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Personal Philosophy
Find the key to having your very own solid personal philosophy and be able to correctly define it.

Leadership Truth #1 - Great Leaders Operate from a Set of Values
Values are the underpinning of everything we do. Great leaders have a concrete set of values that they operate from on a daily basis. Where do these values come from?

Leadership Truth #2 - Great Leaders Live Their Vision
Great leaders are congruent. They live their vision all the time. Consistency is a trait most great leaders have in abundance. Why is this trait so important?

Leadership Truth #3 - Great Leaders are Passionate
Not only are great leaders passionate people, but they have an uncanny ability to infect others with their passion. That is how the gusto in their soul gets translated to the rank and file. Let's explore how this is done.

Leadership Truth #7 - Great Leaders Believe Work is Play
Have you ever noticed that the best leaders actually have fun at work? It really is allowed to create an environment where the good times outnumber the bad times. There are some gifted leaders who have discovered this concept.

Leadership Assessment #19 – Generates Passion
There are hundreds of assessments for leaders. The content and quality of these assessments vary greatly. You can spend a lot of time and money taking surveys to tell you the quality of your leadership. There are a few leading indicators that can be used to give a pretty good picture of the overall quality of your leadership. These are not good for diagnosing problems or specifying corrective action, but they can tell you where you stand quickly. Here is one of my favorite measures. It is the ability to generate passion.

Key Variables for Your 2010 Success Formula
Heading into the New Year, I’m constantly thinking whether a success formula exists, and if so, are there any key variables that form that equation. My friend gave a wonderful gift for Christmas, which is a book called Three Feet from Gold by Sharon Lechter and Greg Reid. A century ago, Napoleon Hill began his research for his bestseller Think and Grow Rich, which contained principles of self-motivation, leadership, service and achievement. He derived these principles through countless interviews with successful people during his day. Three Feet from Gold is a story about a young entrepreneur who faced adversity when his life seemed to fall apart. However, he rose to the occasion by following the principles taught by Napoleon Hill and ended up becoming very successful.

Love The Work You Do
Love the work you do. The work you do should be your passion. This will only get you o success. When you love your work it will be not like a burden but your it will like your passion. And, this will surely take you to newer heights.

How To Be a Champion in Life
Person is a real champion when he never gives up. Success comes to him who faces the challenges of life and overcome all the hurdles of life without giving up. If you want to be number one or just the best that you can then start following the five strategies that will help you become a champion at whatever you choose to pursue in life.

What Smart Women Learn in the Recovery Room
This article is about discovering what’s holding you back in your life-your “obstacles” to having the life you desire and gives you tips on how to shed those obstacles. It is only when we shed these “obstacles” that we can live a life that is fully on purpose and with passion.

Work At Home Ideas To Start An Online Business
In seeking profitable work at home ideas to start an online business consider what you have a passion for and what is in demand that will allow you to make some decent money.

Passion First, Profits Second!
Time to wake up and realize that we have to develop trust and relationships if we are to be successful. Long term profit demands that you are genuine and passionate with your community.

Developing a Passion for Performance
In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins characterized two common denominators of Level 5 leaders. One was humility and the second was a passion for performance. This article deals with the passion aspect of leadership and gives some tips for how to generate more of it.

What is Employee Engagement?
“Employee Engagement (is) the ability to capture the heads, hearts, and souls of your employees to instill an intrinsic desire and passion for excellence.” -- Fleming and Asplund

DEVELOPING LEADERS WE CAN TRUST
DEVELOPING LEADERS WE CAN TRUST

Motivation- Get the Daily Dose that Keeps You on Fire
Motivation seems to have many of us playing red light-green light. We're on, then off. Yet researchers have found that motivation is perhaps the number one component in the realization of genius. So it's worth our attention! Check out the following steps to keep the fire burning.

Uncover Your Passions and Skills To Build a Business You Love
The first step in starting a business you love is to uncover what your core passions and skills are. Here are some exercises you can do to help you do that.

Ready Or Not - Time Will Tell?
Network marketing is all about building relationships of trust followed by timing. People will follow someone they trust when they are ready to be led. Timing is the key.

Does Living Your Talents Lead to Success?
If you have a positive attitude, follow your passion, and do what you love, do success and money follow? Success and wealth are never guaranteed in any undertaking in life. There is no guarantee that using Your Talent Advantage will lead to success. Pursuing activities that take advantage of skills and talents at which you are naturally gifted increases the odds of creating life success.

Passion- The Fire That Illuminates the Path to Success
Passion is the icing on the cake that can build and sustain a successful business. Passion is contagious and it breeds attraction and loyalty. Is your business a passive responder or a passionate advocate for your offerings and your customers?

8 Ways of Looking at Procrastination and How to Avoid it
There could be many aspects related to procrastination, let’s explore a few of them. 1. Too much to do. 2. Internal blockage. 3. Lack of motivation. 4. Lack of paying attention. 5. Tired. 6. Guilt. 7. Delegating. 8. Passion.

What we choose!
I experienced these lines. i used to work with something I hated and felt I was selling myself. Now I am blessed, because I do something I love and I am so much happier and make others happier too!

Smart Women and the Race Against Time
This article is about how to take better control of your time. Creating better time management and how you organize your day is crucial to having a passionate and successful life.

Four Ways to Fuel Your Passion
If you want to take that quantum leap towards achieving your goals, a great way to do so is to fuel your passion. Passion is what separates champions from the rest of the field, and can keep you going for the long term. Passion is what drives you to get you closer to your goals. If you’re about to undertake a major goal, make sure you follow these four things that will help fuel your passion.

RESUME SCREENING - Picking the High Performers!
A high unemployment rate means lots of resumes and applicants for employers to screen but it doesn't mean it will be easier to pick out the high performers. Just the opposite in fact. Never before in history have job applicants been so hungry and so well-prepared to ace an interview. Information available on the Internet educates job seekers on what interview questions to expect, what type of answers WOW interviewers and what responses turn them off. Pair up these paycheck-hungry job candidates with an interviewer who has done nothing to improve his or her employee selection skills, or the fact that more than eighty percent of all interviewers have had little or no formal training on how to hire the best, and now you have a real formula for disaster as companies begin hiring post-recession. This perfect storm can be averted.

Incorrectly Assessing A Job Applicant's Motivation
In today's highly competitive and turbulent business environment, hiring average employees can spell "failure". Companies can not afford mediocrity while their competitors are striving to be the best. Hiring impacts profits in more ways than most companies realize. A Harvard Business School study determined that more than 75% of turnover could be traced back to poor hiring practices. The decision to hire -or not to hire- plays a significant role in turnover. The leading contributor to turnover is often not what happens after the employee is hired, but rather the process leading up to it. And turnover is not always bad if it's a bad hire that's leaving. You have to wonder if you really are hiring the best we can.

How Smart Women Stay Busy
I have the good fortune to spend meaningful time with a lot of smart women who keep me on track about what’s going on in women’s lives. One topic that resonates with many of these women (and with me) is the idea of busyness. It is vital that we as women take the time to explore what provides us with meaning, energy, and passion. Whether we are married or unmarried, with children or without, we all have the same number of hours in the day. We can spend those hours doing things that energize us.

Is Your Business Delivering The Lifestyle You Desire?
A recent survey of almost 2000 small to medium Australian businesses by Quest Newspapers has highlighted that 71% of business owners are in business because of lifestyle factors such as following their passion, creating better work/life balance and being their own boss.

Goal Setting With Work Life Balance And Purpose
Do you sometimes live by the catchphrase, "I don't know what I want but I know that it's not this"? Sometimes the "thrill of the deal" just isn't enough to inspire you. Follow these steps to regain some passion, purpose and work life balance in your life.

Start Something that Matters
Fortunately for us, in his new book Start Something that Matters, Blake tells us we don’t have to choose. As he shares the story of how he started TOMS, one of the fastest-growing shoe companies in the world, he says we don’t have to choose. And furthermore, we’ll have more success if we don’t settle for less than combining all three elements. I love his chapter titles – the six steps for creating your own life.

To 'Monetize' You Must First 'Productize'
Companies looking to expand and grow would be wise to clearly identify what services or products they offer. Productizing is identifying the the services offered or goods distributed by a company for promotional purposes as "products," AND converting an idea, process, area of expertise, etc. into a marketable and salable product. Companies can expand their potential to monetize through articulated personal branding.

A New Opportunity for Business Growth
If your company has a potential investor, what would you need to quickly put in place to ride on the waves of the new opportunity for business growth?

Ensuring Success for Florist Business
If you have finalized your business plan for your florist business in this tough business environment, what strategies should you have in place to build the right workforce?

Entrepreneur Mindset for Business Success
A business coach shares his strategies on how a CEO of an organization can nculcate an entrepreneur mindset in his team.

10 Questions to find a business idea that is a perfect fit for you
So you want to start a business but you are sure what kind. Here are 10 questions to ask yourself so that you can narrow your focus and identify the right business for you.

How You Can Discover Your “Daily Creativity Window”
Do you often feel creatively frustrated? Do you have a passion you long to indulge but never seem to find the time? Do you know when you're at your most creative? Are you aware of how dramatically your life would change if you could fully commit to your most creative hours? Part 1 of this two-part series will help you pinpoint your unique "Daily Creativity Window." Everyone has one. When is yours and what should you do about it?

Strategies to Reconnect with Your Passion
Passion – and knowing what yours is – is a big topic of conversation these days. The answer reveals a deep truth within yourself. You find courage and capabilities that you never knew existed before and you experience a profound sense of authenticity and appropriateness about life. Whether you want to improve your performance in your business, as a parent, in your relationships or simply want to step into the next stage of your life, knowing and living your passion will bring you clarity, commitment, fulfillment and joy.

One Smart Cookie: How Fields Baked Her Way to the Bank
With no college degree, no support from her family, and no money, Fields was able to start up not only her own business, but a multimillion dollar one at that. How did this housewife become one of America’s greatest success stories and the name behind some of the country’s most beloved cookies?

Flying High: Hughes’ Success Factors
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Hughes never knew what it was like to be anything but rich. But, it was the degree of his wealth that would drastically change over time. From inheriting $1 million to becoming North America’s first billionaire, Hughes would prove to be one of the greatest and most-talked about entrepreneurs of the 20th century. His significant feats were a result of the following factors:

Lesson #5: Help Others to Help Yourself
“Any society begins by realizing that together, by helping each other, you can survive better than if you fight each other and compete with each other,” says Lucas. “We have the tendency to lose it when we forget that, as a group, we are stronger than we are as individuals.”

Lesson #5: Go After What You Want
“I think fantasies are for the birds,” Klein once said. “Anything I wanted to do, I did. If there’s something I want, nothing stops me.”

Lesson #5: Go With Your Gut
“Experience taught me a few things,” says Trump. “One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper.”

Breaking New Ground: Trump’s Success Factors
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate,” says Trump. He has reacted to the twists and turns in his life with optimism, becoming CEO of the largest privately held company in New York, with over 22,000 employees and estimated revenues in excess of $10 billion. What did he use to get ahead?

Lesson #2: Don’t Settle
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do,” says Jobs. “If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”

Lesson #1: Make Your Passion Your Life’s Work
“Without passion, work is just work, a chore,” says Stewart. “Passion is the first and most essential ingredient for planning and beginning a business.”

Lesson #3: Be Realistic
“Passion can be a wild thing, taking you in many directions. Try to grab it by the reins,” advises Stewart.

Lesson #5: Build a Great Team
“Good employees will energize you and your business,” says Stewart. With over 650 people working for MSLO, Stewart has become a bonafide expert in the realm of human resources. Some have been with her from the very beginning and some have joined along the way, but all of Stewart’s employees share the talent, energy, passion and optimism that Stewart herself has for her businesses.

Tearing Down Walls: How Walton Rose To The Top
Sam Walton passed away in 1992 but his legacy lives on. It is estimated that if the Wal-Mart chain was its own economy, it would rank 30th in the world, behind Saudi Arabia. The company’s revenues continue to grow at roughly 10% a year, likely surpassing half a trillion dollars in sales within the next decade. The international division of Wal-Mart is also its fastest-growing division, which indicates that the company is continuing to increase its presence around the world. If Sam Walton were alive today, he would be the richest person in the world, with twice the fortune of Bill Gates. How did a farm boy from Oklahoma accomplish all of this?

Lesson #3: Follow Your Heart
“My parents wanted me to be a lawyer,” Lopez jokingly recalls. “But I don’t think I would have been very happy. I’d be in front of the jury singing.”

Lesson #2: Chase Your Dreams
“Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true,” Disney said. “This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence.”

Lesson #4: Do What You Love Most
Morgan was one of those lucky few who knew from the get-go what he wanted to spend his life doing. There was never any doubt in Morgan’s mind, or to anyone who knew him, that he was meant for a career in business. It had been his passion from day one; he breathed business and knew it like the back of his hand. He had a natural aptitude for wheeling and dealing and to deny this would have been America’s tragic loss. It was in listening to his heart and following his passion that Morgan was able to achieve such astounding success.

Lesson #4: Find Your Raison d’Etre
When Puck was asked once by a reporter what the best part of his job was, he replied, “The opportunity to work in the kitchen every day.”

Lesson #5: Believe In Your Dream
When Thomas was 15 years old, he wrote an essay for school called The Pursuit of Happiness. In it, he wrote, “When I was eight years old, I dreamed that I would one day own the best restaurant in the world. My restaurant would serve great tasting hamburgers made just the way you like them, and all of the customers would love the food and come back again and again.”

Lesson #4: Develop a Strong Sense of Leadership
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun,” said Rockefeller.

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George Lucas Quotes

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Donald Trump Quotes

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Sam Walton Quotes

Giant Steps: How Robbins Achieved Success
A successful entrepreneur, a strategic advisor to world leaders, an award-winning speaker and an internationally best-selling author, Tony Robbins has become one of the world’s most recognized authorities in the life coaching industry. Through his seminars and audiotapes, Robbins is helping millions of people around the world live a more fulfilled life. How did he create the life he wanted for himself?

Lesson #3: Your Work Ethic Is Your Most Important Asset
“I'm not too good at lying still in the sun,” says McMahon. “I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.” By all accounts, McMahon was obsessed with wrestling since he was a little boy, and he continues to be just as devoted a fan today. It is his passion for his work that allows him to maintain the strong work ethic that he has, working long after his competitors have already gone to sleep.

Lesson #5: Teamwork is an Essential Tool for Success
“When I was trying to think of what the key management principles were to build into the culture, I started talking about the Ps,” says Case. “The P's were things like passion, perseverance, perspective and people. I think the people aspect is really the most important one.”

The Pursuit of Happiness: Gardner’s Climb to the Top
“One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success,” says Gardner. “The secret is there is no secret. It’s the basics. Blocking and tackling.” Gardner has gone from homeless to Hollywood, rising from the depths and despair of poverty to become not only a millionaire stockbroker and successful entrepreneur and author, but also the star of a major motion picture. How did he do it?

Lesson #5: The Follow-Through is the Most Important Factor
“Those who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else,” Ash once said. “It’s the people with follow-through who excel.”

Lesson #1: Psych Yourself Up Not Out
“I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want,” says Omidyar. “I always kind of just went ahead and tried things.”

Lesson #2: The Path to Success is to Pursue Your Passion
“I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion,” says Omidyar. “It is not really work if you are having fun…that was the case with me.”

The Gateway to Success: How Omidyar Became an Overnight Billionaire
“When you look at the accomplishments of accomplished people and you say, ‘Boy, that must have been really hard,’…that was probably hard,” says Omidyar. “And conversely, when you look at something that looks easy, that was probably hard. And so you’re never going to know which is which until you actually go out and do it.” Whether Omidyar’s accomplishments look easy or not, they are undoubtedly significant, having not only revolutionized the way people do business, but making a multi-billion dollar fortune along the way. How did he do it?

Lesson #4: In Following Your Passion, You Become Your Own Best Customer
How were they able to devote themselves day and night to manufacturing their mighty machines? Why were they so hell bent on ensuring the highest standards of quality? And what drove them to dedicate themselves to the same business for the majority of their adult lives? William Harley and the Davidson brothers didn’t just make motorcycles – they lived and breathed them. They were, in fact, their own biggest fans. It was in pursuing the one thing they were passionate about that they were able to create such a classic tale of entrepreneurial success in America.

Lesson #3: The Accidental Entrepreneur is No Accidental Success
“There is such a thing as a natural-born entrepreneur, for whom the entrepreneurial urge drives everything, and who can make a business out of almost anything,” says Moore. “But the accidental entrepreneur like me has to fall into the opportunity or be pushed into it. Then the entrepreneurial spirit eventually catches on.” Moore and Noyce are evidence of the fact that entrepreneurs do not necessarily have to be born as such. Through a process of discovering their passion and being unhappy with their prospects at other companies, Moore and Noyce decided to start up their own business. It was their willingness to admit their shortcomings and seek out the help of others that the two accidental entrepreneurs in fact became two of the most successful entrepreneurs in modern time.

The Perpetual Pitchman: How Popeil Became a Multi-Millionaire
There are some who say that what Popeil has been able to accomplish in his career is nothing short of magic. To create an empire out of seemingly nondescript kitchen wares is without a doubt an impressive feat. It was not, however, magic. The secrets behind Popeil’s success are as simple to follow as the instructions on his Veg-O-Matic.

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Ron Joyce Quotes

Under the Bright Lights of Success: How White Fought His Way to the Top
“I’m pretty happy with the way everything has worked out with UFC,” says White. “We’ve come a long way in a couple of years.” From working as a hotel bellhop to managing a multi-million dollar company, White has most certainly come a long way from where he started off. How did this boy who could barely make it through high school, become a millionaire and the envy of men across America?

Lesson #1: Keep Your Fire Fueled by Having Fun
“I was raised in a household that taught us that everybody has the right to have a lot of fun,” says Ray.

Getting the Picture: How Eastman Turned Kodak into a Star
Eastman once said, “What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.”

Cooking Up a Storm: Fields Opens Up Shop
After realizing how unsatisfied with her life she had become, Fields decided something needed to change. And, she knew instantly what it was. “In that room, that evening, I made a decision that I was going to go into the cookie business,” says Fields, “that that was my calling, that that was what I could do best.”

Lesson #2: Passion is the Key in a Successful Business Recipe
“You have to have passion when you’re finding a recipe for a career,” says Fields. “If you love what you are doing, you’ll never work a day in your life.”

Lesson #3: Get Word Of Your Business Out There
“We didn’t spend any money on marketing and advertising,” recalls Aigner-Clark. So just how exactly did her basement operation become the billion dollar industry leader that it is today? What it all came down to, she says, was her ability to hit the streets and get people talking about her business.

Lesson #2: Prosper From People And Passion
When Laliberté first went on the hiring hunt for a COO, CFO, and vice-president of creation, he decided to do something risky. He was going to offer them a percentage of the company in return for ten years’ employment. How could he be willing to give up a portion of his baby to someone else? How could he be sure the people he hired would be good for the company in five, let alone ten years from then?

Lesson #4: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
When asked what the number one key to success is, Charney replies, “Passion. That’s it. When you believe in what you’re doing, that’s it.”

Lesson #2: Do Not Try to Please Everyone All the Time
“Your vision is very important. You should know whom you’re selling to, what your marketing and advertising says about you, and whom it’s speaking to,” says Lauren. “Me personally, I don’t try to please everyone. I understand who I am selling to and I work towards that vision all the time.”

Billionaire from the Bronx: How Ralph Lauren Achieved Success
“There is a way of living that has a certain grace and beauty,” says Lauren. “It is not a constant race for what is next, rather, an appreciation of that which has come before.”

Lesson #2: It Takes Passion to Win the Fight
White might not have been a stellar student, but thanks to his achievements with the UFC, his high school was nevertheless proud of him. So much so, that they even invited him back to deliver the commencement address twenty years after his own graduation. “It was pretty cool,” said White. “If you would have asked me ten years ago if this is where I would have been in ten years, I would have laughed in your face.”

Lesson #5: Pursue a Passion Outside Your Business
Hewlett and Packard were both diehard electrical engineers and entrepreneurs in one. But, while that combination worked well in helping to grow their startup, it was in fact largely the passions they held outside of their business that kept them going through the tough times and helped them maintain a sense of balance.

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Lesson #3: If Your Job Does Not Excite You, Find a New One
Fuller was born the son of an RAF pilot who later became a teacher who was passionately enthusiastic about founding schools. It was that passion that took the Fuller family to West Africa. Simon, along with his brothers Kim and Mark, spent much of their childhood growing up in Ghana, where their father would establish schools.

What's Your Business Heart Rate?
Creating and building a business requires a lot of passion and heart. And just like your own health, the vitality of your business depends on you spending enough time in your target zone.

One, a few, most or all
There are four kinds of marketing situations, and the approach to each is radically different. Yet most of the time, we lump them together as just plain 'marketing'.

The Entrepreneur As Systems Thinker: Getting Down to Basics
In my last article, I discussed the unique quality that makes world class entrepreneurs different than simply owners of businesses. I said that true entrepreneurs are Systems Thinkers. I then went on to define that peculiar quality of systems thinking that true entrepreneurs are blessed with. (If you have not read that article, please do so. It will provide you with a platform of understanding to better relate to this article: Getting Down to Basics of Systems Thinking.)

The Entrepreneurial Spirit
Fred Karl, designer of the Viking range and owner of that company said, "I was a weird kid—I began designing towns when I was 12." We all know that "weird" can be good, if we don't judge others through our lens ... Being weird increases creativity if we allow it to flourish. Fred Karl, founder of Viking Range, let his weirdness flourish abundantly.

7 Tips to Attracting What You Want
We all aspire to be, do and have great things. Yet most of us simply aren’t creating the results we want. We don’t have enough money, romance, success or joy in our lives. But what we need to understand is that greatness exists in all of us. It is simply up to us to pull it out of ourselves. We all have the ability to create the life we want. We just need to learn how to do it. Here are 7 of my top tips to jump-start your success and start "attracting" what you want into your life.

Go For Your Big Dreams!
Remember when you were a kid and felt you could set the world on fire? Millionaire? Sure. Hollywood star? Of course! Astronaut? Easy. Best-selling author? No problem. World traveler? Start packing.

The Art of Passion
I was moved to write another manifesto on the nature of Dreaming in relationship with Passion.

Where It Comes From
I was recently asked, "What do you think it is about life that you love so much as to make your life about bettering it and bettering the lives of other people?"

When a book is finished
It takes a long time to finish a book. Even after it’s done it isn’t finished. It lingers in you for a long, long time. Even then, after you think it’s gone, it isn’t.

Guerrilla Caring
All business owners care about their customers, but guerrilla marketers prove they care. Here are twenty ways that they prove it.

More on Indifference from Tom
Darci, from her Comment: "... and pursue my passion. It was a leap of faith and there was no safety net to catch me if I failed."

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.

Why would someone come to work for you?
Most small business marketers think in terms of marketing as a way to get a keep customers. While that is indeed correct, effective marketing is also a great way to attract and keep great talent to your business. No matter how hot your products and services are your growth will be tied very directly to the your ability to get people who are passionate about your company and its story working side by side with you.

The Seventh Deadly Workplace Sin: Lust
Recently, I read an article from Careerbuilder.com about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. Last time, I gave you my take on Gluttony. Finally, it’s all about Lust.

The Art of Making People Feel Welcome
Jan Gunnarsson and Olle Blohm, in Hostmanship: The Art of Making People Feel Welcome, write:

'Where to' might not be as important as 'how loud'
Here's what they say to you when you graduate: "What are you going to do now?" And here's what they say to you when you're about to leave on vacation: "Where are you going?"

What you can learn from a lousy teacher...
If you have a teacher (of any sort) that you cannot please, that you cannot learn from, that is unwilling to take you where you need to go because he is defending the status quo and demonstrates your failure on whatever report card he chooses to use, you could consider yourself a failure. Or you could remind yourself...

Your parachute is your segue between passion and profit
How is being your own boss the same as parachuting? What business success lessons can be gleaned from parachuting? Through three common business scenarios, you will learn how your parachute is your metaphorical segue between passion and profit.

Entrepreneurs Thanking the Recession
Though most of the world may be grieving because of the ill economic effects of the global recession, a lot of entrepreneurs may actually feel the exact opposite. A number of opportunities have opened up to entrepreneurs which actually helped them make millions despite the hard times. If you're aiming to become an entrepreneur, it may be a great option depending on your traits and passion about the job. Here are some tips and tricks.

How to Embrace Passion, Power and Purpose in Your Life
It is sad to see people go through life without recognizing what brings passion to their life - the result is spending what could otherwise have been a full, rich life on things that truly don’t matter. It is important that we allow ourselves the time to think, meditate, pray, and seek direction for what we are to do that will put the passion, power and purpose in our lives.

Career Passion and Hard Work
Passion is mostly a good thing-right? Then I thought about Mel Gibson’s Movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” and with all the negative publicity around Mel these days, I wasn’t so sure any more. So I went and looked up “passion” in the dictionary. It said that “passion” is from the Latin verb patior, meaning to suffer or to endure. As an emotion it is an intense, compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something. So which is it guys? To suffer or endure or to desire something? This left me even more confused! The only concussion that I could come to was that passion seemed to be a desire for suffering, but that did not seem rite either so I kept on looking. Then I came across an article written by Curt Roengren: “4 Myths About Career Passion.” Here’s what he says...

What about passion
What about passion?” said a woman in the back of the room after I had given a presentation called The 5 Secrets of Business Success. Obviously ‘passion’ was not one of the secrets and she thought it should have been.

Finding Your Voice
Finding your voice" means finding a way to express your ideas with passion so that you connect with others. We all have ideas and thoughts that we feel strongly about. Learn how important finding your voice is and how it relates to career and job fulfillment.

Smart Women and the Six Feminine Energies(TM)
This article is about women embracing what’s really important to them right now in their lives. It’s key to hone in and take action on what drives you, what fuels you, what energizes you. This is a key to living on purpose and with passion.

Enough Leadership Already!
I know... I know...there exists a plethora of books and articles that point us in the direction of solving all of our problems with someone's version of leadership. As a contributor of contemporary leadership principles, I too often get caught up in the hype of the next great leadership think. Amazingly, with my own love and passion for studying the human need to lead or follow, I am often obscured from some very basic truths. Simply put, without the "right" people on the team, the quantity and quality of the leadership provided will always be limited.

Career Coaching Case Study: Client Creates Work With Purpose and Passion
We are all trying to understand and cope with the enormous changes in our work and personal lives. Mostly we react in a positive and productive manner. However, many people are describing their lives as so busy, working so many hours, trying to balance work and personal lives that we often feel physically and emotionally exhausted. I work as a consulting psychologist and executive/career coach specializing in helping leaders and lawyers with work- related problems. Let me tell you a brief story about a company leader I helped with a career transition.

What are you Passionate About?
People are passionate about many things in life, whether it’s money, fame, power, or any of the others. It’s important to have a passion for objects that have a lasting existence and that others can‘t take from you. To often me place undo credence on temporary items that only satisfy for a short time and then we begin to search for something else.

Ready, Set, Go! Get Strategic on Values
Imagine this...your company spends dollars, time and energy to refine your mission, vision and values in a long needed retreat to reorient the team toward business success. Similar to the evangelist that comes to town to rev everyone up, the passion can often dissipate as the evangelist’s tent is disassembled and goes off to the next town. How can the passion become self-sustaining long after the retreat and into the future? The answer rests in getting and remaining strategic around the values you and your charges spend so much time identifying and marketing.

Passion, the Herd and Objectivity
We all talk about the value of objectivity. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. It’s easy to lose our objectivity, to adopt the beliefs and perspectives of those around us. The more we interact with others and their beliefs, the easier it is to mind meld with them, and lose our objective focus.

Finding Your Hidden Positive Spirituality
Do you ever feel lost, with no idea where your life is headed? Do you wish you could find a sense of direction, meaning and purpose for your life? Thankfully, you can discover the passion inside of you and experience the truly fulfilling life you were born to live.

Persistence, Purpose and Passion
Think about the business owners you admire or the mentors you listen to. They’ve told you story after story of what they did to be successful. Those stories were a great way to make a point so that you would remember it. Think about all those stories for a minute. There are some common threads you’ll find among all those admirable leaders. Those common threads are key lessons you must apply to your solo business to assure your success and prosperity too.

Who Needs Personal Development at Work?
While trends in the past few years have advocated bringing your whole self to work, the prevailing culture in many industries still expects employees to leave their personal stuff at the door and stick to business when on the job. It seems the move toward openness has been brushed off the side of the desk in favour of leaner operations, especially with the current economy. This kind of ‘fluff’ just doesn’t impact the bottom line that much. Or does it?

WHY WORK?
I was recently accused by a friend as a “WORKAHOLIC”. And, yes I occasionally do log in quite a few hours in a week. But my argument (and I’m sticking with it) to this accusation was surprisingly easy. I told him with some emotion and honest conviction that “I AM NOT A WORKAHOLIC!”

Be Wary of the Passionate Franchise Founder
When visiting a franchisor's headquarters franchise candidates look forward to the opportunity to meet with the person who founded the franchise. However, it's important that franchise candidates keep the enthusiasm, often demonstrated by the founder, in proper perspective. The founder of a franchise can be the most important single individual to meet during a Discovery Day visit. However, prospective franchisees need to avoid being overly swayed by the passion these entrepreneurs can exhibit.

Leading by Design - The Pursuit of Perfection
What is the secret to creating successful businesses that marry passion, purpose and profits? Unleash peoples' passions by clearly communicating what you believe and why.

When You Are What You Do
Are you an extension of your job or is your job an extension of who you are?

What Is Your Plan
To some extent we all multi-task and have numerous responsibilities that can, at times, seem overwhelming. The key is to learn how to manage the responsibility by planning for it. Believe it or not, day to day activities are less stressful when you implement a plan.

How to Succeed in Business, Without Setting Your Hair On Fire
Most start-up businesses fail. Learn what you can do to beat the odds. Learn from the successes. Solve the problems before they become problems. Decide on products, pricing and passion before you begin.

How to Share Your Expertise and Get More Website Traffic
Create a content strategy and leverage your expertise with article marketing.

The Importance of Persuasion in Entrepreneurship
Being able to persuade others and allow them to see your vision is the key to running a successful business. Below, you will find some persuasion techniques.

How to Achieve Consistency on the Sales Force
I have always believed that in sales, the three most important attributes (not skills) are the willingness to do what it takes to succeed (commitment) the passion for being the best (desire), and the discipline to repeat the required behaviors and activities (consistency).

Are You Looking for Salespeople with Entrepreneurial Spirit?
While most salespeople don't have Entrepreneurial Passion, most Entrepreneurs aren't very good salespeople. They lack the DNA, skills and competencies necessary to consistently outsell their competitors, but they (sometimes) compensate for it with their 24/7 passion. Can you have both? Yes - entrepreneurs can be trained to sell effectively! And there are some salespeople who actually have this love of what they are selling. The key is to be able to successfully attract, identify, on board and retain those rare salespeople.

Jean-Claude Biver Quotes
Jean-Claude Biver Quotes

More to the SECRET!
The Secret may no longer be a secret but there's more to it.

Play Your Position
Learn to play to win in life - no holding back.

What If Certain Things Just Don't Add Up?
It's OK when things don't always make sense!

Second Best also Deserves a Chance
Are you missing some of the crucial people in your business. Just because they aren't your stars it doesn't mean you don't need them!

Five Important Leadership Qualities Needed In Business
Leadership in business can be defined as one's ability to get others to willingly follow. Every organization needs leaders at every level in the business. Leaders can be found and nurtured if you look for the right character traits, then cultivate them into leaders.

Effective Business Relationships - It Takes Just One Small Thing
Building useful relationships in a business world is probably one of the most valuable actions anyone can take. And we need all the help we can get to make this work...

Let Time Bear Dividends for You
I have heard so often from people that “I don’t have time” or “There is so much to do, I just can’t catch up.” The truth is that we all have the same amount of time: 24 hours x 7 days. This is the only resource that we are given equally. The only difference is where and how we spend it. In my opinion, where and how we spend our time has the greatest effect on the results in our life.

Find your Passion because YOU ARE WORTH IT!
Have you found your passion? Are you living it? Passion leaves clues. It is your responsibility to find yours, become it, and let it become you. You will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you.

Creative Intelligence - Exploring Your Own Creative Genius
Believe it or not, there is creativity lurking within all of us. Creativity is not only the ability to draw a picture or write a poem - creativity is simply thinking in a unique way. When you approach a situation, as long as you keep thinking of new ways to solve problems, you're thinking creatively.

10 Laws of Success
Are you successful in your business? Do you get out of it exactly what you had wishes for? Or are you like 97% of the people, struggling to make a success with your business? If so, maybe you are missing one or more of these success laws, which also applies to different areas of your life.

Is PASSION Important To Success In Business?
Observe the most successful business people you know.....a common characteristic you will find is that successful people are passionate about what they do. Without passion for what you are doing, you might as well......

Life Interrupted: How to Successfully Handle Unemployment.
Tips for successfully handling unemployment. Staying positive. Finding yourself in the midst of turmoil

Vocation, Destiniy and Work
In this article we will explore the concepts of vocation, destiny and work. We'll redefine them and talk about how confusion regarding these three very separate ideas can cause stress and confusion on our journey towards a happy fulfilling career.

Five Tips for Creating C-Level Selling Confidence
One of the most powerful tools for C-Level Selling, selling to doctors or any influential people is confidence. So here a 5 tips to help you build your confidence.

OBSESSION, Why It Is Good For You And How To Use It To Your Advantage
Do you remember having a song in your head that you just couldn't get rid of it, then you walk into a store, and low and behold, the same song is playing? - Or, how about that constant thought that doesn't seem to want to leave you alone, and when you wake up in the morning, there it is again, and you wonder, what the heck?

Has Your Vacation Made It Harder To Go Back To A Job That You Hate?
Expert home stager, Staging Diva, suggests to individuals feeling stuck in jobs they hate that it’s time to try something new.

4 Top Secrets To Successfully Starting A Home Business
So, you want to start a home business. The only problem is that many people want to start up a home business of their own, but they aren't sure how to start it, so they just let the dream die.

Smart Women Have Personal Power
This article is about becoming and feeling powerful about who you are as a woman. Having your own brand of “personal” power is essential. It’s not about material wealth or the ability to control people and situations. It’s about being at peace while begin strong and courageous in the world.

Self-Coaching Tip: Focus on the Energy of Your Intentions
Years ago, in a staff meeting, Martha described all the obstacles and setbacks her team had encountered while starting a new project. She was frustrated and tired. Her energy was low. Soon, everyone in the room was tense, shooting down ideas and suggestions, frustrated by our own inability to find a creative solution to the stalled project.

How To Start An Online Business Free
Here we will give you a scenario you can use that shows you how to start an online business and you don't need to spend one penny of your money to do it.

Let your feelings lead you and others
The human being is rather a 'human feeling'.

Marketing Strategies -7 Ways To Overcome The Myth That You Have To Be "Pushy" To Succeed
Think that marketing is all about being aggressive? Not at all! This article gives you some great tips on how to overcome the myth and make marketing work for you.

The Law of Average
I was working with a fairly large company recently on their business strategy, and how they were going to get their whole team engaged so that everyone was pulling their own weight, and everyone had a passion for the growth of the company. The idea was, if everyone could work together, productivity would increase, business relationships would flourish and the end of year bonus would be much bigger. Their goal was to be above average over all of the competitors in their market. That was the plan...

How To Create More Passion For Your Life and Work
Think of what you always wanted to do but haven't done yet. What would happen if you never did it? What would happen if you did? What would you do with it? How would it bring you joy for the rest of your life? Is it in allignment with the person you are? What needs to happen for you to get it?

Light Employees’ Passion for Jobs
The door to positive and permanent change opens from the inside rather than being absorbed from the outside. Each of us has a purpose and a challenge, but we must uncover it to bring passion to the surface. Managers who ask workers what they “want” to do instead of what they “can” do are better equipped to put people in the right positions.

The Entrepreneurial "Perfect Storm"
Entrepreneurs are challenged from the beginning. Paying attention to these three areas will bring you greater success.

Transition From Profession To Business - Exploring Your Career Alternatives
Are you a professional-perhaps in the ever-changing health care field or a similar area of interest? If so, have you given much thought to how you'll make the transition from practicing your profession to enjoying the later years? As crazy as things are these days, perhaps it's even worth seriously thinking about alternative income streams sooner rather than later, even if the traditional idea of retirement is nowhere near your vision for the future. This article outlines the options available to professionals in transitioning to successful business ownership.

7 Key Qualities Of Successful Entrepreneurs
Do you have what it takes to become a highly successful entrepreneur? Many folks want to own and build their own business-and it is a great thing for those willing to work at it and make things happen. The thing is, sometimes it's also pretty easy to overlook all of the hard work that goes into earning success. In this article, I reveal what I consider to be the 7 key qualities that a person must possess and demonstrate to become a successful entrepreneur.

Yelling is exhausting
The only way your business is going to be heard (by anyone) is to communicate in a way that only you can. This is not achieved by following the hoarse voices of others, who are only imitating the herd that went before them. It's created by having the courage to stand-up and shout about something you truly believe in.

Which Online Business Opportunity is Right For Me?
The following tips are for evaluating an 'online business opportunity', not necessarily applicable to the 'get rich quick opportunities' that are flooding the internet. This is for those entrepreneurs that are serious about building a business. This takes time and commitment.

Create your own legacy on the internet through your marketing business
Passion is a vital characteristic of an entrepreneur. This article explores the definition of passion and applies its meaning to business and also shows the vital role entrepreneurs play in creating their legacy on the internet

You Can Achieve Your Dreams
The 20 Ultimate Tricks to Achieving Your Dreams: Achieving dreams and goals is the most important task in our lives if we want to live the lifestyle we wish for ourselves and our families. This little Report is a cookbook you can use on your way to your dream life.

Creating Long-Term Customer Relationships: How Marketing Is Like Making Love
When you find a potential romantic partner, do you throw that person to the ground and force yourself? I certainly hope not! Instead of a beautiful relationship, you'd face a jail sentence; forcing yourself is criminal behavior.

Need More Sales? Upgrade Your Sales Team
What do good sales people look like. Here are the Top 10 characteristics for them.

High Maintenance Relationships
Are you in a high maintenance relationship? Discover some of the various forms of high maintenance and how you are participating in this dysfunctional relationship.

The Simple Steps to Make Money Online
If you have the desire, need and most importantly the passion and commitment to make money online, the solution will be obvious. Imitate someone who has already had the kind of success you want, and copy them.

Do You See Opportunity or Crisis?
What if adopting a positive viewpoint changes our crisis into opportunity?

The Characteristics Of High Performing Teams
I’d like to share my views on how teams succeed…

"Julie Julia” Movie Review, Entrepreneurs Success & Internet Marketing Training Course
What a great movie, Meryl Strep is fantastic as always. This movie was so much more than just a great story. It was inspirational and educational. There are many people in the world that may not feel they have much to offer society and hopefully this movie will show them that they are wrong.

What should I look for when I hire a salesperson?
Over the years, I have personally hired and developed many talented salespeople across multiple industries, and for me it's always about finding and developing salespeople who possess the 6P's for Sales Success:

Ten Ways To Display Passion For The Job Seeker
Some people naturally display their passion while others are more reserved and show little emotion. There is no right or wrong style but there are times when even the most dispassionate person will want to step it up a bit. Here are 10 tips for displaying passion.

Pre Call Planner
It's a great idea to plan your sales call well in advance of making the call. Those that tend to "wing it" don't usually end up flying very far...

The 10 Commandments of Google Search Engine Optimization
When it comes to Search, Google IS God, so it’s good to keep God happy especially with your search engine optimization. Paste this list up on your wall and live by it and watch your content go right to the pearly gates.

Relationships: Cheating
Why do people cheat in their relationships? Discover the underlying reasons for cheating and for openly having an affair.

The Importance of Loving What You Do
Why is doing something that you love, so dang important? Why, because it sustains you for the long haul, of course. Well (you ask) won't my love of making money sustain me for the long haul? And (I answer) - No my friend, doing something you are indifferent to, just because it makes you rich, is not a long term success strategy.

The Key To Your Success Is In Your Mind
Having a successful mindset is the most important tool someone wishing to be successful can have.

Recap of four part series on successful goal setting.
This is recap day for the 4 day series on goal setting. I have used these techniques to get what I want and I used them to find the perfect online home business for me. Give careful thought to your goal. How bad do you want this? Know exactly what you want the end result to be. Write your goal down and engage your senses. Brain storm any problems that can come up and get them covered. Have a definite time frame. By all means have a detail plan of action. Visualize and enjoy putting the effort into getting what you want. If you are fed up with life just happening to you. Take control.

Eight Simple Steps To Finding A Lucrative Niche Market With Keyword Research
The Tamin Web Host Team Today we're going to shed some light on what seems to be the LEAST understood part of starting a successful Internet business: doing keyword research to find a lucrative niche market. Here's the thing... it seems like word about niche markets has finally gotten out, and most people now know that finding one is the KEY to a successful business on the Internet! And most people also know that doing good keyword research is the way to find these niche markets. But put the average person in a room with a computer -- and ask them to actually do the research -- and they have NO IDEA how to even get started!

Is Your Light Under a Bushel?
Is the world seeing your strongest talents now, or will we have to wait until you are dead to recognize your best work? I know we all want to be part of something that goes beyond our own lives, but it's also reasonable to want to be part of something great today. This is not about being modest; it's about living a double life; one in which your daily work has no connection to your passion. Where you have to hide your true talent in order to "make a living." Do you have a secret talent that you're not sharing?

Live So That You May...
I know I want to live my life in a way that I would want to life the same life all over again. That’s the way ideas get re-circulated. And that reminds me of another great quotation: "There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We just take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn, and they create new and curious combinations. We keep turning making new patterns, but they are the same old pieces of glass that have been in use throughout all the years." --Mark Twain So I’ll probably take Nietzsche’s quotation, refine it a little and make it my own.

Use your skills and work for yourself in a franchised business
You have worked your whole life developing skills to use in the workplace. It started in college and has continued through every job you have had. I offer advice here about how you should use the specialized skills you have acquired through the years to own a franchise you are familiar with.

College vs. Self Education
Thanks Jim Rohn. I love the quote from the book, Twelve Pillars, "College will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune." This idea has set us free.

Independent Consulting: Applying the 80/20 Principle to Your Business
The 80/20 principle applies to everything in life, including growing your consulting business. It comes down to managing your limited time so you’re doing the highest value work, and how to outsource the lower value work. One warning: There is something I believe you should never outsource.

The Power Of Social Media For Marketing Your Business
Social media can be a very powerful tool for promoting your product, service, or brand. But be careful. If social media is misused, it can turn off your followers. Unfortunately, this type of exodus is quick and permanent. Social media tools make it easy to unsubscribe or unfollow. That means you don't have second chances and you have to be extra careful with your dialog.

Ideas for a home based business online working on autpilot
Whenever someone looks for a home based business they have to choose between a lot of opportunities on the web, often sick and tired of chasing the “next best” job, trying one method after the another, when they only want to do something that really works.

Starting A Home Based Business.
Starting a home based business can be a daunting process, you know that you want to change as you are sick of running in circles like you have been for years. You have made the decision to take the risk and do something with your life instead of being a slave to circumstances. But where do I start? What business opportunity do I take? How do I know it will be the right company? There are thousands of questions going through your mind so here is some things you should consider.

Dads Working From Home presents: What kind of business should I start?
While just about anything can be fashioned into an online business, for our discussion we’ll highlight the three most popular and successful approaches to the home business.

Get Paid To Write Online
Getting paid to write can be a very good way of earning an income from the web. There are many sites offering opportunities that you can take advantage of. Or you can start your own site with your own articles.

Ten Characteristics Of Meaningful Work
What is meaningful work? If you are working 8+ hours each day, that work should add meaning to your life and thus make you feel fulfilled, satisfied and happy. Does your work do that for you? To help to identify meaningful work for you, I’ve written a list of 10 characteristics that make the work meaningful.

No Passion , No Business
There are plenty of "work at home business" opportunities available on the internet.The short of the story or rather the reality is : If you dont love what you do - chance are pretty perfect that you WILL fail at whatever it is you are doing.

What would your sales-role and business be like with less fear?
If you remove fear from your sales-role and your customers experience your business will transform magically and only limited by your vision. Furthermore, if you can help your customers find or apply a sense of meaning to their lives the same magic applies.

How To Think Yourself Rich and "Make Money Online"
Are you thinking yourself Rich? Learn secrets on how to increase your wealth and success.

Establish Your Gameplan According To Your Passion
What are you passionate about? Why does your business exist? Answer these questions and you will have the basis for your gameplan.

Marketing Brand YOU
How to Set Yourself Apart from the Crowd

The Art of Reinvention As a Lifestyle for Soul-Driven Entrepreneurs
We soul-driven entrepreneurial types are an interesting lot... we are compelled to do something that we believe is about who we are as a business, allowing passion and enthusiasm to guide our lives and businesses, following an inner need to pursue truth and express it honestly as we know it, creating our own unique path by being our authentic selves, and all with the desire to make the world a better place for being in it. Even more, we do this in the face of daunting external odds, intimidating circumstances, often on the leading edge of our respective industries and with generally not enough resources to make it all happen. And yet - we do it.

Entrepreneurs and Leadership-How Important Is It?
Leadership is not essential to early phases of a start-up. Passion, planning, vision and attention to detail are more important.

Nothing is TOO Outrageous
Have you ever had one of those desires that made you smile when you thought about having it? Maybe you imagined enjoying the sights on your dream vacation to Europe or on a remote island. I love imagining surprising my dad with a house overlooking the delta waterways with his boat parked out front. I also like thinking about paying off my mom's mortgage or paying for a cruise for my 100 favorite people. It's such a wonderful feeling to daydream about things that make my heart sing.

10 Steps to Escape the Job World and Create the Life You Really Want
How many of us will look back in our old age and wish we'd gone to more meetings or put in more overtime. The point? Despite pressure to “play it safe” by sticking with your day job ("...but dear, you have a good job, you want to be HAPPY too?") you have every right to follow your entrepreneurial dreams. With the realization that life is for living comes the understanding that it is up to you – and you alone – to create the kind of life you really want.

Comfort Zones
“You are either learning or dying” the saying goes. We meet some remarkable people in life. People in their 20’s and 30’s who are confident in who they are. People in their 40’s and 50’s who are alive with passion and commitment. People in their 60’s,70’s and 80’s who are fascinated, open and learning.

Michael Jackson’s Comeback – Why You Can’t Wait to Show Your Gifts
Love him or hate him, Michael Jackson left a huge legacy in the world.Jackson’s sudden death shocked the world and it also made us realize that we can be here today and gone tomorrow. Find out how Jackson's legacy can inspire you to show your talents to the world.

Where does the passion go?
Many busy people in life lose the passion and joy they once had at work. In this insightful article Davdi Oliver explains one reason why, and, importantly, what to do about it. READ MORE...

What do you want from your work?
Shockingly many people don't really know why they do the job they do. Most people on the otherhansd are desperate for a sense of calling or vocation. Find out how to discover and enjoy the certain knowldeg that you are in the job you were made for.

Stretch beyond what you think you can
Are you going to stretch or are you going to give up? Are you going to keep going because you have the passion, desire and knowledge that you will make it work?  You will do what you need too in order to make it happen. Are you going to listen to those who gave up, or are you going to listen to those who went before you and made it? Those who gave it all they had to and more.

5 Easy Ways to Heat Up the Flames of Love & Passion on Valentine's Day
February 14th – Valentine’s Day – is the official love day of the year. Anyone in any type of romantic relationship must honor this day – in one way or another. Here are 5 easy ways to heat up the flames of passion and love on Valentine’s Day to show your partner how you feel about them!

Employee engagement -How do great leaders do it?
Great leaders set worthwhile goals and champion exciting ideas. They create 'meaningful' work for their people. These are the hallmarks of great leaders. Such leaders keep their people engaged.

How To Write Articles To Be Successful
Of course the immediate question that comes to mind would be to be successful at what. This particular title refers to just being successful at anything in general. How would article writing fit into this picture? There are many ways that article writing can make somebody successful. There is the actual writing itself. One can become a successful writer. This would cover articles as well as progressing to writing a novel. Article writing can be the start of an exciting career as an author.

Why Am I Here Doing This Job
In this inspiring article worklife expert David Oliver challenges us to ask why we are doing our current job

Internet Home Based Businesses - Start An Authority Blog
If having an internet home based business that pays you back on the long-run appeals to you, then as a serious entrepreneur creating an authority blog is certainly an outstanding way to do it. This is not a shortcut to success, but rather a solid foundation you can build your internet business on and do it from the comfort of your own home.

100 Attributes of Successful Entrepreneurs, 1-10
Before starting out on your own entrepreneurial venture, read along as GL shares with you his learnings over his own 25+ year startup career. Here are the first ten learnings

Back to Basics
Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply take a test proving what you know and that customers would then flock to you based on your test results?

How Telling Your Story Can Generate More Sales
The real heart of copywriting is your story.

How to Build a Compelling Marketing Communications Folder
What do you give your prospects after they’ve expressed an interest in your products or services? Most small business owners simply pass out a single sales brochure. It’s much more effective to present a complete folder of information that works to further build trust and confidence. This article discusses the inserts I recommend you include in your marketing folder.

What can the Apprentice teach us?
So, were you, like me gripped to the Apprentice final on Sunday night? I don’t know about you, but I was routing for Kate who I thought developed the best product and executed better than Yasmina. Why then, did Yasmina emerge as the ultimate winner?

Self-Leadership Success - How to Mend an Interrupted Dream
Should you languish over the past and try to relive it, you can’t! Nothing stays the same. You may want to hold onto what once was, but the dream as you remember it is gone. That isn’t to say you should ignore the wonderful memories and attributes of your past dream. These qualities which are still alive can be used to mend the interrupted dream to new wonders and possibilities.

Job Search - Developing a Plan
Before embarking on a job search a plan is crucial. Here we offer some advice to assist you to streamline your search for work in a clear and effective way.

Passion is the Key
One of the benefits of being president of the Narrative Television Network is that I have the privilege of interviewing many celebrities. These celebrities represent those who are at the very top of their field in sports, politics, television, and movies. These people can teach us many lessons. My very first interview was with legendary film actress, Katharine Hepburn. After I got over the initial intimidation of talking with her, I began to understand more about her and why she was so successful.

How to Manage Work/Life Stress
Work life balance is a high priority for everyone but it has become a jargon term that doesn't express what people really want. Now the huge job losses following the financial crisis have meant the idea of work life balance is even less meaningful. People are working even longer hours and prolonged excessive stress. There is, however, a better way.

Authentic Business Recession Busters
Authentic businesses have a few advantages when a recession comes along - but they still need regular business discipline. Here are some recession busting ideas...

Installment 2 of the Top 10 Secrets of small business revealed
The - absolute - undeniable - must have - rockbottom - can’t do without - believe it or not - Top 10 (and beyond) - Secrets of Sustainable Small Business Growth, in good times or bad

Internet Based Home Business - Why More People Are Starting One
Perhaps a lot of online business owners these days would express their great appreciation to the advent of the internet, as many of them have managed to set up and nurture an internet based home business even on a shoestring budget through this modern medium.

How to Create a Romantic Valentine’s Day Bedroom Using Your 5 Senses
If you are looking for a fun and exciting way to spice up your bedroom on Valentines Day, why not start with your five senses? Creating a sensory, romantic ambiance with your five senses is sure to put an exclamation point at the end of your Valentine’s Day.

Ideas and Action
Anyone can have a great idea, lots of them: million dollar ideas; ideas that will change their life; ideas that will change other people’s lives; ideas that will change the world. But any idea that stays on the chalkboard is worth only the chalk it's written with.

5 More Easy Ways to Heat Up the Flames of Love & Passion on Valentine's Day, and EVERY Day!
Even if February 14th crept up on you, you still have time to make this month your best ever! Here are five more ways to make Valentine's Day, and every day, passionate and romantic!

WHY THE F*** WOULD I WANT A BLOG?
The PR Guru explains why blogging IS worth the effort!

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.

Holding Your Heart Through Sadness and Heartbreak
When you learn how to hold your heart with love and compassion, you will discover that you can feel peaceful and even alive and passionate about your life in the midst of the pain of life.

Business Blogging, The Lessons of 100+ Posts
I recently passed the 100 post mark on my blog.To say that I have learnt a lot in between would be an understatement. To say that I have lots more to learn, would require an even bigger understatement.It has been an enjoyable, frustrating and fascinating experience. I have gained readers; I have gained new customers and best of all I have gained many great new friends.

Find the Right Game
We've all been taught that there are two kinds of people in the world-there are the winners, and there are the losers. But, like any other belief that we all hold dear, it's not quite that simple. The reality is that everyone potentially is a winner. They are simply competing in the wrong game. The skill level and passion needed to become a champion will not transfer from game to game. When the sports history of the 20th Century was written, there was much debate among sports writers as to who was the century's greatest athlete. Virtually all agreed that if he was not the best, Michael Jordan was certainly among the top two or three athletes of the last 100 years.

Lemonade From Lemons
Making lemonade from lemons is a cliche' used often in life, so why not apply it to your business? It's important to have a passion for the work you do. How do you find this passion? Grab a cool glass of lemonade and read on.

Overcoming the fear of failure and rejection
There are many negative emotions that we all experience on a regular basis, for various reasons and which can crush or confidence and self belief. In my research into what makes some people more successful than others in exactly the same situation, I have discovered six ways to "Switch" your mind to a positive outlook, any time you need to.

Meeting with people- Establish rapport
Last week I started talking about an important part of your Marketing and Branding Strategy, which is to meet with people, usually one-on-one. I made some suggestions on agenda topics you can use with these meetings. This week, I will discuss establishing rapport.

Recognizing A Good Internet Affiliate Marketing Business Program
It can be difficult deciphering one program from the next online. However, it is important you take the time to research and identify the differences between the various legitimate affiliate marketing internet business opportunities.

The 70 Lessons of Running A Business On One's Own
This is a list of 70 lessons of sane, self-employment from the book Spare Room Tycoon.

The American Dream Downsized, or Upscaled. Your choice.
Today’s news is filled with doom about the economy and dire predictions about a permanent downsizing of the American Dream. It’s as if our futures have become foretold. To me, this is precisely the time to talk about building wealth. The mind numbing tidal wave of financial collapse does not have to engulf you. To avoid it, however, you have to have an evacuation plan that leads to higher financial ground, and you have to choose when to put that plan into action. When it comes to wealth building, it always starts with a choice.

Keeping up with the Joneses
As you may know, when I am not pursuing my passion of speaking, writing books, and developing these columns each week, I am in the television business. It is important for you to understand how the media and big business views you. You, by virtue of the fact that you are breathing, are lovingly known as "a consumer." Consumers, in the minds of media and big business, exist for the sole and singular purpose of buying goods and services. Whether you buy the appropriate goods and services is not nearly as important-in their minds-as how much and how often you buy.

Choosing the Home-Business That's Right For You
Starting a home based business is a great way to make a living. And right now with the way the economy is there are more and more people researching their options. Here are some tips to help you get started on your search for a home business.

Uncovering Your Passion So That You Can Be Happy At Work and Enjoy Job Success
Are you happy at work? Do you have passion for the work that you do? The notion of passion was something that mystified me early on in my career and yet the secret to job success is to have passion for what you do. Read how others use their passion at work or in other parts of their lives.

Habits, life choices, decision,health,personal growth,personal development,spirituality
What it all boils down to is…”What is the quality of life you want?”

Fighting for Superstars
It's superstars who make the critical difference in your company's performance. Everyone wants the superstars, and you have to fight for them - both the ones you have and the ones you want. Winning takes a multi-faceted approach that includes building a healthy culture and involves everyone in the organization.

5 Questions To Ask When Assessing Your Business Direction
Staying in any situation that is costing you peace of mind, self-worth, physical safety, your health… because of money can cost you more than you can imagine. Learn how to gain clarity about what your next business and life steps might be.

Writing Your Own Obituary
Those of you who are consistent readers of this regular offering, realize that I rarely recommend specific books. Instead, I encourage people to read those books that will help them in the pursuit of their own passion. However, recently I have completed both of Tom Brokaw's books dealing with the Depression and World War II era-The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Generation Speaks.

Women Entrepreneurs--Step into Your Power
Over and over I see women entrepreneurs who are multi-talented, brilliant, hard working, warm, loving, humorous and passionate. Often overwhelmed and unsure, they have been selling themselves short. What are they missing?

Buddying Up
You're ready to make some changes. You've decided to pursue your passion, change directions, and jump right in. You have a wonderful coach who keeps you on course through weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly session, but somewhere in between scheduled sessions you find yourself faltering. Are you looking for a way to stay on course daily?

Turn Your Passion to Profit
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” People start in business doing what they love and end up dreading what they do.

What’s Your Compelling Purpose?
All of us are in search of a clear and driving purpose for our lives; we want to contribute to something bigger than ourselves. The world of work offers a great opportunity for people to connect with a purpose. The reality is that people care less about working for a company and much more about working for a compelling cause. Without a purpose, our teams are just putting in time. Their minds might be engaged, but their hearts will not be. A team without a purpose is a team without passion. They might achieve short-term results, but they won’t have the heart to go the distance.

I Quit But Didn't Tell You
Most people initially begin their work tenures as engaged employees. They come to work, wanting to give 110 percent. They’re passionate about what they’re doing and want to become a significant part of the organization. But effectively selecting engaged employees is necessary but not sufficient to achieve Passionate Performance. Even the most engaged employee can have his passion for work diffused if his leader doesn’t know how to ignite Passionate Performance.

Strategy to Understand your Competitor
Many entrepreneurs are clueless about what the competition is doing out there and fail to position themselves to deal with them. The more you understand about the playing field in your industry, the more likely you will do well in your business. By knowing your competition, you will learn from their mistakes as well as mirror their successes… in your own way. In this 90-Day Workbook, on how to create UnReasonable success in your business, Helps entrepreneurs step-by-step in understanding potential risk involved when lauching their business .

The Secret to Getting Press
Public relations enables you to build sales and get third-party credibility you simply can't purchase. But how do you get mentioned in the press? Find out as the secret is revealed!

The Secret of Success
The secret that guarantees success and a happy life.

Achieving Success
So what does it take for you to get your business to the next level, to grow it to where you have reached your definition of success, and/or to leave a legacy or success story that others can tell?

Just How Different Are You
So how do you effectively pull your prospects out of the box? In other words, how do you define what makes you TRULY different. Having done many surveys for my clients asking their customers this very pointed questions, I can tell you this. 9 times out of 10 it is in the little things.

Finding Your Passion and Earning in the Process
Do you know that you can actually earn from the results of your hard work in finding your passion? And that is not the only goal that you will likely get in the process. If you feel like you are stuck in your current job, you have to rethink your life and where you are taking it. You are the driver of your own vehicle and you decide where you will go. But you are only human so you must be open for mistakes and other challenges that life may bring along your journey.

Do Everything On Purpose
Talk seems to be plentiful about "getting real" and "keeping it real" these says. But what exactly does that mean? One of the definitions of the word real is "being or occurring in fact or actuality; not imaginary or ideal." So basically, the talk is about dealing with what actually exists and not putting a happy spin on things. While it is definitely a good idea to know what is going on around you, being real is not the complete solution. Striving for your ideal, your passion, and your purpose -- is.

Do What You Love
Love and Passion ... are two words that bring to mind deep feelings for something or someone. For instance, the type of feelings that begins in the pit of your stomach and radiate outward, exuding brilliance, warmth, and joy. Do these words represent how you feel about your job and or position in life? The majority of the population, two-thirds in fact, is always seeking new employment. Which means that at any given time 67% of the United States population is experiencing job dissatisfaction, and all of the baggage that accompanies this epidemic.

Buying An Existing Business Part III of IX
This section of Buying An Existing Business deals with goal setting. It suggest several critical questions you should ask yourself before sitting out on your journey to being your own boss.

Clarity on Your Needs and Your Life Purpose
I had the pleasure of Interviewing Beth Davis, The Hand Analyst, in my role as host of Wonderful Web Women. Beth has a unique approach to getting clarity on your life purpose and also your business and marketing message. I'd like to share just a few of the incredible skills she shared with us today on getting clarity in your business and then also how to get clarity on your customers' needs.

PASSION to do it will show through
The passion to do anything will make you stand out from the crowd.

Manage Fear of Failure
Clues from past sucesses can help up beat fear of failure.

5 Steps to Starting a Home Staging Business Part 1
The Staging Diva® advises aspiring home stagers on the five steps to take before starting a staging business.

Top 10 Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Maia Haag, Founder and President of I See Me!, Inc. offers her top 10 practical and insightful tips for people who are contemplating following their dream of starting a business.

So You Just Got Promoted to Management – What Next?
This article provides an excellent process to use when you get promoted to your first or subsequent management position.

Questions and Answers About Starting An Internet Business
Many people do not ever get around to starting an internet business because they are afraid of everything that is involved. Contrary to popular belief it is not that hard to start an internet home business of your own. In this article let's take a look at a few of the most common questions and answers you might have about starting an internet business.

What Kind Of Business Should I Start?
This is a question I continually get asked and it is one of the hardest to answer. One of the biggest problems is that people who ask this question are those that have destined themselves to fail – mainly because they miss one important entrepreneurial skill – passion! They are invariably looking for a business that will make them a lot of money for very little effort. So what do I usually suggest?

Six Inner Principles of Success
This article goes deeper than many discussions that focus on the behviour and habits that bring success. It looks at the mindset of success and examines 6 inner or spiritual principles that underpin all success, and are based on what are called the Universal Laws of Life.

Win At Selling Your Value
Does this situation sound familiar? You’ve been working at your company for a couple of years, performing well, getting good feedback, and positive annual reviews. You and your manager have talked about the possibility of you taking on more responsibilities and becoming more integrated into the organization. The first year you heard this, you were excited. The second time around you’re left wondering if this will be the year. You ask yourself why no one seems to see the worth and value you can bring to your position and the organization.

Big Business Tactics for Your Small Business
If you are a small business or even a good sized business that wants to get bigger, you must first develop the systems and structure, or the foundational components that will allow your business to support a larger organization. For that to happen, you must find ways to work on your business, not just work in it. This is an old saying. The question is just exactly does that mean? This article talks about things you must do in order to help your business prepare for becoming a large business.

Finding Your Passion
Will your life become more blissful if you are spending most of your waking hours (typically your working hours) doing what you love? Studies consistently show that really looking forward to what you do, not only increases your happiness, but improves your physical and mental health as well.

How to be Goal Focused
There has been an awful lot talked and written about on the subject of goal setting. The concept is simple and straightforward; yet far too many people and organisations still don’t do it. If this applies to you or your organisation I want you to put that right - now.

4 Step Process On How To Start An Internet Business
Anyone can start an Internet business today. As a matter of fact it is very easy to do! Here's how to start an Internet business in four easy steps, and we will also give you some tips on how to make money with it too.

10 Tips On How To Interview Anyone
I’ve been interviewing a number of guests for my new TV series (”Business With Passion“) and have developed a number of successful techniques to make the guest feel comfortable and have a great interview. The same techniques that work for interviews are great for any business or social meeting as well.

SEO Search for Beginners The Simple Road To SEO Search
SEO search is indispensable when you have a website because showing up at the top of search engine results means showing up in the top five or first five websites once a person searches for the principal keywords that determine your business, and this implies hard work to attain. You should look for the best help available for your business by executing a SEO search that will locate an agency which will support it entirely, trying to get it to the top position on search engines and keeping it there within time. Although there are many attributes you can and must take into account when performing a SEO search, realizing and educating yourself on these basics will help you locate an agency that contributes to your vision and passion, giving the essential support and advise to return you the best results. Read on...

Do You Really Know Who You Are?
To discover new truths about yourself and life in general, question your beliefs and assumptions. Do not be committed to them just because that is what you have always done, but rather take the time to truly examine why you believe the way you do.

The Great Work You Were Born To Do
People will reinvent themselves many times throughout their lives. This article gives some tips and strategies in order to start to start the process of finding the work you were born to do

Home Business Expert: Passion: Find A Product You Can Believe In
Passion is very important not only in life, but also in your business. That is because when you are passionate about what you are doing, you will for sure put in a lot of hard work and will have the persistence to become successful.

Sensitivity Creates Results In Business… Don’t Misinterpret It
Where strength and clarity exist... passion, emotions and personalization of issues can be tremendous assets to motivation and invention. Emotion belongs in business as long as business goals prevail. Quick and important insights follow.

How To Field Others’ Pitches
I learned some lessons about putting out a call for sources for my new Business With Passion TV series...

A New Method For Finding Your Passion
This month I discovered a new way for my career coaching clients to find their passion. Although the circumstances are not what I would wish for anyone, everyone has tough times at some time in their lives so this might be a way for you to find your passion too.

Executive Leaders: Hire for Attitude
One of the senior executives in a recent Total Leadership Connections program was downsized and "upsized" all within six weeks .The group went through the lows and eventual highs with him, it was quite a ride. He is in the process of moving his family to a small town in the Midwest from a large city in the South. As he tells, it, let's call him Mike, as Mike tells it, when you have prepared for change you can sleep at night.

How To Tell What You Do From Where Your Name Is
Throughout our working life, others can tell what you do from where your name is displayed. See where you are on the career ladder.

How Can You Turn Nothing Into Something?
If you’re a manager, don’t just manage; lead people to a place they never knew possible in their world and then some. Here's how to begin...

Yearn, Learn and Earn Through the Art of Pretending
Yearning is the catalyst to learning what you yearn to do, be and have and then earning an income from what you yearn. There are so many professionals in careers where they choose to learn based on the income potential rather than looking at a career more in alignment with what they really wanted to do. Unfortunately, this brings more suffering and stress in spite of the financial rewards.

The Fearless Entrepreneur's Pledge
Inspirational pledge to re-motivate business owners and entrepreneur's for the year ahead.

It's Never Too Late for A Happy Life
When Nancy overheard her 5 year old daughter Shelby being asked what she ‘wants to be when she grew up’ she paused to listen to her daughter’s lengthy response. She knew the litany by heart. Shelby wanted to be a rock star, a firefighter, a doctor, a vet, and a writer when she grew up. When the asker responded that she couldn’t possibly be all of those things, Nancy laughed.

What Is Network Marketing?
If you have been on the internet for more than a day, you have heard of network marketing. Network marketing involves one person selling the product of another person for a percentage of the sale and then signing up others to do the same thing underneath you. A common example in the real world would be Avon or Mary Kay. These are termed direct sales but they are all from the same family.

Unemployed? Plan Your Career Now
Our economy is a mess, and we are in uncharted territory. Most everyone is feeling the pinch, especially if they now find themselves unemployed or wonder if they are the next one to lose their job. Unfortunately, most people put more planning into their next vacation than they do their career or more realistically their “careers.”

Extraordinary Success
When we think of extraordinary success we often think of the multi-million dollar companies with multiple branches covering many cities. Many times we forget that the key to all major successes is people.It takes people to sell products and it takes people to get results.

10 Tips For Choosing The Right Direct Sales Business
There are many different types of direct sales companies who want you to join their team. Considering the different kinds of products and services these direct sales businesses have to offer, it is important to select the right one for your lifestyle, schedule and personality.

Cancer Conqueror Speaks to Inspire
This inspiring story of Professional speaker and author Matt Jones. On September 11, 2002 Matt received a life changing call from his doctor telling him, "you have cancer." After going into remission the cancer came back twice and would spread to his brain. After slipping into a semi-coma doctors did not think Matt would live. Against all odds he recovered. From that experience Matt was inspired to share his story with others.

It’s Time For The Small Business Owner To Get Back In The Game
There is no doubt that market conditions have deteriorated over the past few months regardless of the industry. Business leaders and owners have acted quickly to cut unnecessary personnel and expenses to protect the bottom line. That’s a good thing for the survival of the company even though it doesn’t do much for the overall economy. There is an important bi-product of this activity. It forces the owner or executive to get more involved in the day to day activities of the business and in the case of a small company, forces them to “go back to work”.

Don't Pursue Clients, ATTRACT Them
Attracting Clients is natural and comfortable. Pursuing them works, but it’s harder and less effective.

Internet Business Ideas: Generate A Profit From Your Passion
Earning an income from home doing something you really enjoy is one of the best internet business ideas I can think of. Here we look at a few ways you can turn your passion into an online business that provides you with an income as well as self satisfaction

Stop Living on Auto-Pilot
When we discover who we really are, we stop living on auto-pilot and start to live with intention, focus and purpose.

I Wanna Be a Kid Again! - It's More Fun Than Retiring
I loved being a kid and I learned so much while I was playing. But life became serious. I started taking courses I didn't want to do and try to be someone I didn't want to be. Fun became a waste of time that could be better used on making money. Before you know it, life is slipping by fast. At 60, bosses tell you "you're too old to work anymore...go book into God's waiting room and pass the time until you die". That's when I exploded.

How Passion Unlocks Potential
You're at the office, working on a project you feel was made for you. You've become absorbed in your thoughts and the sheer enjoyment of the experience. You pour your natural talents, skills and abilities into a product that only you could create. It's a feeling sometimes described as a ‘state of flow'. It doesn't just happen at work. It can be triggered by any enjoyable experience, be it physical, passive, intellectual, social, manual, environmental, or spiritual. When you lose yourself in something you love, you find yourself.

Are You Causing Yourself to be Overwhelmed?
Are you feeling overwhelmed, with too much to do, and not getting it all done…

Authentic Capitalism
There is a lot right with business as well as a lot wrong. Lets focus on expanding the good stuff and learning from the rest.

Business and Entrepreneurship Passion not required
What’s the deal with passion and business? I often hear people say, “To be in business requires passion”, “Entrepreneurs need passion to be successful”, or “You won’t make it in business without passion.” The list goes on and on. My intention in this article is to discover if passion is truly required for business (or life for that matter).

Changing the Path of a Life
This is the story of a friend of mine who had a change of life because of something I said to him a half century ago, and I never realized it till last year.

Choosing The Right Affiliate Programs To Make Online Income
The task of choosing good affiliate programs to join would be much easier if there weren’t so many options. This article will give you some tips on how to choose good affiliate programs to join and make online income.

Work At Home Internet Business Success - What Characteristics You Need?
There are a number of characteristics that make up a successful entrepreneur. These are just a few of the top characteristics you will want to possess with your work at home internet business.

Clear Vision
You are what you believe!

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.

The Real Reason You Dwell on Your What-Ifs
When you are thinking of taking a step out into your next career move, or leaving a current relationship situation for one that is more right, you may dwell on “but what if ” “What ifs” keep you held back in your comfort zone. You probably experience this as feeling fear, but I think what stops you is not so much fear per se, but what is ‘underneath’ the fear.

Seen Your Idea Lately?
If you don't act on your ideas, someone else will.

A Target Market the Key to Selling More
As long as you think you can sell to anyone you can expect a difficult future. Your future will be one where you’re always scrapping to find someone you can talk to about your offer. A future where no one is really interested in what you have to say.

Helping Others Achieve Extraordinary Success
When we think of extraordinary success we often think of the multi-million dollar companies with multiple branches covering many cities. Many times we forget that the key to all major successes is people. Ordinary people, who are inspired, motivated, trained, and encouraged to live up to their full potential. It takes people to sell products and it takes people to get results.Billy Cox shows you how to help yourself by helping others achieve extraordinary success.

Putting the marketing basics in place Part 2
This week is part 2 of my guide on getting your marketing basics in place. Last week, we covered why it was important to know who your customers are; decide on what you actually do and know why your customers buy from you. But, there are three other things that you need to get in place before you’ll be sorted on the marketing basics. They are:

Telling Aint Selling
Telling ain’t selling. If you goal is to increase sales, then maybe you need to redirect your senses.

3 Keys to Increased Sales
You only have to get within ear shot to peg a salesperson, right? Man, they’re so wound up you wonder if a spring is going to pop and pieces and parts are going to fly everywhere. They talk too fast. They talk too much. They think they’re the only one who has anything important to say.

Working From Inside Out
Inspired by Louise Hay, renowned author and lecturer on the impact of thoughts on the body “when we really love ourselves, everything in our life works” I began to examine Charisma from an‘inside – out’ perspective. By working holistically in the knowledge that the mind and body are totally interconnected I made some fascinating discoveries.

Cutting Out The Cancer In Sales/Management
The lesson here for all of you new trainers, and even some of you experienced trainers-that truly train because you love to watch young people develop-is know when to cut your losses!

What I Learned From Leon Ho About Long-Term Goal Setting
When I interviewed Leon Ho, Creator and Owner lifehack.org, we chatted as if we had known each other for years but in fact, it was the first time we had spoken! The interview was great and time flew by. Leon shared his knowledge on such subjects as building customer relationships, making that jump from Technician to Manager, shaving hours off his working day, long-term goal setting, delegation skills, sharing his passion for productivity and, of course, blogging.

The Art of Recreating Yourself
Whatever business each of us finds ourselves operating everyday, we got there for one reason or another. It can be a business we truly have a passion for, or in some cases one we thought we would, turning out that we didn’t. Or perhaps there are aspects of the business where our passion lies and other parts that we avoid creating a big disconnect for us in the entire business.

Wake Up Your Desires!
Take action towards the things you desire for your life!

Exit Plan or Shot In The Dark?
Have a great job that you love? Have a lousy job that you hate? Before you have no job at all, you need to know where you want to go and plan for it: not later, NOW.

How To Start A Home Based Business
If you are thinking about starting a home business of your own you may wonder what is the best way to do that. In this article we will take you through step-by-step on how to start a home business and begin making money online.

Starting A Good Home Based Business
One of the best ways to make money is to start your own home based business. This brings up the question however, what is a good home business to start? In this article, let's look at the two main things that should be the determining factor for you when picking your business model.

We the People!
The buck starts here.

Start With Passion!
To succeed in business, you must start with passion!

Becoming A Selling Machine
Discover the 10 steps that will transform you into a selling machine. Why be ordinary, when you can be extraordinary?

Starting a new business is not about you
Business is not about you. It never will be. So how come people haven't learned the lesson? How come 95% of all new businesses fail in the 1st year?

PRICE OF LEADERSHIP
We all know that the world is starving for individuals who are prepared to step up and lead us. Men and women who are capable of rising above the mediocrity and narrow mindedness that seems so pervasive in the world, men and women who possess the strength of character, the vision, charisma, passion and energy to take us all to a better place. Much has been written and will be written still about leadership; what it is, where to find it, who can lead, even how to grow it. But you do not often read about or even witness the incredible cost that leaders often have to pay for their willingness to lead.

What’s so difficult about building a successful startup?
The article covers the most difficult aspect of building a successful startup.

How Organized Is Your Business? Part 1
According to the Small Business Administration small businesses make up more than 99.7 percent of all employees. Add to that the latest figures that show small businesses create 75% of the net new jobs in our economy and you can see how important small businesses are.

Organized Business! How Organized is Yours?
According to the Small Business Administration small businesses make up more than 99.7 percent of all employees. Add to that the latest figures that show small businesses create 75% of the net new jobs in our economy and you can see how important small businesses are. Small Business Owners have a very challenging job. Many small business owners go into an industry because it matches their passion or is something that they are really good at. What many start up business owners do not realize is that it takes a LOT more than being good in a particular industry to successfully run a business.

Planning and Passion – Keys to a Successful Business
James Dicks examines what it takes to create your own business in today's economic environment.

Super Simple Increase Sales Secret
Do you ever feel like you must be making things harder than they are? You very well might be.

The EXCELLENCE 25: Master the Basics
Tripped over this list-and, frankly, liked it. (After a few edits.) Here it is-FYI.

Why Are You Not Making A Lot Of Money?
Discover what is in the way of you making a lot of money. And this one simple principle can be applied to other areas of your life as well.

The Job Alternative
This article addresses various ways to earn a living other than a 9-5 job.

Is There a Perfect Job?
Many people come to coaching in the search for a better job. Some want help in locating the perfect job, others want help in writing their selection criteria and application and still others want to build their skills in interviews.

Finding the passion
Sometimes it's not always about the qualifications, sometimes it's more about the passion.

**Simple Steps to Better Recruiting**
This Article helps recruiters and hiring managers improve their recruiting practices by implementing a few simple tools.

** The Passion of the Resume**
This article will help you become a better resume screener by being able to identify key words, phrases and other things that you can look for in a resume.

Success Is a Dead End
'Success' as defined by the adult world is a static concept that's bound to lead to ennui. Midlife gives you the chance to get yourself back on track.

How to Use Your Natural Potential to Drive Your Business
Have you ever wondered at the business owner / entrepreneur who seems to have the ‘knack’ of smoothly buying, building and selling businesses and... Bearing that in mind, here’s three suggestions for tapping into your natural genius and dramatically improving your business results...

Work is Love made Visible
Can work be enjoyed? It seems that there are organizations that can create an environment where people enjoy their work and get a great deal of satisfaction from it. What is more, the impact on customer service is amazing.

Six Factors to Entrepreneurial Success
Most of the new jobs added to this economy over the last years have been from Start-ups. But business start-ups are risky. What can be done to enhance the success of these start-ups? Here are six factors found to be consistent among most successful start-ups.

Making it Easy for Customers to Say "Yes". How to Make Cross-Selling Work.
“Would you like fries with that?” Some say those are the six most profitable words in business. And cross-selling can indeed ramp up the profitability of your sales. Yet at the same time, clumsy cross-selling attempts can turn-off customers in no-time and leave a sour taste that damages customer retention. This article explores the circumstances in which cross-selling can effective - and how to make it work.

Sales Skills For Service Professionals Part 1
The first of three skills every professional or sales professional needs to hone is the ability to ask provocative questions.

Work-is more than just a paycheck
Does your work align with your abilities and deepest interests? Is your work simply a way to earn a living? Do you enjoy your work so much you could do this work forever? Find the Right Work, which aligns your ability and talent

Lying on a Nail
Once there was a young woman who didn't like her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband how terrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss. "Leave that job," her husband told her.

Living With Passion
What am I passionate about? Leading a values-based healthy lifestyle, using alternative remedies for my health care and deepening my learning about the spiritual laws of business and success. I have been interested in alternative therapies and spirituality since I was a kid.

Sales Big Picture - Top Salespeople Know Their Personal Best Time and How to Energize
Salespeople can whine, “I don’t have enough time to write a thank you note all the time.” “This prospect is so demanding.” “So many customers and things to do in so little time.” There are at least three strategic pieces to increase both understanding and actions in the buying and selling process, with time and energy management being as individual to each salesperson as a car is to its owner. It’s the strategy that maintains the whole performance.

So You Have A Desire To Have A Home Based Business
Do you have a desire to have a home based business? If you answered "yes", then there are some things that you will need to know and understand as far as what it takes to start a home based business. By not equipping yourself with the knowledge of the steps that are necessary to starting and successfully operating your home based business, you will quickly learn that that it is impossible to succeed.

Use Your Past, Future and Present to Succeed
Did you know that your past, present and future have a direct effect on the success of your business? Knowing how to use them correctly can put you on the path to success. Discover some simple things you can do to make your business grow by using them correctly.

Earning Money Online: Can You Earn Money Without a Website?
One of the greatest misconceptions is that you need a website to earn money online. In fact I feel this why otherwise capable people don't take up online work at home jobs. They feel that they can not or do not have the time to create and maintain a website. Good news, for all of you who have wanted earn money online but don't have a website, you don't need one.

From Transactional To Transformational Leadership
A CLEAR PATH FOR LEADERS What do high performing leaders actually do on a day to day, week by week basis? What happens to the team when you are a skilled leader/developer and how do you get these skills? How, as a leader, can you lead with strength and dignity, passion and compassion? What you do is simple and entertaining... you watch the 'Karate Kid'!

How Women in Business Can Better Succeed
Even though women launch more businesses then men every month their failure rate is still high. Below are tips to help increase the success rate of any woman in business or momtrepreneur, as well as mentrepreneur.

Top tips for women who aspire to be great speakers
Being able to speak confidently in public is the no 1 fear for many people, yet in business it’s a skill that you really need to have when you speak to investors, the bank manager, clients and suppliers. Here are some tips to consider so that you feel more confident as a public speaker.

Goal Setting for Outstanding success
Most salespeople think about goal setting,but very few people do it . They get stuck in a rut and lose sight of what they wanted to achieve. Everything gets on top of you and you lose your way, this is were everybody goes wrong, well not in all cases, but most!

Engaging your Customers with Passion
Learn how to fully engage your customer within the first minute of talking to them. Get them interested enough to listen, grabbing their attention is the magic key.

Chill Out guide to positive thinking
Just think, everything you have ever achieved, started with just a little thought, it may take days, weeks or even years to turn into reality, consistantly planting that seed in your mind everyday starts the process in helping you make your thoughts become reality.

Success Through Your Spirit - The Golden Six-Figure Formula (Part 1 of 7)
Do you want to learn a proven formula that will help you: · Create the business of your dreams? · Move to a more advanced level of consciousness and income? · Learn the secret of using energy principles in a grounded process for yourself and your clients? Success Through Your Spirit: The Golden Six-Figure Formula, is about amping up your belief in your ability to be successful in your work and to help you take the actions to see this become a reality. We get to the root of what is holding you back from being and earning what you deserve.

What REALLY Matters?
Knowing what REALLY matters to you is a key to living a fulfilling life. Here are some important questions to ask yourself.

Where there is vision
Do you have a vision for your business? Do you know why you are in business? Where you plan to take it? How long you want to be in business for?

How to Use the Right Questions to Define Your Goals
When it comes to inspiring your employees, ask yourself, "What motivates me?" When you're passionate about achieving your goals, your employees feel the same way. Here are questions to help you identify your own professional and personal goals while helping your employees achieve theirs.

DEEP REFLECTION
A reflective habit is one of the most powerful techniques that you can adopt to become an increasingly conscious learner. It may appear at first difficult and time wasting. However with patience and practice, the real value of reflection will become clear.

Unleashing Power and Potential
“Who have you influenced to unleash their power and potential, helping them evolve into their level of excellence?” Is it something you consciously think of every day when interacting with staff or identifying ‘rising stars’?"

Only one way to go from here
A story from STORIES OF SHIFT: How to Deal with Difficult Situations and Change Them to Positive Opportunities

Reinventing Yourself In Sales
Reinventing yourself as a salesperson is serious business. It's not easy and it's also not impossible - that's the good news. Discover the 4-step plan.

Anatomy of a Success Strategy
Your success strategy is not simply what you do. It’s at the source of what you do. It’s an expression of who you’re ultimately being as a person and a leader. The purpose of this exercise is to identify who you’re already being. From there you can you move beyond the limits of it.

Getting Started with Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing seems to be a new catch phrase on the internet; however, it is not a new concept. In fact, people have been making money with affiliate marketing on the internet for quite some time. Here are some tips for getting started with affiliate marketing.

How Magnetic Are Your Goals?
Having a strong vision for your personal and business life is crucial in attaining your goals. But before setting that vision, I’m here to challenge you to first identify your values and then set goals in alignment with those values AND your vision. Goals that honor our values get results!

Would you Do It for FREE?
There’s a lot of talk about passion in business these days. The experts say that you dramatically increase your chances of success when your work is your passion. Of course, we also talk about balancing work with personal life. What’s the deal?

The Twin Pillars of Success
Honor the fire in your belly! Trust that your passion, your dreams and your imagination know where they are going, they know better than your logical brain what you are capable of achieving.

Operating from Super Abundance
This is one reason highly successful entrepreneurs hire coaches and consultants. They know that coming from a place of abundance shows up in every word and every action, and ultimately creates more and greater abundance.

The End Starts at the Beginning
Every entrepreneur must begin planning their exit strategy at the beginning. The months spent on writing a business plan must include a plan for the end of the business as well as the start.

Are you a sparkenationist?
A sparkenation is a word I created to denote: a spark that ignites passion that leads to action that changes what’s normal. The world needs sparkenationists like never before. Are you are a sparkenationist?

What would you do?
What does your soul long for? What would you do if you didn’t have to do it perfectly? Many of us never discover our passions or follow our heart’s desire. What if we aren’t very good at it but can enjoy it anyhow? How would your life be different?

Plan Ahead and Build Your Own Business after Retirement
The process of starting a business can be a challenging, and an exciting experience. It can also be frightening, exhausting, and frustrating. The key to a minimum stress start-up is to plan ahead and build your own business after retirement, in a planned and rational way. Understanding, and planning out, the entire process of start-up makes a huge difference to the end result.

LEADERS ATTRACT THE TEAM THEY DESERVE
Because a team follows the leader, leaders have to be both careful and clear about the message they put out, not only in words but also in actions. They will attract the people who subscribe to whatever image they project, good or bad.

To Delegate or Not?
In every business, there comes that critical time when a leader must decide whether or not to delegate some projects to other people. This decision can make or break a company; not making this decision can also make or break a company. Find out how to use this powerful sill of delegation to grow your team and business.

Internet Based Affiliate Marketing: Three Basic Steps to Start
Internet based affiliates marketing programs open the opportunity for everyone to promote, even without having products to sell. However, understanding the basic steps to start is very important to be successful in this business.

How to Maintain Motivation
The basic key to motivation is to enjoy what you are doing. Sounds simple doesn’t it? One of the major issues, however, is that we have so many options with how to spend our time that it is easy to find something that we will enjoy doing. The challenge is that it is very tempting to go for the instant enjoyment at the expense of the task that will lead to long term enjoyment and happiness.

In every Meeting/Gathering/Social events there are one or two people who stand out and automatically assume the mantle of a leader? What differentiates them from the rest?
Member Question: In a gathering or meeting there are some people who stand apart and guide,Lead the way for others during any occasion.It may be a fun occasion or a serious one,but they are always there for people to look upto. What makes them different form the rest?

How To Find The Best Small Business Opportunity For You
There are many different kinds of small business opportunities and franchises for sale, but those options can be narrowed down considerably by asking two critical questions that help determine what type of small business opportunity is the right fit.

What's Your Passion... What's Your Problem?
‘Follow your passion and the money will follow’, or so the sage advice goes. Never mind for a moment about whether that’s true or not… how do you even go about identifying what your passion is? Instead of asking yourself, ‘what’s my passion?’ try asking, ‘what’s my problem?’ and you just might find it...

Slow Down to the Speed of Caring
Mindful Leadership is at the core of an engaged workforce

Not Everyone will Want What you are Selling
Over the years, while working with work at home moms and dads who are home based business owners, I have noticed their unrealistic ideas as to how their business should grow. Many expect overnight success and many expect that everyone else should have the same interest level in the type of business they are involved in as they do. When you are in a home business, no matter what it is, you need to realize that not everyone is going to be as excited about what you do as you are. Everyone has different interests, different goals, and different likes and dislikes.

Women Entrepreneurs: Can Your Desires Really Make You Money?
There really are tangible ways to make money from your desires because real talents are attached to your desires. This is as true for you as it is for any other woman. Wouldn’t you love to be able to do what you love to do AND still get paid for it?

Follow your passion and be the best in the world
Follow your passion. This is not a place to get rich quick and a lot of entrepreneurs go in thinking what’s the quickest path between me and a cash-out? Do what you’re passionate about. If you’re passionate about it and you do it right, the money will come but there are a lot easier ways to earn a pay check than to start a business.

Are You Brand Worthy Four Simple Questions to assess your brand ability
Branding is a one hot topic, although it is wildly misunderstood. To make things even more confusing, branding is often tossed in the same basket as marketing which makes its application to an entrepreneur or sole-practioner even more unclear.

The Ten Tenets of Courageous Confident Women
The Ten Rules that Courageous Confident Women Know. An overview of qualities that women who are leaders, inspiration to others, and successful know they need to create the life they crave.

Engage my emotions and I'll follow your lead
Creating engagement and change in people requires the ability to tap into their emotions, rather than presenting facts and figures. This article explains why this is an essential skill for todays leaders and how they can go about it.

Finding the Flow
Racing cars has long been a passion of mine. I love high-performance cars like I love high performance people – riding the edge, where life is focused, energized and precise. Over the years, I’ve realized that days at the race track can be perfect opportunities to discover fundamental rules of high personal performance, in any realm. A few months back, I had a really rough day on the track. I was fighting the car and making a lot of mistakes. Instead of feeling inspired and skilled, I went home tired and frustrated. What was going on? Had I lost my passion? Was it time to get my thrills another way? I gave it serious consideration, feeling a lot like my clients who had lost the passion for their business.

How to Increase Sales by 20%
The managers in your dealership must have a written job description with clearly defined responsibilities and expectations. Having specific goals for the department is required. Daily action plans for selling, training, appointments, one-on-one coaching, save-a deal meetings, deal structuring, follow-up, etc will increase sales by 20 percent without spending more for advertising.

Are You Looking For Ways To Earn Money Online?
Have You Ever Wondered How Other's Are Making Money Online? It May Not Be As Hard As You Think. This Article Should Give You Some Insight On How To Get Started.

Am I in the Right Business?
Are you tired of working constantly without a vacation and having the money to show for your efforts? If you are wondering whether you are in the right business, consider the following questions:

How to Find The Right Small Business Franchise Opportunity For You!
Making the decision to go into business for yourself is a complex decision that most likely took a lot of thought and consideration. Now the only decision left to make is which business franchise is the right opportunity for you. Maybe the choice seems obvious, or maybe you think it won’t matter what kind of business you run as long as you get to be the boss. But, a small business franchise can be a tricky thing, and which small business opportunity you choose may end up being the deciding factor in whether your career as a small business owner is a success or a failure.

The Easy Part
Have you ever noticed that the easy part to making changes in your life is the decision? Deciding to do something is the easy part. Putting that decision to action is a little tougher...

Tips When Taking Over (Or Transformational Leadership)
If you have just arrived in a new organization, received a promotion to a new position or are new to the management game; this article is designed to help you get a good solid start in your new role.

Secrets of the Top 10% - Part I: Love What You Do
The truth is, people who don't love what they do, or aren't passionate about the business they're in, will never be truly successful. Oh sure, they may get by, they may even do reasonably well. But they're never going to reach the peak of their industry, their potential - or their earning power

Secrets of the Top 10% - Part 2: Compassion in Sales
Top performers put their customers first, because they know that they'll never succeed at an elite level if their objective is solely to sell stuff to other people. The top 10% know that they can only be successful if they're focused instead on helping other people to buy.

From 99 cents to $967.64 on eBay - Oh My!
When I first started selling stuff around my office on eBay I was so naive. The success in selling those things encouraged me. However, what I soon learned was something that blew me away. After selling all the unused things around my office and home I figured out how to buy things on eBay for 99 cents and resell them for 500% profit! And I was doing this part time before and after my full time job. Then I found out I could import things from China. My bank account was growing enough to pay off our mortgage and be Debt-Free! I wanted to tell others how they can become Debt-Free as well. The snow ball kept growing...

Here Is A Method That Is Helping New Managers To Gain More Time
How many times have you heard individuals say, “I don’t have time to do that” Hundreds? I meet people everyday who say, “I don’t have time to… If you are a new manager you need to find the time - here is how.

What New Managers Should Know About Their New Team
I was at a conference recently, where the CEO of a large UK Corporate stated only 3% of the company’s staff was talented. That implied 97% were not. Poppycock!

Here Is One Secret To Having A Great Career
Do you wake up on Monday morning and dread going into work? Are you constantly watching the clock all day waiting till you can go home? Can you not wait until Friday comes around? If this is the case, you most probably hate your job and have no passion for it.

Top tips to starting a business
If you’re considering starting your own business, it’s a good idea to think it through before you go ahead. Helen Dowling shows you her top 10 tips to getting it right first time.

Do you have Vision
Visioning is about imagination and discovery versus analysis and forecasts. Vision, coupled with passion, are key aspects of leadership because they inspire people to be creative and innovative. One of the distinguishing characteristics of a good leader is the ability to create an exciting picture of the future or a strong vision, which can capture the imagination.

Getting There
Zig Ziglar said, ”You can get anything out of life, if you’re prepared to help enough other people to get what thy want.” But you have to know what you want and how you plan to get it, and then take action, before you can create anything.

Oops!
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste they hurry past it." ~ Soren Kierkegaard

What Coaching Is
Last week I introduced you to coaching and started to outline for you what coaches do and how coaching works. I explained that coaching is an intangible service, that it’s future driven, how important the relationship is between a coach and client, why passion is required from both of them, and how educational coaching can be. Today, I am going to continue with more of what coaching is:

Success Demands You Must Go Where You’ve Never Gone Before by Doing What You’ve Never Done Before
Do you want success? What does that mean for you?

Ten Common Characteristics Of Successful Business People According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
It seems that some business people always seem to be prosperous and successful and are able to easily attract clients and more revenue? While other business people seem to struggle constantly and despite their hard work and sincere efforts, they do not prosper and are not successful. Did you ever wonder about why this is true? Could it be an attitude or mindset? Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach recalls from several past books, seminars and workshops that the attitude or mindset one has toward his or her business plays a very critical role in the level of success in that business. So how can we describe this mindset, which is an intangible thing? Some positive characteristics we see in those we consider to be prosperous and successful may help develop a mental image of the mindset. Here are ten (10) characteristics.

Social Media Marketing - Participation vs. Exploitation
The term, "social media marketing", is an oxymoron. If you think about the process only as “marketing”, you’re likely going to fail, because you are trying to exploit the very concept that these networks were founded on.

Google cocktail- interesting and informative
On thursday evening I attended a small cocktail hosted by the head of google kenya, Joe Mucheru, and by extension the google head office. The cocktail proved to be quite interesting and informative, the attendance was diverse with people from different fields, google was represented by several key people including the Technical Lead in the kenyan office who is 100% kenyan although he did work at the googleplex in mountain view, california.

Inspiration From Steve Jobs:Keep Doing What You Love
Do u know steve jobs was fired from his own company (Apple)when it was about to mark its 10th year??He became a public failure. Media was mad after him.For that moment he didn't knew what to do?All his dreams suddenly shattered. Summing up I would say he was again "No one". After all this, Today Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple Inc. So, here's the inspirational story of how he reached to that position

Leadership Ten Ways To Be Better At Leading Teams
Leadership is a fascinating art. A balance between getting things done and having enough about you to maximize both the motivation and engagement of all of your people for now and the future. Building a team that works so well for you is a challenge, so here are a few ideas that will help you along the way.

Creating A Business Vision - First Step To Successful Succession Planning For Your Business
Succession planning is an absolute necessity for you to develop a sustainable growing and evolving business. First step is to know where you are going. Through creating a compelling and growth-focused business vision. Here's how...

A Simple Formula for Consistent, Predictable Results
How would you like to be able to predict your future outcomes? How about achieve any kind of goal? You may not realize this but you have already perfected a simple formula for consistent, predictable results.

Dreams Come True Series II: Dreams Waiting to be Realized
"For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze." Richard Bode, author, First You Have to Row a Little Boat

Feeling Good
As we look at our work balance life, we often need to determine what we need to do to regain some semblance of happiness. This article takes a look at that, based on some moves I made in my own life once.

There’s no standing still in business!
Have you ever felt stuck or comfortable with where you are? I know there are times when you just want the world to stand still - just make it stop for a short while, so you can catch your breath and then carry on. Me, too. But not very often!

Create the Life You Want
Learn the seven behaviors necessary to create the life you want. The key to success lies in how well you create an “attitude of success.” My studies have shown that combined with the correct attitude, there are seven behaviors that all successful people exhibit.

What is Your Intelligent Self-interest
Do you know what you stand for with the intent to chose and take action?

Competitiveness, Sense of Humor, Passion and Appreciation
Life's (Sales) Lessons from the Links of Ireland. Our team of merry golfers from North America reaffirmed in me the importance of Competitiveness, Sense of Humor, Passion, and Appreciation in both golf as well as business. There are lessons all around us as to what we need to grow.

Attracting Passionate Employees
Do you feel like it’s really hard to find great people? And after you find them, to keep them? Great people–people who are passionate about what you do and about their own contribution, and who have the ability to add value–have always been hard to find and keep. They have the most options, they’re the most in demand, and they know it. They are first rate and don’t have to accept a second-rate situation. This article will give you the basics on how to attract these in-demand individuals.

Today's "rant" - Jobs
How many of you read the title and asked if I was writing about the jobs we do every day or if this was another ode to Steve Jobs? Well, the answer is both.

Getting to Gratitude
In celebrating Thanksgiving we are reminded to be grateful and appreciative. Reminding ourselves is useful because it seems gratitude is an elusive state of being. Cultivating more of it would be hugely beneficial. Imagine what it would it be like to be consistently grateful? What would be possible for you?

What do you want out of your business?
Do you know what you want out of your business? Helen Dowling from Exceptional Thinking (http://www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk) challenges you to look again.

Yeah but what's under the water?
Recently I was on board a beautiful new boat with a friend. While the boat looked absolutely stunning from everything I could see, the owner told me it was time to pull it out of the water and see what unwanted debris was hanging on under the surface. As any boat enthusiast knows, this is about the time of year when owners pull their boats out of the water and check for those things that are not easily seen from the top. Over time, various forms of debris accumulate on the hull. Foreign particles and parasites attach themselves to the hull, hoping for a free ride, but creating increased resistance to the smooth flow of water and slowing down the boat itself.

The Power of Love
Love is the most powerful force in the universe.

Passion is a Pair Of Ruby Slippers
It's been said that behind every successful entrepreneur is a passion - a passion to create, a passion to express, a passion to fulfill a dream. Do you know your passion? If so, good for you, If you don't, I'll bet my question generates a sinking feeling in your gut - like you're missing out on some luscious gift every other entrepreneur experiences - but you.

Five Levels of Decision Making
Clear, helpful advice on how to approach making good decisions as a leader.

Googles Preference For Older Domains
When it comes down to optimizing a website for google, it has become obviously clear that they prefer to rank older websites with more priority.

How to Get Your Spouse to Support Your Online Internet Business
How do you get your spouse or significant other to support your online Internet business? My wife? Chocolate or ice cream. Have you ever been typing away only to hear...

2008: Choose a Theme, Not a Resolution
When I began to write this article, I decided to go back to basics and check out the dictionary definition of “resolutions.” I got “A thing resolved on, an intention”. To me, the word “intention” is preferable to “resolution.” Somehow intention resonates with the idea of “definitely going to do,” whereas “resolution” has more of an air of doing something because it is good for you, and that’s not always the most inspiring. So, I decided to focus on New Year Intentions. I think for intentions to work, they need to have the following three elements.

Goal Setting
If you have ever ridden a bicycle or driven a car (that should cover most of you!), you have probably noticed that you tend to go where you are looking. This also applies to other areas of your life. If you are focused on all the things that can go wrong when you try something new, there’s a good chance at least some of them will happen.

Thought Power
This article is exploring the power of our thoughts or to put it another way, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!

The One True Secret To A Guaranteed Internet Business Income
There are many people who claim they have the secret to guaranteed internet business income. They say it is a process or system. They charge large amounts of money for the secret or they give it away because...

Makings of a world leader
On sunday as I was cruising through the channels on my analogue TV set :) I came across an interview by Riz Khan on Al Jazeera, he was interviewing Klaus Schwab the founder and executive chairman of the world economic forum and a prolific social entrepreneur. The interview had progressed but I was able to catch some key points, when asked by Riz what makes a world leader, Mr.Schwab responded with the following answer:

How to Speak to Prospective Clients Without Leaving Home
How often do you actually get to speak to prospective clients? Do you believe that it would help your business if people could hear your voice? Imagine if you could ‘talk’ to loads of prospects without having to do it one-on-one.

Why are you burying your talent?
A miser, to make sure he controlled all his wealth, sold all that he had and converted it into a great lump of gold, which he hid in a hole in the ground. Then he repeatedly went to visit and inspect it. This roused the curiosity of one of his workmen, who, suspecting that there was a treasure, when his master’s back was turned, went to the spot, and stole it away. When the miser returned and found the place empty, he wept and tore his hair.

I need more money but…………..
Here's a reader question - and a very common one I might add: Dan, like many of your readers/ listeners, I stuck am in a rut. My employer is rearranging schedules and cutting back on pay. I’m earning less than almost anyone I know here and now that's about to be cut back. I know I can do more, but I've been doing the same thing for so long I don't know what my skills are or where to start. I don't even know what my passions are. How can I figure out what is my true calling is?

Smart Women And The 5 Fundamental Questions for Business Success
If you are serious about making 2012 the year that you soar in business and make big leaps in income, you must first ask yourself a few questions (and get honest with yourself about the answers).

Smart Women Give Their Business a Marketing Makeover
If you’re ready to step out in your business in a bigger way, these tips and solutions will cause people around you to sit up and take notice that you are serious about success in business. Taking these steps will unleash more referrals, more clients and more income – 3 necessary ingredients for complete success.

Smart Women And The Fear of Commitment
In my work supporting women entrepreneurs, I find fear of commitment in business can make the difference between mediocre results and extraordinary results. Here are some tips to help you commit and get your ideal clients.

Is Your Ladder on the Wrong Wall?
I had a client named John and he asked me to help him stop feeling overwhelmed so he could put the fun and freedom back into his life. Within our first conversation, John realized… After all of these years of working in his own business he had still managed put his ladder on someone else’s beautiful building! The success he created was the dream of his mentor. When you are crystal-clear about how YOU really want to live and climb your own mountain, you will have an experience of effortless action. It’s almost like you would pay someone else to show up every day and do your work. It’s not a job, it’s an indescribable passion that you are compelled to express. Nothing and no one can stand in your way.

What Smart Women Can Learn From Einstein About Reaching Goals
My favorite quote by Einstein is "Vision without execution is merely hallucination." Einstein's quote helped me to realize there are two distinct parts to reaching your big ideas, dreams and goals. Below are some tips and solutions that will help you during both the Visioning and Planning phases for your Big Ideas, Dreams and Goals for 2012.

How Staying Focused Will Lead You To Prosperity!
As an entrepreneur, do you ever feel distracted at times? It can be those bright, shiny objects that get in the way of staying focused on activities that bring results that create wealth. Can you relate?

Smart Women and Their Relationship With Money
To ensure that your Big Idea comes to fruition and achieves growth year after year, it's essential that you make money in your business. I'd like to share some ideas about why women and money go together and energize your thinking about why it's key to stay focused on making money.

Is Your Frog in Boiling Water?
You’ve probably heard the old metaphor – a frog that gets dropped in boiling weather will jump back out. But a frog placed in cool water where the heat is gradually turned up will cook to death before it recognizes it’s in danger. Did you know that in your life you may be like that frog who is, well, you get the picture. The frog literally becomes oblivious to its environment and the boiling water becomes the norm. Where are we being like that boiled frog in our life?

Are you a coach or just a cheerleader?
As quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana led his team to four Super Bowl victories. He has been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was named by Sports Illustrated as the greatest football player of the past 50 years.

Smart Women and The Art of Self-Promotion
This article is about how women entrepreneurs can sometimes feel nervous or anxious about promoting their business. It offers several tips on how to overcome this obstacle in a way that feels feminine and authentic.

Execution - Kill IT!
Excellence is a choice. A choice we must make. It is our responsibility to live beyond our potential to realize the true greatness we all have been given.

Business and Life Strategies Taught by a 6 Year Old
Everything I forgot about living I am re-learning from my kids. Childlike wonder is a rare commodity.

If There's Passion, You're in the Right Place
Focusing on your passion first and your career second makes you the best in the career you ultimately build. GeWang is a current example of someone who's pursued a passion and designed some great products as a result.

Other passion Related Articles

What is Passion for Today’s Business Leaders?
Leaders from entrepreneurs or small business owners to Fortune 500 C Level executives along with many others continually pursue greater understanding of this simple word - passion. This illusive thing of passion is recognized for driving many individuals to attain the unattainable. Possibly, a different perspective on passion is needed.

Passion is a Pair Of Ruby Slippers
It's been said that behind every successful entrepreneur is a passion - a passion to create, a passion to express, a passion to fulfill a dream. Do you know your passion? If so, good for you, If you don't, I'll bet my question generates a sinking feeling in your gut - like you're missing out on some luscious gift every other entrepreneur experiences - but you.

Passion for Business
Starting a new business is one thing, keeping it running successfully is the key. Do you remember the excitement and passion you had when you were first contemplating the idea of starting your own business? Perhaps you are slowly but surely losing your passion and the big question in your mind is “how do I get my passion back”? Or perhaps you aren't sure if you are following your true passion. The following tips can help you re-ignite that passion and help you to keep your dream alive.

Business and Entrepreneurship Passion not required
What’s the deal with passion and business? I often hear people say, “To be in business requires passion”, “Entrepreneurs need passion to be successful”, or “You won’t make it in business without passion.” The list goes on and on. My intention in this article is to discover if passion is truly required for business (or life for that matter).

Top Online Business Opportunities – Do You Have The Passion?
The success or failure of your online business opportunity is contingent your degree of passion you have for your business. Your living legacy depends on your passion. Do you really have the passion?

Four Ways to Fuel Your Passion
If you want to take that quantum leap towards achieving your goals, a great way to do so is to fuel your passion. Passion is what separates champions from the rest of the field, and can keep you going for the long term. Passion is what drives you to get you closer to your goals. If you’re about to undertake a major goal, make sure you follow these four things that will help fuel your passion.

Career Passion and Hard Work
Passion is mostly a good thing-right? Then I thought about Mel Gibson’s Movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” and with all the negative publicity around Mel these days, I wasn’t so sure any more. So I went and looked up “passion” in the dictionary. It said that “passion” is from the Latin verb patior, meaning to suffer or to endure. As an emotion it is an intense, compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something. So which is it guys? To suffer or endure or to desire something? This left me even more confused! The only concussion that I could come to was that passion seemed to be a desire for suffering, but that did not seem rite either so I kept on looking. Then I came across an article written by Curt Roengren: “4 Myths About Career Passion.” Here’s what he says...

Uncovering Your Passion So That You Can Be Happy At Work and Enjoy Job Success
Are you happy at work? Do you have passion for the work that you do? The notion of passion was something that mystified me early on in my career and yet the secret to job success is to have passion for what you do. Read how others use their passion at work or in other parts of their lives.

A pathway to possibility Part Two
A formula I use for life is principle before passion; passion before purpose; passion and purpose during practice = possibility. In this article I explore passion.

What's Your Passion... What's Your Problem?
‘Follow your passion and the money will follow’, or so the sage advice goes. Never mind for a moment about whether that’s true or not… how do you even go about identifying what your passion is? Instead of asking yourself, ‘what’s my passion?’ try asking, ‘what’s my problem?’ and you just might find it...

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