30th September
2010
PROCRASTINATION: WHY IT IS BAD FOR YOU AND HOW TO BEAT IT.
Procrastination ' putting off things that need to be done
presently- is a habit that's easy to cultivate. Trouble is, it's
a bad (and sometimes dangerous) habit. There are several reasons
why it is vital to break this habit. I have listed a few below:
·It wastes your time ' if there's something you're supposed to
do, and you postpone doing it, you'll have to do it anyway. If
you don't do it when you're supposed to do it, you'll end ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
29th September
2010
Five Secrets to Showing Your Customers You Really Care Copyright
© Ed Sykes. All rights reserved
During our recent online poll, we asked the following question:
What upsets you the most when receiving poor customer service?
Eighty percent of the poll participants said the 'I don't care
attitude' of the person serving them upsets them the most.
Businesses lose billions of dollars of revenue each year because
customers feel the organizations don't care about their business
enough to make an ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
29th September
2010
Business
28th September
2010
Achieving excellence in our work is an integral part of feeling
genuinely satisfied in life. We want our careers or businesses
to blossom, making us financially secure and content with our
achievements. Here are seven stepping-stones that lead to career
growth and excellence. When used as part of a total action-plan,
these stepping-stones can contribute tremendously to the
fulfillment that you desire.
1. Make a Commitment to Excellence
A passionate commitment to excellence is a primary step ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
28th September
2010
Self Improvement
27th September
2010
Internet
27th September
2010
I get letters 'emails, that is. Inquiries from prospective
clients. They ask the only questions they know how to ask in
seeking a coach, admittedly a hard thing to do when you've never
had a coach, and their questions reveal as much to me, in this
joint-interview process, as my answers reveal to them.
While you're looking for your Ideal Coach, the Coach is looking
for his or her Ideal Client.
Here are things I'm looking for in my clients, many of them
Emotional Intelligence characteristics. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
26th September
2010
'It doesn't interest me who you are, or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with
me and not shrink back.' Oriah Mountain Dreamer You cannot have
peace of mind or have a healthy business if you don't trust
yourself. Trusting yourself is having a true sense of who you
are, clarity about what you want and the presence of mind to
honour yourself. At times the pressure from being in business
and just living itself, can cause you to make decisions ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
25th September
2010
Self Improvement
25th September
2010
I was thinking about the statement:
"The Small Business Administration tells us that 80% of all
small businesses will not make it more than 2 years, and by 5
years 90% will have gone out of business.
If that is the case, then why does every business out there try
to be like the others? Most copy everything right down to the
way everyone else in the same industry lays out their office.
The reasons I get from clients * They don't want to reinvent the
wheel. * They want to learn from those that ...Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing
24th September
2010
How can you make the best use of your energy to increase
productivity each day? Here are five actions that can increase
productivity and leave energy to spare. They will also help you
to achieve more balance between your work and personal life.
The key to increased productivity is to focus on managing
actions and energy rather than time. I am going to refer to time
as energy because using time always involves energy expenditure.
Investing your energy wisely will provide you with ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
23rd September
2010
Self Improvement
23rd September
2010
Conversation with an Executive Coach
'What do you do?' The proverbial question we get asked day in
and day out by strangers, acquaintances, family, and friends. We
are conditioned to answer with our current job or career.
Thanks to an anticipated, planned for and welcomed career
change, my new answer is some version of 'I am a professional
coach.'
And the standard response back is, 'Really, for what sport?'
'The game of life,' I say and then the conversation either stops
in its tracks, or ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
22nd September
2010
Self Improvement
22nd September
2010
Suppose that the human mind is nothing more than a bio-computer
and that the function of this computer is to get its owner
exactly what he says he wants.. The computer mind takes what you
say very literally. So, if you say you cannot do something, the
mind interprets that as a command and makes sure you cannot do
it. If you say you are confused and don't know what you want,
the mind makes sure you have that experience.
That is why the harder we try to change, the very things we want
to change ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
21st September
2010
Self Improvement
21st September
2010
h1 class="recipes">STOP! Advertising will kill your
business.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Ok, I will make one
clarifying statement. If you've had exposure or experience in
using direct response advertising methods and you know something
about copywriting, then by all means forge ahead.
If not, proceed at your own risk.
I will tell you a story to illustrate my point. When I first
got into business, my marketing degree gave me the erroneous
idea that I had a clue about promoting ...Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing
20th September
2010
Are you on the right track?
"Every calling is great when greatly pursued." -- Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935)
Living on purpose. It's a growing, evolving process. It takes
focus, clarity and regular reflection. Here's one story about a
client's evolution and effort to stay on purpose.
Paul is doing some incredible things. His business bottom line
is up and stronger than ever. There are new opportunities on the
horizon allowing him to live his dream and in many ways he's on
the leading ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
19th September
2010
I think I'm attached to being comfortable!
Being comfortable: thinking I know what I'm doing, where I'm
going and that it's all under control. My, how I can fool myself.
This realization hit me again about 10 days ago while attending
the NLP conference in Toronto. One of the keynote presenters,
Judith Delozier, brought up the idea of The Hero's Journey in
the context of leadership, in particular self-leadership. I had
heard the term before and understood it to mean life's journey
in which we ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
19th September
2010
Business
18th September
2010
Marketing
18th September
2010
You have permission to publish this article electronically or
in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are included.
Please print the article in its entirety unchanged and notify
the author by email when you use it. ~*~
YES YOU CAN! by Dr Kem Thompson (c)2003
If you could change one thing in your life today, what would it
be? Why don't you have some of the things you'd like to have,
and why do you have some? What's the reason for the
inconsistency?
Do you find yourself wondering what ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
17th September
2010
Business
17th September
2010
One of the biggest mistakes massage therapists make in trying to
promote themselves is that they are mostly doing it the same way
as every other therapist. The problem with that is, it then
makes their services indistinguishable from every other
practitioner in town, and they have thus created for themselves
a little problem called.... competition.
Now, don't get me wrong. I don't think that a little competition
is all that bad. However when it comes to directly competing
with other therapists ...Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing
16th September
2010
Marketing
16th September
2010
In today's time where each and every organization wants to remain aggressive to survive in the market, we cannot understate the accent of business coaching. It has become a necessity rather than a just appearance management. But to actualize an abiding relationship with customers and to achieve preset goals, it is important to go with such a business coach who will fill the coaching profile adequately.
To maintain the aggressive bend in the market, there are assorted strategies adopted by ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
15th September
2010
Marketing
15th September
2010
This may come as a surprise to you, but when it comes to
generating business success there is no secrets.
Sure you will read articles and sales letters all claiming that
they have the "secret" but success at business or anything you
do for that matter starts with YOU. You are the one who has got
to be willing to do whatever it takes to see your wishes and
dreams through to fruition. You are the one who has to do the
work.
Ok, so we know that you are the foundation for success, however,
success ...Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing
14th September
2010
Self Improvement
14th September
2010
Can success in business be credited to only one person in a
corporation? Or does everybody in a corporation hold a place of
importance to the corporate success?
As an example, let us examine a hospital set-up. Who is more
important - a doctor? or a janitor? Majority would perhaps
respond that it is the doctor. Granting for example that the
doctor is the only employee of a hospital, who will take a
follow-up care of his patients if there are no nurses?
Will a doctor be able to survive without ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
13th September
2010
Business
13th September
2010
Article Title: Know Thyself and Thy Business Author Name: Joanne
Victoria Contact E-mail Address:
mailto:joanne@joannevictoria.com Word Count: 556, including
signature box Category: Marketing Copyright Date: Updated 2005
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Publishing Guidelines: Thank you for publishing this article in
its entirety, including the resource box. When possible, please
notify me of publication by sending either a website link or a
copy of your ezine upon publication via email ...Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing
12th September
2010
Copyright 2005 Juanita Bellavance
How many times have you heard it before? Talk to yourself in
positive, affirming language. Does it work? One thing I've
learned is that when you keep hearing the same thing over and
over in various ways and by various successful people, there
must be something to it so take the coaching and apply the
strategies.
7 strategies for shifting your mind to its positive power:
1. Write your own affirmations and read them aloud every morning
and night.
2. Read ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
12th September
2010
Business
11th September
2010
Introduction
Did you read all the stuff about New Year resolutions in the
press? Articles on what to do, how to lose weight, how to detox,
how to diet and how to save money. Are you fed up of the sight
of them?
Its true that Christmas and New Year is a time for reflection
and taking stock. It is often the only time that you have a few
quiet days away from work to think about where you are and what
you want to do. And it is equally true that a lot of people do
make decisions about things they ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
11th September
2010
Education
10th September
2010
Get that certificate framed, finish that article, get yourself
on a panel. To make your business soar position yourself as an
expert. When your potential clients are deciding whom they will
do business with, they are less concerned with price. As an
business success coach working with small business owners I tell
my clients over and over 'everybody wants to do business with an
expert.' If you want to increase your business success establish
yourself as an expert.
There are several things you ...Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing
10th September
2010
Marketing
9th September
2010
If you are thinking of starting a new business, or if you are
just about to take the plunge, you will know that there is a lot
that you have to do. But where do you start? It is a good idea
to get some of the groundwork done before you start, possibly
this will often mean things that you hadn't thought about,
things that most people do as a reaction to circumstances rather
than as a planned activity. However, in practice you will almost
certainly find that it is easier to set things up right ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
9th September
2010
Education
8th September
2010
Genuine enthusiasm...real feeling of accomplishment...sense of
satisfaction and fun. Welcome to your thriving zone!
How do you gain quick access? Simple...take 3 easy steps.
1. Pause to Refresh
2. Think Thriving Thoughts 3. Re-energize in Thriving
Environments
PAUSE TO REFRESH... Given the relentless demands of nonstop 24/7
lifestyles, it is easy to forget we are human beings, not human
doings. Yet performance experts agree. Constant doing without
real downtime impairs our ability to perform at ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
7th September
2010
The best way to build a relationship with a potential client and
turn them into a loyal customer is to meet them face to face.
Choose a place where people can meet some of your current, happy
clients. Instead of going out on 30 sales presentations or
having 30 no cost consultations, get potential clients together
in a room and do a song and dance that will make them two step
over to you and sign up for what you are offering.
Open House Some people need to know you well before they will
talk ...Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing
6th September
2010
Top 7 Small Business Sites for 2005 Copyright 2005 Jinger Jarrett
If you want to start a business in 2005, and start making money
almost immediately, the sites listed below are some of the best
I have found. I've chosen each site because it is absolutely
outstanding in providing the tools you need to get started, as
well as taking you through the steps you need to get started
immediately.
My1stBusiness.com - http://www.my1stbusiness.com - This site is
owned by Ben Botes, who is currently ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
5th September
2010
Hi!
Recently one of my clients was looking to hire a financial
controller for her business. Out of all the people who applied,
the most suitable person was John.
John had most of the attributes Jenny was looking for. Using our
tip sheet Hiring the Right People as a guide, it was easy for
her to narrow down her shortlist of applicants.
Unfortunately there was one negative aspect about John... his
appearance. Although he was dressed in suitable business attire,
he was extremely overweight. This ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
5th September
2010
Education
4th September
2010
You've bought a great suit and a pair of new shoes. You're
preparing to interview for a new job for which you feel very
qualified. But you need help assessing the value of your skills
and experience to calculate a respectable salary. You want to
pinpoint a salary that you feel confident asking for and that
your future employer will feel comfortable paying you. How do
you figure out what you're worth and actually get it?
Salary negotiation can be an emotional experience. We want the
job but we ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
3rd September
2010
As a licensed massage therapist and business coach I am often
approached by other therapists who are currently employed in a
spa, a clinic, or possibly a chiropractor's office, and would
like to transition into going into business for themselves.
I, of course, am passionate about having your own business as
I've done it pretty much all of my working life. However, not
every therapist will be suited to the lifestyle of an
entrepreneur.
Running a successful massage practice or business requires ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
2nd September
2010
"(Howard) Hughes never learned how to convert his knowledge to
practical application. Instead he sought a perfection that
assured failure." - From Empire: The Life, Legend and Madness of
Howard Hughes by Donald L. Bartlett & James B. Steel
How many times have you heard someone (it may have been you)
proclaim or complain that he/she is a perfectionist? You may
have noticed that going for perfection is a fool's game. You
simply cannot win when you set perfection as your standard.
There may be ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
1st September
2010
In the quest towards achieving success and accomplishment in our
lives, a systematic plan of action is needed. Without a plan
even the greatest of efforts will be ineffective, eventually
degenerating into frustration and wasted time. A guided plan
allows one to utilize his/her talents and competencies to the
fullest, by focusing them in a coordinated and strategic manner
upon a specific outcome. The power of concentrated effort should
never be underestimated. A strategy that one should ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business