How Small Business Owners Can Be More Optimistic
The new Capital One Spark Business Barometer reveals that small business optimism has dropped in the first quarter of this year by 9 percent compared to the same time in 2015. Additionally 57 percent of small business owners feel that business conditions in their area are fair or poor. Business owners in the study are …
Titles Do Not Matter in Career
People work to earn money and make a living. That is the reality. If you don’t earn money, you cannot fulfill your basic needs such as shelter, food and clothing. However, how much you make or how fancy your title is should not be measures for qualifying your success in your career. What really matters …
Your Brand is About the Feels
When it comes to building a brand, business or personal, there are many elements that must be considered in order to assemble it correctly. Such elements are separated into two categories: intellectual and emotional. And while the intellectual elements should, by no means, be diminished, when you think about the power branding actively holds, it …
Say “No” But Don’t Take “No”
Be able to say “no,” but don’t take “no” for the answer. First, understand that “no” is the standard answer or response from peers, bosses, and subordinates to test or challenge you, sometimes out of laziness, sometimes for reasons of budget and time.
“No” is a complete sentence, but it isn’t a complete answer. Don’t …
Show Your Worth
When it comes to you as a person and your brand, society in general tends to declare that characteristics such as humility, or even reticence, are best. And while no one truly likes a conceited know-it-all, I am here to assert that displaying that you are knowledgeable in your industry is something that we all …
Bring More Book Sales With a Professional Editor
In addition to great content on your website another credibility builder for your personal brand is book publishing. But not all books that are out there are considered high quality. Writing is just the first step to the process as you want to ensure that all of your time and effort gets the most visibility …
Can You See the End From the Beginning?
How a pop song can help you.
“I can see the end as it begins …”
Taylor Swift in her song “Wildest Dreams”
I don’t often quote Taylor Swift songs, but I happened to hear this line in the song recently and it got me thinking:
Is Taylor Swift a visionary? Are her lyrics also…
Selfless Actions and Your Personal Brand
Help is rarely given freely in today’s world. Everything seems to have a price tag, keeping individuals forever wary of accepting anything that appears to come with no strings attached. Yet even in this suspicious atmosphere, truly selfless giving can and still does exist. In fact, for the smartest leaders out there, gifts are a …
Best Team Building Activities for Office
Team building activities are great for increasing a company’s efficiency and productivity. It also raises the morale of its employees. However, some employees don’t like team building activities and think that they are counterproductive and raise tensions between coworkers. Therefore, it is important to choose the right team building activities and execute them properly. Below …
Company Perks That Attract the Best Talent
It is getting hard for companies to retain the best talent so every day they implement new company perks to keep their employees happy and attract new ones. While a competitive pay is important, most of the time money is not enough by itself. Therefore, companies should consider implementing the below most loved perks to …