultant to do a SWOT Analysis to help plan for the future. I try not to argue with my investors, but I'm not so sure I need to have this done. What do you think? -- Laurie B. A: Laurie, before you call in the SWOT team to deal with this investor (sorry, couldn't resist that one), let me tell you exactly what a SWOT Analysis is and how it can not only help you plan for

Sales Productivity is All About Outcomes (so why focus on inputs?)

Selling business-to-business is all about outcomes (sell enough, and your commission will increase). Yet many companies looking to improve their results focus, today, on improving their inputs. B2B sales productivity requires a focus from beginning to end on outcomes. Sales efforts aren't productive if they don't yield sales and get prospects to progress towards sales. Proof of sales is dead easy. Proof of the latter is much harder. It's commonly based on what Rep have done and their impressions of their prospects' interests. Give Reps better, more precise, data on their prospects' interests, and help Reps (using this data) invest their efforts wisely, and their productivity will improve. Sales cycles will shrink. We've proven it.

Moving up the Value Chain
As consultants, our rewards and reputations are rooted in the value we bring. But value is always a perception; like beauty it exists in the eye of the beholder.

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.

Ideas! And How To Deal With Them In Your Business
Ideas. Business meetings are scheduled around them, water cooler discussions are dedicated to them, and in the end very little, if anything, is accomplished. So why do we keep entertaining ideas?

Rudeness in the Workplace

Contemporary business more resembles a paint ball exercise than a human service experience. Marketing ploys are spattered across the media in the hope of snagging our attention. However, we are in a global economy, and our social skills need remedial attention. Social skills have not been transferred to the last two generations as a group like technology has. For example, think about how many Gen X and Y’s know how to set a dining table or how to cut their meat. News flash: high-level careers have been sabotaged by just such “unnecessary” information. In the interest of “the bottom line” thinking that dominates American business, we’ve lost the most meaningful tool we have, the human connection. I’d enjoy hearing your thoughts on observations and episodes you’ve had on the topic. Thank you. PS—Put your napkin on your lap!

Managing Sales Motivation - Find the Motivational Drains
Most sales people need motivation. Motivation comes in many different forms. One way to motivate your team is to identify areas that are draining their motivation. This article will help you find the drain and plug it to regain motivation.

How to keep motivated when the going gets tough
Running a business has its challenges as well as its rewards. Many people find it hard to keep motivated especially when things go wrong or the unexpected happens. Read Sue Stockdale's top three tips for how to remain motivated when work gets difficult!

10 Things You Need to Know About Your Prospects
It's important to understand your prospects, but it can be hard to get inside their heads. Here are 10 things you need to know.

Get a Grip On Your Time Before Your Kids Grow Up

A few years ago I attended a presentation from Parenting Expert and well-known author, Stephen Biddulph on "Raising Boys". My son, Trent was 11 at the time so I was interested to hear what Stephen had to say. In fact, so were the 800 other parents in the room! The key point that I picked up on was that boys from the age of 6 -14 really need 'time' with their dads. That is the most influential period in their lives when they bond with him. And the type of time they need is not all thrown into a 'once a week' or 'month' block or some exotic holiday once a year, they need to spend time with their sons on a regular basis. Otherwise how can you build a strong and stable relationship?

What Are the 7 Proven Principles to Business Success?
The 7 Proven Principles to Business Success will overcome whatever limitation you have. Think of it as a recipe for success in business. All you have to do is first of all learn what the 7 principles are, and then apply them, in order. When you follow this recipe all of your challenges will fade away.

A Practical View of Mission and Vision Statements
Vision and mission statements - considered by some a fundamental necessity for every organization, while others view them jadedly as purely an academic exercise. So which is it and why such disparate opinions?

What Does Your Website Content Say About You?

As much time as business website owners put into finding a good web designer, it's amazing how little time gets spent in actually creating the website content - also known as the sales copy. This is the content that will help the customer make a decision whether to take action - or leave. It's one of the most important keys of any successful website, and yet it's often ignored or patched together at the last minute and rushed off to the web designer to add to the site. Unfortunately, this can leave a lasting impression on that company's target audience. Look over your website's front page copy - as this is where most of your visitors will ultimately end up. See if any of the following mistakes appear in your site. You may be surprised at what you learn!

How To Have Websites Built For You The Cheap Way

you must understand that it is a rip off to get companies to design websites for you. Have you ever seen those advertisements in newspaper classified ad sections that offer a 5-page website at $500? These companies are established companies with physical locations, therefore they have to increase the amount they charge to pay off some overheads: office rent, designer's wages, advertising costs and so on.

Investing Time With Your Staff Pays Off Big Time

I recently met up with a friend of mine who was telling me how little time he had working on his business due to the people problems he was constantly experiencing. He always complains to me that if he could run his business on his own, he would. Unfortunately this is not a reality so he constantly wastes at least 50% of his working week trying to overcome staff issues. The problem with Gary is that he's a 'know it all'. He likes to do things his own way and believes that having been in business for 15 years, he knows all about recruitment and keeping people who will be valuable assets and contribute to his bottom-line.

Creating Your Own Online Tutoring Service
In today's unstable economy many people have cut down their travel and overall expenses through the use of online instant messaging, email, social networking sites, forums, video conferencing, etc. Why not take advantage of these new trends and apply them to work at home with an online tutoring business?

Is Ford's auto-xchange the "Real Deal?" (Survey Response 3)

In a recent video that was released by The Ford Motor Company, Ford's Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jim Yost indicated that the company has to "share information in real-time" and therefore can no longer use "the sequential processes” in which there were many “handoffs" and "transfers of information." Yost also emphasized the fact that Ford needs to "integrate much more closely with their customers, supply base and even internally," as well as stressing the importance of making information available to multiple levels of their supply base "simultaneously," thereby eschewing the current "cascade processes that might take days, weeks and even months" to disseminate. To enable you to respond to this question, you can access both the video as well as the corresponding article by contacting the author.

Too Busy
Is there some aspect of your life or your practice that’s busy because busy looks good? Would you prefer something different? Or do you feel trapped, unhappy with the schedule you have but unable to see any way to change it? Though it may not be easy to see, choice is always present. Spend some time in possibility and ask, if you could make one change in your time, what would it be?

The Greening of Procurement (Part 1)

In my extensive travels to exotic locales (alright Calgary may not be exotic but it is certainly a great place to visit), purchasing professionals who have attended one of my conferences have rarely if ever broached the subject of environmentally friendly (re green) procurement practice. Burdened by the more pressing challenges associated with unnecessarily complex initiatives that are behind schedule and over budget, one can certainly understand the reasons for the paucity of inquiries.

Business Plans 101: Part 1

A successful business needs a solid foundation. Most entrepreneurs’ missteps are avoidable through proper planning—taking the time to think through and work through all aspects of developing and running a business. This planning should be formalized by writing a business plan. This article explains the purpose of a business plan and includes a detailed discussion of what should be included in the narrative (or "words") portion.

Overcoming People Problems In Your Business
I recently met up with a friend of mine who was telling me how little time he had working on his business due to the people problems he was constantly experiencing. ..... He always complains to me that if he could run his business on his own, he would. Unfortunately this is not a reality so he constantly wastes at least 50% of his working week trying to overcome staff issues.

How to Overcome the Pressures of Running Your Own Business
Whoever thinks that running your own business is a breeze, obviously has never had one. There are so many areas you need to get right otherwise your business could end up disintegrating along with everything else in your life.

Is It Possible To Make A Home Based Income Online Immediately?
On the internet some of the most common phrases you will see are that you can start making a home based income online today or that you can achieve instant wealth. While there is some truth to this, a lot of the statement is blown out of proportion.

Don't Worry, Be Happy!
Your attitude can affect the effectiveness of your actions. You can choose to approach tasks with a can-do, positive approach, so that you are more likely to do a good job and move closer towards your goals. So please, choose to be a happy person and get on with it!

The Art of Personal Energy Management
Learning to tune in to the one point of reference within oneself rather than the millions of options thrown at us each day is the key to becoming highly energized. Only you know what's best for you, and your body will inform you if you let it...

Marketing the Truth
In many respects the public has lost trust in the media and what it reports. Unfortunately this includes our sales message, a little like allowing political rhetoric to be the reason the baby is thrown out with the bathwater. This article takes a look at where we are now and where we should strive to be.

5 Tips to SEO Success
Basic SEO isn’t that difficult if you think about it in a common sense manner. Promoting your site online is very similar to how you’d promote your business offline—it’s all about positive exposure. Being heavily involved online as well as off is a solid strategy to building awareness for your business and its website. This article outlines five steps to achieving SEO success.

Ten Top Ways for Managers to Motivate Their People
Motivating people is a sure way to get the best from them - yet it is not something for a to-do list. Motivation comes from consistent cultural shifts from within. Managers are the ones who can show behaviours which will make the difference and lead to a team of highly motivated individuals developing your business forward.

Succession Planning Values - Time Invested Is Well Worth It
In any business there is a careful balance between the 'day job' and the work you put in to make your business sustainable. If you use a succession planning activity, you will find your jig-saw fits together perfectly. Here's why...

Taking Scattered Actions Hampers Your Time Management
As strange as it may sound, being busy doesn't necessarily mean being productive. While we all want to get the most of our day, both at work and at home, trying to pack too many things in can be counter-productive. Taking a few minutes time out each day to consider how we can better spend our time can vastly improve the quality and quantity of what we achieve.

Are You Suffering From Time Poverty
Many people struggle to find the time to do the things they want to. There are only 24 hours in a day and that is never going to change. However, we can change how we look at time and how we use it to help us lead a fuller and more productive life.

Looking for a "Handy" Franchise Opportunity?
As long as people need homes, they will need home maintenance. And today, more and more home maintenance is being performed by professional labor. It is much more common these days to see both the husband and wife each with their own career working outside the home.

The Paradox of Sales Training
Companies spend a lot of time and money in providing sales skills training. However, they skip the most important sales skill - Prospecting. The only skill that puts a sales person in a position to use all their other sales skills. Yet Prospecting training is easy, inexpensive, and requires very little time. The best ROI for your sales training dollar!!!

Are You Considering Purchasing a Franchise? A Look at Some Current Social Trends That Might Peak Your Interest and Profit!

Have you considered purchasing your own business? Perhaps you have contemplated being your own boss for some time but don’t know which business is right for you. Or maybe, you have particular interests or experience that would be very useful as an entrepreneur that would allow you to work for yourself and create a comfortable income at the same time. A franchise may be an exciting option because it can offer an already established brand name complete with support and training to get you started. Checking out popular social trends may also help make your business search easier by learning what kinds of franchise businesses are in high demand and yielding the best profit and sales.

The Little Things
The inner world of the soul asks us to take it slower, pay attention to the small things, appreciate beauty, bless and savor our relationships, and care for our bodies and the earth. Tom Daly

What is Work/Life Balance, Anyway?

Work/Life Balance is heard often in the media with magazines, talk-shows and self-help professionals offering solutions on ‘how to get it’. This is a great disservice as it assumes that Work/Life Balance is an end state – something that you accomplish and then reap the benefits. Work/Life is a journey, not a destination. This article outlines four actions you can take to move you forward on your journey.

Time Management & Productivity: Can You Really Manage Time?
Time Management is an oxymoron. We can't manage time. Time moves at a relentless, constant pace. Productivity and time are closely related. If time can't be managed, how do we increase productivity? This article offers a radically different view of "time management".

No Time? …5 Steps to make the most of your days
Time, time, time - most people I come in contact with seem to lack it. And the challenge is that the only way to Make Time is to Take Time and, YOU are the only one who can take it. Here are 5 effective steps that can help you to succeed.

Are There Really Enough Hours in the Day to Be An Internet Marketer?
I have been asked time and time again, how much time I spend as an internet marketer. While my answer may be a little bit different than others, they may also have different results. See I started out as a part time marketer while I was still working 70+ hours a week. Wonder when I found the time?

Business, Politics and an Election
There is a revolution underway in our country and I hope that we find people who’ve managed in chaos before and gotten good results. I’ll borrow a couple of lines from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven; a time to get, and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away.”

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