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By preparing a script it lets you organise your thoughts before cold calling but never read from it. Research the company...
Why Some People Almost Always Succeed as Leaders: It’s interesting how many small business owners and solo operators believe that leadership is not necessary for their business. A comment we hear often is ‘I don’t have a team, I’ve never thought about leadership.’ Do we necessarily need a team of...
The story of Maenads, and why you should not follow their footsteps to succeed in business and life. There are...
Recently I spent a bit of time in New York City, a favourite city of mine. It’s always great to...
Carpe diem: a Latin aphorism usually translated to “seize the day”. 4 pm, and storm clouds were looming on the horizon as I loaded the kayak into my pickup truck for the drive to the lake. It was the last day of my “bachelor weekend“, and I very much wanted...
I never knew Aubrae Gunderson. She died on September 26, 2005. It was a tragic accident; she was struck by...
Many people that sell their time to create an income struggle to do things that don’t create revenue because, after...
The benefits of being authentic in the workplace, and how to be more genuine at work. What do we mean by the statement “Bring your authentic self to work”? Workplace culture and employee experience programs reinforce the imperative to provide an environment that is free from all forms of discrimination....
The beginning of the year is full of predictions for business. I’ve seen dozens of articles in HR magazines and...
Since I’m all about sharing tips on how people can grow their personal brand, I wanted to share a great...
Twenty-five successful entrepreneurs share their thoughts on how to attain business success. Building a successful business is not easy, to put it mildly. Considering 20% of businesses fail in their first year and 50% fail by year 5, opening a business is a considerable risk to undertake no matter what...
Shaz Khan has been actively implementing SAP ERP eProcurement and Supply Chain applications for over ten years. Once he noticed...
Why do challenges and struggles make some people stronger and make others weaker? How is it that some teams/people come...
Did you know that your body language directly affects your life and career success? It’s true. In an experiment with soccer players, it was found that the stance had a direct bearing on how the player was perceived. Penalty takers with dominant body language were perceived more positively by soccer...
Winston Churchill once said that “Failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” The message is...
We are taught to win, go for the gold, outdo our competitors, make a difference, leave a legacy. Medals, awards,...
Here’s a sobering thought: if you go to the books section of Amazon and type “leadership” into the search bar, over 50,000 results will be returned. If you jump over to Google and type “leaders who are jerks,” links to 1,770,000 articles, rants, and blogs will appear. And if you...
Forget Enron. Add Nobel Prize winner, economist Milton Friedman, to the list of smartest guys in the room, who said,...
For years, Angela Duckworth has teased the world with bits and pieces of her research into the science of achievement....
