Category: Lifestyle & Habit Building

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Scheduling and Rescheduling: Pointers to Build Relationships

Hectic is the only way to describe everyone’s schedule today. Those still working are doing the job of at least 3-4 people, which affects interview and sales appointments. Entrepreneurs are trying to stay above water. So many have over-extended themselves. Consequently, rescheduling has become a necessity more than ever.

However, some people choose to ignore …

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Personal Branding Interview: Timothy Ferriss

Today, I spoke to Timothy Ferriss, who is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been published in 35 languages. His latest bestseller is called The 4-Hour Body. In this interview, Tim talks about the connection between health and career success, how to build a healthier body, and …

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Where Have All the Elves Gone?

I had plenty of “they should get coal in their Christmas stockings,” thoughts when it comes to customer no-service at Macys, Bloomingdales, Mercedes Benz, and the City of Beverly Hills with its pothole on Sunset, as I was attempting to finish my holiday shopping on Sunday. I started out with a reasonable budget of money, …

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Senator Scott Brown’s Brand Lessons

You’ve heard about Senator Scott Brown from Massachusetts by now. He’s the Republican (yes, you read that correctly) who made international headlines by winning Senator Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat (not a Republican) in the bluest state in the country and upsetting the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate…no mean feat.

How did he do it? …

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Shake Up a Job Search Success Cocktail This Holiday

Many times I write as I’m sitting at my desk looking out at the city (Chicago) streets below filled with traffic, people, and energy. Today’s blog is different; I’m writing it from one of my favorite spots, Starbucks. I love writing here because, other than fresh coffee, it provides a continuous flow of energy, which …

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Simplifying Personal Branding for Job Seekers

Terror, anxiety, stress, depression, overwhelm, and a sense of hopelessness permeates the entire process of securing employment.  Have you ever considered that job seekers need to master more skills than a CEO of a Fortune 500 company?  While CEO’s hire and surround themselves with qualified experts in diverse disciplines, job seekers must master most disciplines …

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10 Essential Career Success Strategies

Over the course of your lifetime you may spend 80,000 hours at work. Are you getting what you want from work? Are you excelling at your career? Here are 10 strategies to help you become more engaged and successful at work.

1. Ask yourself for directions

Career success, although different for everyone, occurs when your …

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Personal Branding and Intrapreneurship: A Match Made in Heaven?

Have you ever thought of being an intrapreneur? And no, I don’t mean entrepreneur – but they’re close.

While an entrepreneur ventures out on their own to pursue an idea, an intrapreneur does this within the organization where they already work. It could be creating a new product, coming up with an innovative idea, or …

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No Kidding: There’s Danger in Anger

If you have been following this Tuesday column over the last two weeks, you know we are considering the trinity of personal branding:

Attention

Emotion

Memory

Get Attention: Raise your hand, say something insightful and move the gaze of the audience to you. I do this everyday on the LinkedIn discussion groups that I tend …

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Personal Branding Interview: Scott Gerber

Today, I spoke to Scott Gerber, who is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, media personality, public speaker and the most-syndicated young entrepreneurship columnist in the world. He is the founder and CEO of Gerber Enterprises, and the author of the book, Never Get a “Real” Job. In this interview, Scott explains why people can learn …