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Lesson #1: Give It All You’ve Got
“You get what you give,” says Lopez. “What you put into things is what you get out of them.”
Lesson #5: Loosen Up
“Don't take yourself so seriously,” said Walton. “Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up. Have fun.”
Lesson #2: Play To Win
“I came in to win,” says Combs. “This is why I stay up late while other people are sleeping; this is why I don’t go out to the Hamptons.”
Lesson #4: Work Like Hell
When Turner was once asked what the secret of business success was, he replied, “Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.” With typical workdays consisting of 18 hours, Turner was an admitted overachiever and a workaholic. The passion he had for his work, saying, “CNN came out of my heart and soul,” meant that anything less than his best would not have been acceptable.

Taking Haute Couture to New Heights: How Chanel Achieved Success
When Time magazine published its list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, Chanel was only the person in the fashion industry to be named. With that, her influence on not only her own field, but on the world as a whole, became obvious. “When I can no longer create anything, I’ll be done for,” Chanel once said. She was a dedicated workaholic who devoted herself competely to her work until the day she died at the age of 88. What were Chanel’s succses factors?
Singing All The Way To The Bank: How Lopez Achieved Success
“A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there,” says Lopez. How did a girl from the Bronx grow up to become one of the world’s most renowned actresses, dancers, singers, fashion designers and producers in the world?
Lesson #4: Micro Managing Can Mean Mega Success
If there is one thing Armani does well, aside from designing clothes of course, it is micro managing. “My work is my life,” he says. “Even though it is good to take a holiday, after two vacations it is boring.”
Lesson #2: Winning Does Not Matter When You Love The Game
“When you find the niche you love, that becomes your passion,” says Joyce. “For me it was Tim Hortons. It was my world.”

Lesson #1: Work Hard and Plan for Your Dreams
When Johnson was a young boy, he would frequently visit his father at the General Motors plant where he worked. “I would sit in the chair behind the desk and dream I was the CEO,” he says. But it was Johnson’s father who told him that he had to do more than just dream about what he wanted; he had to work hard for it.

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The Cost of Being a Perfectionist or a Workaholic for Attorneys
Are you a perfectionist or a workaholic? Many law firms and other businesses encourage this. Lawyers and other professionals often brag about it. What is it costing the business and the individual.
Workaholism: An Entrepreneurs Compulsion for Acceptance, Work and Money
Workaholism is merely a reaction to a need to be right, to be in control. According to Judith Sills, Ph.D. in Excess Baggage, “You are an organized person who treasures productivity. If you had a psychiatric label it would be obsessive & compulsive, and you brag about being a workaholic.”

One of Silicon Valley’s Founding Fathers: How Wozniak Became a Household Name
“Now computers are a big business,” says Wozniak. “Sometimes I wonder, ‘Am I the master of the computer?’ When we talked in our club, computers were going to be so simple to use that everyone was going to be a master and be able to create whatever they wanted to. Now I feel like a slave sometimes. I have to do it their way. It wasn’t the feeling we were after in the first days.”
Get a Life You Work Better and Live Longer
Workaholism is rife in the business world. To many it is a badge of honour, worn with pride. Yet of the people on the 9/11 hijacked flights who had access to a mobile phone, none of them called the office. This article is for employers and employees alike. The best employees want more than money in deciding where they want to work. The employer needs to consider employees' needs in terms of the whole person, not just the work person. This article is also for people who regard the office as home and home as where you carry on working when you aren’t at the office.

Online Home Business Advice To Take Control Of Your Life
Have you actually thought about what it would be like to be in total control of your life? That used to be a dream for most of us, but now thanks to the Internet it is possible. Here is some online home business advice that will help you to take control of your life.

Your Sanity Savers - Have Time for the Good Life - Part Two
Interruptions can be a huge time waster! Today there are more ways than ever to get interrupted, someone at your door, phone, cell phone, pager, instant messaging, email and more. Gain control of your environment by practicing some of these tips. The following tips will help you gain control of your time and your sanity!
Are You Working Yourself to Death
A few years ago one of my clients felt a tingling in his finger. Being a workaholic he didn't have time to pay too much attention to it. After all he had meetings booked all day and they were more important than a tingle in his finger. He was about to leave home, then collapsed. Luckily for him, there was another person in the house and they called the ambulance. John had suffered a stroke. The warning signs were there all along. He smoked, was 30kg overweight, his diet was poor and exercise was spasmodic. He worked long hours and was under enormous pressure. Much of the pressure was due to John's organisational skills.

How to Start and Prepare a Home Based Business
In recent times, the most effective and productive way to do work is at home. Constant noise, the phone rings and even colleagues from the office can be distracting and it disturbs a lot of people who are concentrating on their work. While your own home can be filled with distractions, you can always create a working space where you can be left alone.
WORKAHOLISM – THE SCOURGE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
It is very easy to fall prey to the glamour of Corporate America and become a workaholic. It is up to each individual to achieve the right balance between work-life and personal-life. Not achieving this balance can result in burnout.

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The Cost of Being a Perfectionist or a Workaholic for Attorneys
Are you a perfectionist or a workaholic? Many law firms and other businesses encourage this. Lawyers and other professionals often brag about it. What is it costing the business and the individual.
Taking Haute Couture to New Heights: How Chanel Achieved Success
When Time magazine published its list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, Chanel was only the person in the fashion industry to be named. With that, her influence on not only her own field, but on the world as a whole, became obvious. “When I can no longer create anything, I’ll be done for,” Chanel once said. She was a dedicated workaholic who devoted herself competely to her work until the day she died at the age of 88. What were Chanel’s succses factors?
Are You Working Yourself Out of Your Business?
As entrepreneurs and small business owners, I think one of our biggest challenges is balance. How much time to spend on our business? With our families? Ourselves? And how do we fit it all into the only 24 hours we have? Do you suffer from workaholic/perfectionism/superhero syndrome? Take this short quiz to find out.
The Price You Can Pay For Being a Workaholic
A few months ago one of my clients felt a tingling in his finger. Being a workaholic he didn't have time to pay too much attention to it. After all he had meetings booked all day and they were more important than a tingle in his finger. He was about to leave home, then collapsed. Luckily for him, there was another person in the house and they called the ambulance.

Business success strategies -- Lies That Trap Us
As a recovering workaholic/perfectionist, not to mention having delusions of superhero syndrome, I'm quite familiar with the lies we tell ourselves. You too know these lies. They're the ones that keep us stuck and away from our dreams. So what are they? Below are three of my favorites.
Business success strategies -- Get Beyond The Lies to Recovery
As a recovering workaholic/perfectionist, not to mention having delusions-of-superhero syndrome, I'm first to tell you the road to recovery isn't easy. But it is worth it. Here are 3 tips to get you started.
WORKAHOLISM – THE SCOURGE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
It is very easy to fall prey to the glamour of Corporate America and become a workaholic. It is up to each individual to achieve the right balance between work-life and personal-life. Not achieving this balance can result in burnout.
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Vacation
It's vacation time, and as usual, everybody's worried about workaholic Americans skipping our traditional summer R&R. One often referenced study suggests that failing to take a nice long vacation over a period of years can increase your likelihood of heart disease.

Workaholism: An Entrepreneurs Compulsion for Acceptance, Work and Money
Workaholism is merely a reaction to a need to be right, to be in control. According to Judith Sills, Ph.D. in Excess Baggage, “You are an organized person who treasures productivity. If you had a psychiatric label it would be obsessive & compulsive, and you brag about being a workaholic.”

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!”

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