Our Guide to Having a Successful Career and Life
Regardless of age, profession or industry, you can have a more fulfilling, more lucrative career. You simply have to possess a burning desire, ambition and a sense of purpose.
While improving your situation takes significant work and focus, making the necessary changes to set yourself up for success is well worth the effort. With that …
Branding Trends You Should Know for 2024
This sudden trend shift to “work anywhere” due to a terrible and disruptive pandemic will continue to evolve. However, today’s trend is tomorrow’s trash. Unless the brand has true validity. Mastering …
Make the Ask … Everyone Wins
Put it right up front.
Put it out there.
Ask for what you want.
Up Front Is Better
There are two lines of thinking here. My thinking is driven by a VP I used to work with at Microsoft. He suggested that people put the ask up front. He didn’t want a lot of pre-amble. …
Go Confidently in the Direction of Your Dreams
I have a grouping of four quotations on the wall in my office. In my previous posts I discussed these three:
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. (George Bernard Shaw)
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? (unknown, also attributed to Minister Robert S. …
Inspiration As a Soft Skill: How Can You Find It?
Inspiration is a huge resource that provides the soil not only for art but also for work and a lot of other things in human’s everyday life.
Let’s explore those things that can raise our level of inspiration and help us to be much more productive.
Try new experiences.It is well known that new …
Branding for a Leader in ’22
Empathy is the first step to compassionate brand leadership.
Empathy is letting go of your anxieties and taking an emotional risk to understand another’s thoughts and feelings …
Video Editing Success: 5 Must-Have Skills
In a culture that now routinely watches shorter videos using the screen of a smartphone, the need for high-quality video editing skills has exploded.
It’s actually something of an understatement to say that “visual content is everything” nowadays. Approximately 90 percent of the information we receive and analyze is coming from our eyes. The effective …
Background Checks? These 7 Guidelines Can Help You Overcome Anxiety
Right now, failing background checks is a major concern for many. Last year’s pandemic has so many people out looking for work, many with lingering financial issues.
Let’s face it…2020 was a year of tumult, boredom, and hysteria. It was a time of great uncertainty. Millions went through layoffs or applied for unemployment benefits. Others …
Career Growth in Nursing: Why Developing Your Soft Skills Will Be Crucial
For any individual pursuing career growth in the nursing profession, there are several skill sets to learn and develop. These are typically divided into two categories; hard skills and soft skills.
Hard skills are teachable and measurable abilities. Soft skills, otherwise known as personality skills, refer to the social skills needed to complement hard skills …
Best Practices When Writing a Personal Statement
It’s time to start the process of applying to grad school and you’ve been asked to submit an MBA personal statement. You recall that you had to do the same thing years ago when you applied to your undergraduate institution. So you’ve noticed, right off the bat, that most educational institutions require a personal statement …