Your Attitude Could Be the Secret to Your Success, Researchers Say
You’ve probably heard that success the product of talent, knowledge, intelligence, perseverance, or innovation. You may have even heard that the secret to success is a positive attitude. But what does that mean?
Simply believing that you’re destined for success may not be enough to make you successful, but what can help, according to researchers …
Don’t Wallow In Indecision
Every decision is a calculated risk.
Problems are solved by making decisions; problems are avoided by making good decisions. The sooner you make a decision, the sooner you benefit from it. The earlier you make a bad decision, the sooner you can correct it.
The unanimous response from CEOs and C-level executives when I’ve asked …
What the New Twitter Character Limit Expansion Means for Your Brand
Twitter is still one of the most popular social networks for brands between their customers to communicate and share information. Recently a major upgrade has allowed all users to take advantage of a new 280 character limit. This microblogging platform has been competing with other platforms like Facbeook, Instagram, and Google Plus, and now it’s …
Introductions Is Key for Employment
This title is all about networking. When I take my walks, I observe groups of teenagers waiting at street corners for their school buses. Two things are common to these groups. The kids are not talking to each other, and the majority of them have their ears plugged with earbuds. They choose to live in …
Tips for Protecting Your Small Business
Whereas big businesses tend to have a variety of well-staffed departments devoted to the legal, physical and digital protection of their business, small business owners often must take a more hands-on approach to protecting their operations. Small businesses face unique challenges and risks that their larger counterparts do not, making encompassing protection an extreme priority.…
Common Office Design Mistakes to Avoid
Most business owners don’t invest enough time and budget for their office designs. However, office design plays an important role in your employees’ productivity in addition to your brand image.
A badly designed office may create a negative atmosphere killing creativity, collaboration, and employee morale. It also affects your brand image in the eyes of …
Speak Up If You Disagree
No one, including your boss, should hinder you from doing your job, and if agreeing with the supervisor because of the title hinders you, you owe it to yourself to speak up. CEOs tell me:
“I want people to pick a fight with me,… but not to ad nauseam… Still, they can disagree pretty vigorously.”…
Improve Your Personal Brand’s Social Networks for SEO with These Tips
Search engine marketing and social media work together in building visibility online, which is a change from the older traditional methods of link building and keyword usage. Social media, in particular, is a large influence in the way people look for information, which is driven by conversations and phrases. Google’s latest algorithm reflects this and …
If You Want to Be Hired… Be an Athlete
What kind of athlete are you?
Do you consider yourself an athlete?
Is there such a thing as an “athletic” employee?
If you want to be hired … Be an Athlete
I was interviewing someone a few weeks back and we got to talking about how they hire people in their business. They said something …
Watch Out for Career Marketing Firms
Someone in one of my job search networking groups asked me to evaluate a proposal he had received from a career marketing firm. He wanted my opinion because he knows I’m a career coach.
His proposal cover letter opened with an aggressive tone heralding the fact that the firm was working with executives who were …