Category: Lifestyle & Habit Building

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LinkedIn: Do You Have a CEO-Worthy Name?

Is your name helping your professional chances of success?

On April 27th 2011, LinkedIn tried to answer that question by announcing some findings regarding first names and executive positions.

According to the official press release:

The top five names for male CEOs globally are:

Peter Bob Jack Bruce Fred

The top five names for female …

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How To RETHINK And Grow Rich

The old ways and the old days will not return.  We live in a new global community fueled by a technology-driven economy and marketplace.  The good news is that today, contrary to what you have been told by the negative and pessimistic voices competing for your attention, or what you think, there are UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.…

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Value Who You Are And What You Do

This excerpt is from my new book: Career Transition-make the shift-your 5 steps to successful career reinvention.

“Confidence is contagious” Vince Lombardi

Why do we devalue ourselves so much? Like what we have done and accomplished is not that important compared to others? I find that most people do not value who they are, what …

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Creative Cover Letters: Personality, Pitch And Professionalism

What’s the difference between a creative cover letter and a creative cover letter that works? Kryptonite, you know the stuff; Superman’s glowing green crystals that weakened him.

Kryptonite cover letters

One candidate chose to get uber creative and sent his resume inside a tube wrapped with a paper that showed the Superman logo. While his …

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Save Your Brand And Dump The Teleprompter

Will video help of hurt your personal brand? Actually, it can do both. A poorly made video will give the impression that you don’t put forth quality products or service. And, a poorly executed video will give the impression that you’re less than professional in your appearance or position.

Yet, for any brand video is …

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What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach You About Getting Hired

PART IV (Become the ‘Yellow Bird’!)

Author’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of blogs in which author of the best-selling “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! and professional “headhunter” Skip Freeman draws an analogy between “Angry Birds,” the wildly popular online game, and …

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Six Steps To Defeat Mediocrity and Anonymity

I have a wish for you. That is to rise above mediocrity. To do something more amazing than getting your next promotion. To not be a faceless cog in someone else’s machine. To actually grow your personal brand enough that you are known for being awesome, not for keeping your head down or not making …

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Oprah’s Secret To Curing Your Brand’s Bad Mood

Focus on your left toe.  No, not really.

Ever been in a bad mood?  Personal brands and professionals like yourself, responsible for brand development, management, and improvement, can’t avoid tough times and bad days.  Have you ever had moments where you just lost it and went into overwhelm; where everyone and everything were just driving …