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Who Would You Lunch With?
My favorite HR question to ask new employees is "Who would you lunch with?". Learn why this can be a great question to add to your list.

Silicon Valley is Like High School
The quote of the week (at least in my world) was from one of the CEO’s I work with regarding Silicon Valley.

My Work is Play to Me
Amy said a really nice thing to me the other day. We were talking and she said “One of the things I really admire about you is that your work is play to you.”

My family thinks I want a jet
When I was at Starwood, I shared a corporate jet with a group of folks. And when I worked for Mike Milken, I traveled a lot with him on his jet. I always enjoyed it as a nice perk, but I couldn’t help but think how silly some people were to say things like “I need my jet.”

Personality

My dictionary tells me that personality is the "personal or individual quality that makes one person be different and act differently from another." Personality is "the total physical, intellectual and emotional structure of an individual, including abilities, interests and attitudes." Personality is the sum total of all of our qualities. With this in mind, let's explore the benefits and ramifications of a pleasing personality.

100 Ways to Succeed #80
The 1% "No brainer"

Boola Boola
I got a funny email from Stephanie, one of my employees, today. The subject line was “connecting at Whole Foods.”

Using Your Currency
Hi, Roman posting here today. I do web consulting and developing for Keith, and he asked me to share how I used his principles to make that happen.

What would the perfect business day look like?
Most days small business owners are juggling all the stuff that comes at them all day, either planned or self-inflicted, with a somewhat unsystematic, gut level kind of approach. I know I do that - sometimes it works, sometimes it really, really doesn’t work.

Entrepreneur Things

Entrepreneurs ( I need to share this with you) do the most ridiculous things. (I’m not going to name any of those things here because I don’t want to hurt the feelings of the dumb entrepreneurs who thought them up) But, I’m sure you know what I mean. I’m sure you’ve asked yourself the question from time to time, “What in the world was he thinking?” Well, that’s the subject of this morning’s blog. (It’s morning where I am, and I woke up with the thought that I needed to get this out of my system, off my chest, out of my mind, so here goes.)

Transform Your Career With Peer Support
Peer support should be institutionalized in every company, but you don't need a corporate mandate to get started. Today, I want you to reach out and find one friend at work.

How to organize the room
One more post about conferences. (Except it's really about any meeting).

MLM rags to riches in a downward economy
Sadly, so many people will continue to be blindsided by the economy while other more informed people will take part in the biggest wealth transfer seen since the depression. Will that be you?

How to Develop Conscious Habits.
Many of our problems would be resolved if we just formed the right habits and stuck to them. However, we do not bring all of who we are to help us create new habits and we end up abandoning the very habits that we know would make us happier.

8 Strategies for Bypassing Voice Mail
Tired of getting voicemail all the time. Here are some tips for bypassing voicemail.

Smart Women Find Their
This article is about finding what you are passionate about in life and making a plan to enjoy it. It offers a look into how we can find the “flow” in our lives. Finding what energizes us, what we love to do, and why it’s so important to do this.

Franchises - Emotional Fulfillment - The Challenge

If you have trouble shifting your seat to the upright position for take off every morning, you should probably see if there's a better flight crew to help get you where you really want to go. Perhaps a Franchise is the answer, and perhaps it's not. However, until you ask these tough questions, and answer them with conviction, you won't know whether you have the possibility of leaping out of that rut, and over the Chrysler building in a single bound.

The Secret to Instant and Lasting Motivation
How can you get motivated NOW and stay motivated for the long run?

Making a Habit of Personal Development
Do you study personal development? Do you study your self and your behaviors? This kind of self analysis is proven to yield high levels of success.

Cherish The Tough Times
Learning how to benefit from the challenges experienced during tough times.

MLM Business Opportunities, Do they Work In A Web 2.0 World?
If you are reading this, you are either looking into an MLM Business Opportunity or your already in one and struggling? Am I right? There are many reasons why they don't work today, but more importantly what can you do about it?

Staying Hooked In With Your Internet Based Business
As someone with a home based internet business, you know the siren lure of staying for an extra hour or two at the computer - just one more job, one more email. That next ping might be the big deal that boosts your business, big time. It's very easy to get wrapped around the spindle of your work and let your home life suffer.

Common Sense Communication

Common sense communication given in a timely manner will avoid the following spoken by C. Northcote Parkinson1, “The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.” A top sales professional values people and their customer’s and always envision themselves in the customers shoes and leave no void in communication to be filled by a competitor.

Sales Management Training Tips: Pursuing Sales Results vs. Developing Your Team

I recently had lunch with a highly successful VP of Sales of a Pharmaceutical company. He explained that he was frustrated with the members of his sales management team, who he felt were focused only on results. He worried that they were not spending any time developing their salespeople. At first blush, most of you might easily say you don’t see a problem with that. You wish your sales managers were more focused on delivering the sales numbers. That’s easily understood and probably true in many cases.

Five Steps to Executive Presence
There is an art to gaining the corner office, and a large part of it is executive presence. Executive presence can’t be measured, but it’s often just as important as years of experience, results, knowledge and skill. Here are the five steps you need to know about.

Deadly Sin #5: Sales: The least time-effective process in all of business
Sales is the least-effective process in all of business, but there's nothing you can do about it. Sales people are supposed to sell -- persuade prospects to buy your products by highlighting your product's strengths vs competition, and demonstrate your products. But they only get to do that for about ten percent of the time. For the other 90% they're doing other things -- at least ten of them.

Life and Home Business - Is it for you?
Just a brief introduction to things you may need to start and succeed in leaving your cubicle. Most may just be a reminder, but often a reminder is a valuable tool. Working from Home is an amazing lifestyle, if you have the tools to succeed.

5 Tips for Keeping Balance While Working at Home

Although working from home has tremendous advantages, it comes with obstacles as well. One of the biggest is not being able to switch off. When you walk out of an office at the end of the day you can forget about work (at least some people can). At home itâ€™s common to feel there's always a bit more you could do before you call it quits for the day. Here are some tips to help you find balance while working at home:

Attitude always win over knowledge
McDonalds is a good value and attitude always win over knowledge

An Entrepreneur's Frustration
Because we work from our homes, the rest of the world seems to have a sense that we are “not really working”!

Five Business Truths to Learn By Heart
There have been times when I wanted to tattoo these truths on people's foreheads, but that probably wasn't my best idea ever.

The Magic Minute of Sales: Mind Reading your Clients and Prospects
What if you could read your prospects' and clients' minds? Well, you might not be able to do it with ESP, but you can listen to them for just one minute and know so much about how their mind works that you can tell them exactly what they need to hear so they do what you want to do. It's easy when you know how.

Communication Saboteurs: Egos
Misti Burmeister helps three women remember their experiences as young professionals, offering three suggestions on dealing with these new employees.

Why Are You Still Working At That Boring Job?
Find out about the overwhelming statistics about new business develpment over the next 3-5 years and how enrtrepeneurs are starting to leave those meaningless 9-5 jobs.

Ten Simple ways to bring balance into your workday

In research commissioned by Grand United Corporate Health earlier this year, only six percent of people interviewed felt that they had a handle on work-life balance .Four out of five people said they were experiencing work-related stress at least once a week (I know some of you are thinking, â€˜I wish I were stressed only once a week!â€™), and almost three-quarters of people said that a lack of time was their main challenge to leading a balanced life.

5 Tips On How To Gain A Career Promotion In Your Current Job
Would you like to receive a career promotion in your current job? It may be easier than looking for another job.

Your Self Employed Hidden Paycheck – Little Things Add Up (Part 2)
You get a hidden paycheck from being self employed (part 2)! There are numerous things that your family gets huge benefit from that the business needs and pays for. And you also get the small business tax deductions, too!

The Secret To Building Customer Relationships
It's tempting to concentrate on making new sales or pursuing bigger accounts. But attention to your existing customers, no matter how small they are, is equally essential to keeping your business thriving. The secret to repeat business is following up in a way that has a positive effect on the customer.

How to Feel Even More Self-Motivated
If someone leaves an interaction with you feeling better than they did before, then they are much more likely to pass that feeling onto someone else. This articles shows you how.

The 3 Big No-No's of Networking That Almost Everybody Makes (even you...)
While most people see the value of networking events - and continue to go in massive numbers - few people know how to use networking events effectively. Are you committing networking no-no's? Find out...and learn how to avoid them.

A Sales Lesson From Mt. Everest
Being distracted isn’t your ticket to achieving your GOALS, being focused is. Learn why this is so important to your selling success.

Sales Training - How is Your Cold Calling Attitude?
Do you make cold calls for business? Do you set up appointments? The single biggest thing holding you back may be yourself. Read this fantastic article to find out why.

Sometimes its one slice at a time …
Rather than going at a large task head on, breaking it down into pieces can relieve stress and provide a clearer timeline to where you want to go. Check out the powerful steps you can take to reach those larger goals.

Home Office, Personal Space
The story of Rochana and Richard Norby tells us that we can have both a work space and a home space at a home office. They've done it.

Diary of A Nutty Entrepreneur
When you become your own boss, don't turn into a slave.

Why You React to Certain Customers and How to Stay Positive
Have you ever started off a day feeling great, then…WHAM…out of no where, you find yourself in a foul mood? You wonder, “What happened to put me in this mood?” Learn why certain situations in sales and business can affect your mood. Use your new knowledge on "conditioning" to control your reactions and improve your business relationships.

A Sales Lesson From Mt. EverestA Sales Lesson From Mt. Everest
Being distracted isn’t your ticket to achieving your GOALS, being focused is. Learn why this is so important to your selling success. You can learn from Mt. Everest!

The Benefits of having a Company Uniform

Do you remember your school days when you did not have to worry each morning about what to wear; you just put on your uniform and off you would go to school? As adults our lives are ten times busier and yet we choose to complicate things further by not having a uniform. There are many benefits associated with having a company uniform not only for the company itself but also for the employees and customers.

How to Deliver a Great Presentation
10 tips for keeping your audience alert and leaving them informed.

3 Must See Small Business Opportunities For The People-Person
The ability to interact well with other people is an infinitely valuable skill in the business world, yet there are some businesses that are so geared towards these "people persons" that having good interpersonal communication skills is not only helpful, it's a must.

Home Party Plans Tips For Marketing : Deadly Home Party Business Mistake
How does this relate to your home party business? How can a direct sales consultant benefit? Simple. Successful home party business owners are leaders go from communicating to connecting! Remember the discussion about what Oprah can teach us about direct sales and home parties success?

Did someone ruin Foursquare for me yesterday?
I was at lunch at Japango with some of my Foundry Group gang yesterday. When I went to my house in Alaska last July, I took a Mac with me but left my PC at home. Ross bet me $100 that before the month was out I’d beg him to fedex my PC to me. He lost and I decided to use my winnings to take whoever was around yesterday out to lunch.

Observing Twitter: 5 things you may not know about this brave, new world
While those unfamiliar with social media may consider Twitter the most foreign of planets, it really is based on some very basic and familiar principles. These five observations may help you feel more brave about exploring this networking Web site.

Smart Women Are Like Rocket Ships
This article is about thinking about your life both personally and professionally in terms of launching a rocket ship. Taking the time to prepare for this journey into the future with a solid plan of action. It’s about getting clear on what you want to accomplish, what you will need in order to accomplish the goal and who will you need to have in your life to support the goal.

Sales Training Top Salespeople Stay in Touch with Prospects and Customers
While November 10th, Forget Me Not Day is a day to remember family, friends, and loved ones, salespeople can also add their prospects and customers to the list.

The Sales Management Equivalent to Baseball's Pitch Count

One friend suggested I find a way to correlate pitch count to sales. No problem. I am not a proponent of a sales manager doing the closing for his salespeople, however, should a two-call close cycle be on its fourth call; a six month sales cycle be in its tenth month, an exception is certainly called for. Or, if you consider a salesperson who is expected to perform certain levels of activity, who isn't meeting expectations, another exception might be called for.

Learn To Focus On Whats Important and Farm Out The Rest
Outsourcing your mundane tasks to focus only on the essential tasks is the best way to organize your business. The results are great not just for you but also for your business.

Expert Strategies For Hiring The Best Employees
Hiring employees who can contribute to your business positively is a challenge for every entrepreneur. Here are some tips on how to go about this difficult and challenging task.

The Power of Positive New Employee Inductions
When a new staff member starts with your company, they are joining a dream, a hope of a great future and genuinely want to do the best they can for your company. How you treat the employee on their first day as part of their employee induction sets your relationship with them for the entire period they are with you.

12 Steps to a Successful Proof of Concept - Part 3
This three part series outlines twelve steps to installing a hardware or software proof of concept within your customer's IT environment.

Low And No Budget Home Based Businesses Any Woman Can Start Part Two

The new financial concerns that are making so many headlines today, often effect women, because in many cases women have traditionally filled many of the lower-paying jobs that are being moved overseas, or made obsolete by technological advances. So what is a hard-working girl to do...start her own business from scratch—of course! How do I know it is actually possible, because I've been there, done that and worn the souvenir tee-shirt ragged!

Small Business Tip: Your Self Esteem Determines Your Profits

Money is the last great taboo in society. These days you can ask someone their political views and you will generally get an answer. You can ask someone their religious affiliation and they will tell you. You can even ask them their favourite sexual position and most people will giggle and then come up with an answer. But ... ask them what their credit card debt is or how much they earnt last year and you will get embarrassed mumblings or silence.

How you must be like the wise old German Shepherd
You have got to have a back up plan to survive and prosper

10 Items or Less
How to use the customer’s demand for fast service and convenience

Ask Questions … and Get Rich
Ask your customers questions and make sure you are selling them what they want to buy. Solutions to their problems, needs and wants! # 1 Rule in Selling is: The seller who solves the customer’s problems, needs and wants the easiest fot them will get the sale.

There was a Fly in the soup!!! But they kept the customer
We have all heard it happened to someone, we have herd the jokes, Customer to Waiter: “What is that fly doing in my soup?” Waiter. “Looks like the back stroke.” Customer to Waiter: “There is a fly in my soup.” Waiter: “Don’t worry, He will not eat much.”

WAHM Strategies When Kids Are Home During the Summer
Your WAHM career probably hits a major bump in early June, when the kids are home during the day from school, and they might just be too much for you to handle. It is easy to get the same amount of work done, however, so if you follow some easy tips you'll be able to have smooth sailing, during the summer and all year round!

The Employee Review Process for Women Entrepreneurs

Your business has grown and you have just hired your first employee. She (or he) can do most of what you need to have done. You have promised her a review in 90 days, and possibly a pay increase. The thought makes you nervous. What if she doesn’t do well? Do you have to fire her and begin the process all over again? What if she argues with you? How will you handle that? What if your definition of “clean and neat” is different from her definition of “clean and neat”? This article will give you the three steps you need to follow to insure your employee contributes to your business vision.

A Ridiculously Easy Way To Increase Sales

So What Does Stir The Pot Mean? I'm sure you've had this happen. (in fact - you may be experiencing it at this very moment) You've been busy. Or distracted. Or focusing on something else (whatever that may be). And during your "mental absence" your sales have slowed down -in fact, there's nothing simmering at all. And you're starting to panic. Lots of heavy breathing, heart racing, 3 am wide-awake moments (and George Clooney nowhere in sight!) Get out Your Wooden Spoon Lady! It's time to stir things up a bit.

How to Expand Your Referral Base
Everyone talks about the importance of networking. But, do it the wrong way or talk about the wrong things, and you'll do more harm than good for your company and your promotions. Here are some tips to get the most out of any networking event, and walk away with more than just a stack of business cards.

Innovative Knowledge Acquisition from Web Videos
This article showcases emerging strategies for learning through web based videos.

Assert Yourself
An article of 1346 words describing 3 steps to help you do what is right for you rather than focusing on being “nice” and that it is okay to say “no” to things that you don’t want to do.

10 Strategies for Connecting
Strategies to help you meet the people you’d like to meet that could make things happen for you and your business. How you can go about meeting them to make a good impression.

Marketing Means Networking
Branding is always about YOU. Yes, branding your company name is helpful, and branding your goods and services is a nice idea. But the more people who know and appreciate you, the more business you'll do. In the end, marketing is about networking.

Five Ways You Could be Wasting Your Time
They always say that the teacher teaches what they most need to learn. Lately I've had a number of my coaching clients who are struggling with using time effectively. As a result they feel the frustration of not moving forward as quickly as they could.

Get More Done and Have More Fun in Your Business
Is time on your side or do you find yourself running out of day before your tasks are done? Read on to find out how to feel good about what you've accomplished at the end of each day.

Time Management
How to recapture your usual efficiency and focus? Spend less time in the office. Not dramatically less, but an hour or two. Note that this isn't a long-term strategy to increase efficiency, but rather one designed to help you get over the hump of whatever has got you off your regular game.

Are You a Human Being or a Human Doing?
What's this personal time for? Anything other than work. Remember that gym membership? This is when you can actually use it. Or get a massage, visit a museum, browse the bookstore, or have lunch with a friend. This is [a part of] the time that will make you a well-rounded, interesting human being rather than a worker-bee "human doing."

Don't Be Taken Advantage of Because You Work at Home
When working at home, one of the hard things to do is to make it clear to others that you are actually working. They seem to think that since you are at home, you can come and go as you please or worse yet, as THEY please. This can be extremely frustrating while you are attempting to keep on task and get work done.

Living Your Dream To Make It True
If you can think of anybody who is more creative than someone who takes a jet ski to work and changes into business clothes from water clothes every day by using a waterproof backpack, then tell me.

Franchising with all its Success
This article shows point on why franchising is a better business venture.

Weather Any Economic Climate

Do you hear the word recession and immediately begin to panic? Perhaps you start to move slower and slower when it comes to making purchases, hiring staff and investing in sales and marketing activities. You know that by being tight-fisted with your resources you are only compounding the issue, but how do you stop? Follow these three simple strategies and weather any upcoming economic climate: 1) Get real on who your Top Level Target is 2) Fortify your Existing Client Relationships 3) Balance your Marketing Pie Smart businesses know that the economy ebbs and flows at all times. They prepare themselves for any weather condition by following the three strategies above. Are you prepared?

A retirement plan for African leaders, Mo Ibrahim
African leaders, Ibrahim (says), look to retirement as they would to the edge of a cliff, beyond which lies a dizzying fall towards retribution and relative poverty.

How to Make Cold Calling Opportunities Out of Voice Mails
Turn voice mails into a cold calling journey of discovery!

Are You Neglecting Your Network?
As a business owner you know a lot of people, and you continue to meet new people. This is your network. But what are you doing with it? How often do you connect with people in your network?

Here is a Method For Managing Your Friends In The Workplace - Follow these 7 Simple Tips
Are you a new manager? Have you been promoted recently to management? Is some of your staff also your friends? Do you know how easy it is to loose all respect when you show favoritism? Here are 7 quick and simple tips to help you.

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...

What are your Signs Saying about your Company?

The other day I was driving down highway 55 in New Jersey doing about 70 in the passing lane. I looked in my rearview mirror and there is a van on my tail, very close, specially at 70. Now all I am trying to do is pass a few slower cars, I brake light him a bit, but instead of getting off my butt, he gets closer. I use to be a hot head, but now I think I am wiser, so I slow down and pull into the other lane. The guy zooms past me – ABC Plumbing*. Guess who is not going to be a customer of theirs.

Business Travelers: Why Are You Puttiing Up with all of the Pain?
Business Travelers are dealing with inconveniences in travel that are just not necessary anymore, no matter who you are.

Feeling Ignored

Dear Jane, I get lost in a crowd, like I’m invisible. I pretend not to care and I know I make things worse by dressing in drab clothes. But I feel like I don’t matter to anyone. What can I do short of screaming, “Here I am! Pay attention to me!” Being ignored—not feeling special or valued—is one of the most hurtful experiences to endure. Unless we’re so Britney Spears-like famous that we lose all privacy, I think all of us have felt invisible and ignored. Given that the way you dress reinforces your pain, it’s likely that you have an old belief that you are unimportant.

Social Media Pro … Maybe It’s Time to Get a Productive Job!

Even though news spreads of PR people, publicists who send scathing emails, tweet callous responses, post graffiti; they really want you to believe social media is where their expertise shines. Problem is the majority of requests for assistance, a response from someone, anyone the quieries go unanswered according CandyTech. At Gartner Research's huge technology conference one analyst said there's a solution...there's an app for that. So much for PR's "sure thing."

Work-Life Balance: How To Get A Handle On Time
Is your business eating away at your Other Time? That Other Time is every bit as important as work time. It’s true. It’s just tough keeping this idea from slipping into the background noise of work and more work.

You're Not Alone
Many people feel that their issues are theirs alone, and that there's no one who understands what they're going through. The reality is that almost everyone shares a similar story, and this article addresses that fact.

Will You Be Re-Entering The Workforce? Start Preparing While You are Out
Many individuals leave the workforce for a period of time for one reason or another. It is always scary, especially if you have an established career. There are, however, steps that you can take while you are out to prepare for re-entry. And many of the items can be fun, rewarding and can keep you intellectually stimulated.

The Power Breakfast
Everyone talks about the Power Lunch, but a good variation is the Power Breakfast. The main aspects of a business lunch, or a business breakfast are enjoyable conversation, business discussion, and agreement. The sharing of food is a minor ritual that binds people.

Hungry
I had lunch (a big lunch) with a college student last week. An hour later, she got up and announced she was going to get a snack. Apparently, she was hungry.

The "Lunch Bucket Salesperson"
What is a "bucket mentality"? Usually this phrase is referenced with football players and their approach to the game. “Rough, tough, lunch bucket group of guys...they'll do whatever is takes to win". Can this mentality be applied to sales? Are you a "lunch bucket salesperson"? Read on.

Empower yourself at lunch time - Take the lunch break challenge
We have lunch breaks for a reason, however many people are missing out on their lunch break. Time away from your desk or your work environment gives you a much needed power boost. It helps you power your way through your afternoon- happily.....

Just Do It!
If you want to turn your prospects into customers than you have to make the calls. Yes, you heard me, there is no free lunch, no way around it, if you want to be effective at sales then you have to Just Do It!

The Heroes Plan Their Business
We have all heard the directive to plan our work and work our plan. That is pretty much it. Enough work for now, let us go get some lunch. After lunch, we can put together a list of actions needed to reach the business goals.

Lunch Is For Losers, Not Superstars
If you want to achieve success in sales than you can make a habit of eating lunch outside the office. But if you desire to achieve greatness and become a super salesman than remember my slogan -- Lunch is for Losers.

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