Stan Johnson graduated with high honors from an Ivy League MBA program. He was hired right out of school by a national health insurance company, where he quickly became a star sales executive. It was clear to everyone who knew Stan that he was extremely smart. Selling came naturally to him and within a few [...]
Asking doesn’t come easy for most. But if you don’t ask for want you want you won’t get what you want. To avoid having to ask we convince ourselves that we shouldn’t have too, believing that our work speaks for itself and that we should be rewarded for our effort. Or we believe that we have sufficiently hinted about our desires, but become frustrated and disappointed about being overlooked or ignored when career advancement opportunities arise. You must be visible and vocal to experience the career success you deserve.
Building relationships is key to success. No one has career success, personal success or leadership success with out having first developed mutually beneficial relationships. For some people it seems to come naturally. They can connect, make friends, build relationships and make people feel comfortable around them. They are also among the most successful. What do they know?
Accelerate your career advancement by developing friends at work and in your industry. You can be a people magnet and build lasting business and social relationships.
The choices you make in your personal and professional life will affect your career and your ability to be an effective leader. Read about how you make decisions and how you can take the anxiety out of decision making to make the decisions for your personal life and your career.
Imagine if the next time you were faced with an obstacle, confronted with adversity or thrown into a difficult situation you were not filled with a sense of dread. Imagine if, instead, you were filled with hope and optimism. Optimism for the invaluable insights to be revealed and hope that in the future, something positive would come from the situation. What if you took on that obstacle, focused your energy to get through it and looked forward to the fortune on the other side.
By Wendy J. Meyeroff
If anyone had a reason to let life defeat her, it was Leigh Valentine. “My multi-millionaire husband not only divorced me, he made sure I didn’t have a penny to support myself or our son.” Yet within seven years, Leigh had a skin care company worth $250 million.
There’s no doubt that hard [...]
Is there a more stressful subject than money? Probably not, says a 2006 AP/IPSOS poll which asked respondents to name the most important cause of stress in their lives. Fully 34% said finances were their number one concern. It’s easy to believe even more people have money worries today.
Setting up a budget and maximizing investment [...]
Answer the statements on this Financial Thoughts Checkup to determine how satisfied you are with the many aspects of your life affected by your finances. Then determine what you should do about your level of satisfaction.
You are about to enter a room filled with people you do not know. If you walk in expecting to be ignored, you will be ignored. But if you walk in confidently, you can make a positive and lasting impression.
There are many ways to convey confidence. Start by entering the room with a sense of [...]
