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When Cancer Came to Visit me my Whole Life Changed Forever!
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| Don't wait for your opportunity to come to you. Be motivated and believe that you can do anything you want in life. Don't wait for a challenge to test your faith, move forward with the life you truly want. Cancer came to visit me, but I always knew that life was for living. |
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Franchise Opportunities – Fears That Drown Dreams – Instalment 1
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| Studies show that 70% of the people surveyed indicated that they had a desire to own a business. |
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Franchise Opportunities – Fears That Drown Dreams – Instalment # 3
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| While there are certainly legitimate reasons why a person may not become an entrepreneur, I will focus on a few of the main reasons cited by people that would like to begin a business but haven’t made that leap. |
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Perfect Is A Place You Can Only Visit, Not A Place To Live
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| When is "good enough" actually good enough? The key is optimizing the variables, not trying to maximize each one.
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Top Home Based Business: Finding Your Passion
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| Different people join home based business opportunities for different reasons.
For some it is the idea of being their own boss. For others it is to become financially independent.
Like Donald Trump says “You’ll never get rich working for someone else.”
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What To Do At Your Next Networking Event
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| Here is a brief guide to help you make your next networking event your best networking event. |
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Top Tips on How to Jump into Personal & Professional Success
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| Jumping high and forward is an inborn talent for survival of the African impala. The impala is known to jump about ten feet high. This high jump propels the impala to land about thirty feet from the spot where it starts. With this ability of vertical and horizontal jumping, the impala survives and thrives in the carnivore-infested savannas of Africa.
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Today’s Women at Work have Unique Opportunities
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| Here’s a news flash: Women are poised to surpass men on the nation’s payrolls for the first time in American history. According to a recent report by the New York Times, four out of five jobs lost in the current U.S. recession belong to men—a consequence of the surge in layoffs within distressed, male-dominated industries, such as manufacturing and construction. This emerging workplace trend may ultimately be a momentous boon to women—shifting their power and influence, both at home and on the job. It also represents a new call to action for women—and employers. |
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Franchise Your Business In India
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| What do businesses/companies seeking to franchise in india need to understand?
I am listing out a few components of the pieces of franchising they need to be aware of whilst franchising their businesses.We come across entrepreneurs everyday advertising their businesses and seeking franchisees, without being structured.Additionally on the other end we have international companies seeking entry into India and they generally have a clear mandate as to how they would want to go about expansion.The challenge is then to merge that requirement into what could work practically in the markets.What a individual businessman or a company seeking to develop franchise, need to put in place even before they started looking at their first franchise.Hence I am putting in a few basic points of franchising in India which could serve as a cursory. |
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Start A Franchise Business In india Either By Yourself Vs With Professional Help From Franchise Consultants.
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| With millions of Indians looking at starting a new franchise business annually, this would be a brief synopsis of how they can do so,either on their own or professionally.When we started franchise consulting a decade ago we hardly had a handful of reputed franchise businesses available.Today more than 1200 organized franchisees are available.along with atleast 3000-4000 businesses getting ready to franchise in the next 3-5 years,opening the industry to a variety of options.So how will entrepreneurs go about choosing a new business,how are they going to sort their franchise lists, how will they do the due diligience. As internet,technology and information is increasingly making it possible to know which ones are available, the challenge will always remain on the 'best business suitable.'Let me try answering this for you ahead. |
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Are You An Entrepreneur Who Takes Action? Take The 4 Trait Test
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| Entrepreneurs are independent people who set themselves apart from others by being innovative action takers. Entrepreneurs know how to solve problems and see opportunities that others miss. In today's uncertain economy entrepreneurs are needed more than ever because they are the ones who are willing to do the tasks and follow through despite obstacles. |
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Are you sharing your successes through case studies
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| Case studies provide ideal opportunities to leverage business successes and can be used to reinforce your core messages through "story telling". They provide audiences, including journalists, with a picture of the benefits your business provides its clients. |
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Create buzz with social media competitions
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| Last year we saw Twitter go mainstream and despite reports that it might not remain popular, it appears to be stronger than ever. People (and businesses) realised it was so much more than updating your followers with what you had for lunch.
Take your twitter and Facebook strategy one step further by including competitions to engage and reward your followers. CP Communications has been exploring and implementing social media competitions for clients and gaining remarkable results.
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Easy Networking For Your Job Search
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| The analogy between the layers of an onion and networking – “the layers system” |
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When Offers for Career Help Don’t Pan Out
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| Understanding that some offers of help do not always happen as you might expect |
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Versatility: The Door to Opportunity
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| Wise business leaders are versatile. |
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Your pre-call & post-call checklist
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| How well did your last sales call go? Did you achieve what you set out to achieve? Do you know what your next course of action will be with that customer/prospect? Do you have evidence that a real sales opportunity exists?
Using a pre-call and post-call checklist is a very useful process when assessing the effectiveness of your sales calls. |
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Make Money on Internet
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| “Make money on internet” is the call we hear from every direction as people flock to the summons. Everyone wants to be involved in the newest earning craze and get his or her share of the quick cash. There are ways to make money on internet but there is still work involved. Most get rich quick schemes are just that, schemes. The only ones profiting are those pushing the ploy and deceiving the public. There is no free lunch and eventually someone will pay for it. |
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SMEs - a big opportunity in Africa
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| All my travels in Africa have revealed a massive opportunity ideally suited to the SME |
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SME's - Trends to watch for new business opportunities over the next decade or two
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| A review of predicted trends for the next decade - what business opportunities exist among them? |
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SMEs - types of opportunities
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| Are all opportunities the same? |
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PRECISION-Guided Leadership
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| How to Move Your Team With Purpose…On Purpose. |
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3 Keys to Reaching Your Financial Goal in 2011
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| When it comes to setting and reaching these goals, I have found that there is a simple yet crucial 3 step process that virtually assures that I reach any goal. I’m going to lay it out here as it applies to a financial goal, but realize that this method applies to the success of reaching ANY goal. |
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Its not fair!
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| As a leader or manager do you aspire to be fair?
If you do, stop!
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You didn’t say I’d be fired!
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| Do you get frustrated when something you say which is obvious gets misinterpreted? |
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Always isn’t every time
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| As a manager, do you and your employees have miscommunications? |
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Just the facts
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| Do any of your direct reports (or for that matter, anyone at all!) continually challenge you in an unproductive way? |
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My employee seems to be sick on Fridays and Mondays
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| Do you have an employee who takes advantage of the system? |
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That person has a difficult personality
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| Does it irritate you when one of your employees, peers, or boss is very difficult? |
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Gen X, Gen Y, Gen whatever
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| Do you have opinions on someone based on their age? |
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The Facebook Revolution
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| Do you wonder what your employees are doing on their computer? |
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Not listening can be catastrophic
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| Do you feel your reports are not listening to you?! |
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Dealing with Morons
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| Do you ever think you’re working with people who don’t know what they’re doing?! |
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The $64,000 Question
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| Do your questions lead to solutions or more problems? |
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Dirt on the car
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| DO YOU STRUGGLE TO EFFECTIVELY MOTIVATE ANY DIRECT REPORTS? |
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Questions, Jeopardy Style
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| Do you find yourself stuck no matter what questions you ask yourself? |
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The questions which lead to nowhere
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| DO YOU FIND YOURSELF STUCK NO MATTER WHAT QUESTIONS YOU ASK YOURSELF? |
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My Door is Always Open
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| Do you ever commit to things which you possibly can’t achieve? |
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Who Are You?
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| Your sense of personal greatness is never more than a thought away. Start to see yourself as your own hero. Be the You you truly want to be and make your decisions based on the You that is connected to your inherent greatness. |
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The Brain on Teambuilding
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| Two companies booked the same beautiful park for their team buiding exercises, what happens next is what makes great comedy. |
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Learn How to Make FEAR Your Ally
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| Do you fear the unknown? Or perhaps you are completely aware of the things that make you fearful. Did you know that fear is the major cause of failure? It is not failure itself or the action taken to pursue an idea or dream, but the inaction that is the result of fear.
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Be Prepared For Success!
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| Make sure your are prepared when opportunities arise. |
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NIQCL is more than 5 cents.
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| "Many failures in sales initially seem like a success to the rep! They get their perception of the facts, and propose a solution that makes sense to them. The problem is they didn't get the customer's perception of the facts, so their solution may not be sensible to the customer." |
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The opportunities are here - what are you doing with them?
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| What are you doing with the opportunities that comes across you path in life?
Are you grabbing them or just letting them fly on by?
Too many times we are so busy with the day to day, with what we think we need to be doing, with the unimportant. So busy that we miss the greatest opportunities of our lives. |
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Wishes DO Come True
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| Imagine for a moment that you are Aladdin. You just found the magic lamp and rub it. The genie comes out and says:
“You have three wishes.” |
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 1
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 2
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 3
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 4
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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The loud woman at Starbucks
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| Do you find any of your employees irritating? |
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Managing techies
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| Do you need to come from a technical background to manage technical people? |
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Motivation with consequences
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| How do you motivate someone to do something they don’t want to do? |
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Jumping to Conclusions
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| As managers and leaders, how do we put aside our beliefs and experiences when we’re listening? |
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Should You Be a Big Fish in Two Ponds?
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| Build friendships, develop referral networks and foster mutually beneficial professional relationships and gain direct access to a whole new market of prospective clients...
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Exploring Your Possibilities
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| The following process if done honestly, can be very revealing; it helps replace any limiting beliefs with far more supportive and positive beliefs about any area of your life in which you feel you are struggling with, or having difficulties. |
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