by Blanche Williams — Fundamental thinking and behavior patterns relate to every choice you make during the course of a day and throughout your life. Within your every decision lies an archetype for success or failure, for fear or focus. Consider your patterns of active or passive expression, the links that bind you to your […]
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Balancing work and life
September 28, 2012
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by Ada Porat — Work-life balance is about finding the critical balance point between work and personal commitments. This process looks different for each person, and it looks different at various stages of life. The effects of imbalance are well-documented: frustration, anxiety, depression, and stress can overwhelm and create illness from lack of self-care and […]
Why the uproar over blogging?
September 25, 2012
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by Laura Orsini — Seems like everybody’s doing it — 50 million everybodies, at last count. So why all the hoopla about blogging? First you have to understand what a blog is. A blog is a user-generated Web site containing journal-style entries that usually are displayed in reverse chronological order. Though they really began as […]
Employers make saving easier with 401(k) plans
September 19, 2012
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by David Mitchell — For many people, saving for retirement can be as hard as quitting smoking or losing weight — but the good news is that it doesn’t have to be. In a new report, “Enhancing 401(k) Value and Participation: Taking the Automatic Approach,” prepared by Towers Perrin for AARP, research shows that enhancing […]
Win-win negotiation
September 17, 2012
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by Jo Ann Joy — Contrary to what some may believe, negotiation is not a process by which you try to destroy the other party. Rather, it is a process by which two parties attempt to reach a certain result. Good negotiation occurs when all parties are truthful, and they connect and successfully interact with […]
Inside the Internet impulse
September 16, 2012
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by Laura Orsini — Much is being made these days about the proliferation of Internet porn, and the destruction left in its wake. But who needs porn? For an information junkie, the whole Internet can be as addicting as pornography or any hard drug. And we are not referring to things like e-mail, IM, games, […]
Competition or colleagues?
September 15, 2012
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by Laura Orsini — In spite of the popularity of movies like The Secret and our growing understanding of the law of attraction, many business owners still get caught up in the idea of “smashing the competition.” For some, it’s just that old competitive spirit at work — the inner drive to win at any […]
What makes a good business plan?
September 12, 2012
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by Bruce Hodgman — First of all, let’s begin with some business plan basics. A business plan should be a realistic view of the expectations and long-term objectives for a new or existing venture. It should provide the framework within which the business will operate and, ultimately, succeed or fail. For entrepreneurs seeking external support […]
Serve people well — and you’ll be served well yourself
September 9, 2012
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by Bob Burg and John David Mann — In the wee hours of a freezing winter morning, a furnace repairman was awakened out of a cozy, restful sleep by a family whose furnace had suddenly stopped working. A half-hour later he was in the family’s basement with the family huddled around him watching, shivering and […]
Choosing your teammates in the money game
August 31, 2012
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by Karen Russo — When we invest with financial leverage, money’s capacity to purchase, create or circulate is increased by borrowing. Banks routinely help people buy $300,000 homes with $30,000 in cash and $270,000 of financial leverage. More leverage means more capacity, more risk and more potential return. Working, playing, investing, sharing and dreaming with […]
Connecting across the globe
August 31, 2012
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by Laura Orsini — While the worldwide population burgeons, technology is making Earth a smaller place, or at least a much better connected one. Today, we think of dial-up Internet service as moving at a snail’s pace — can you even imagine waiting the 10 whole days it took for a letter to move across […]
What time is it?
August 30, 2012
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by Sherry Anshara — “Your vision will become clear only when you look inside your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” This fabulous quote by Carl Jung says it all. The reality is … it is an inside job. There is no doubt that right here and right now, there are enormous […]
Finding the gifts in the new economy
August 17, 2012
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by Connie Kadansky — What gift is this economy giving you? I recently asked that question of an audience of business owners. You should have seen the looks on their faces. One person scowled at me and muttered something profane under his breath. Another packed up his stuff indignantly and walked out. It was, admittedly, […]
September 30, 2012
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