#Strategy : 24 Tips That Will Make you More Powerful…Power is “The Measure of the Degree of Control you have Over Circumstances in your Life & the Actions of the People Around You.”
“It is a Skill That is Developed by a Deep Understanding of Human Mature, of What Truly Motivates People, & of the Manipulations Necessary for Advancement & Protection.” – Robert Greene, author of “The 48 Laws of Power,” To acquire power, it’s important to first understand it. Robert Greene, author of “The 48 Laws of Power,” has […]
#Strategy : We’re About to Find Out Just How Bad Corporate America’s last 3 Months Really Were … Earnings Season is Upon us, & It is Not Expected to be Pretty. To Get You Ready for the Season, Here are 6 Things to Look out For.
After the closing bell on Wednesday, aluminum giant Alcoa will report second-quarter earnings, unofficially kicking off reporting season. In the first quarter, S&P 500 earnings grew 1.9% and revenues fell 3.2% year-over-year, according to RBC Capital Markets’ scorecard. Arko Datta/Reuters And so the earnings recession that some analysts predicted failed to materialize. But that doesn’t mean the […]
#Leadership : How To Lead When You Aren’t The #Leader … Leadership is an Attitude, Not a Title. Here are 7 Leadership Characteristics that you Can Adopt Even If you Just Joined the #Workforce or are an Individual Contributor.
True Leadership is Not about Rank or Job Titles. It’s an Attitude. It’s Way of Doing What You Do. Having a perspective that extends way beyond the list of tasks on your daily do-list will help you demonstrate your leadership even if you don’t have the title. I was recently coaching a group of young […]
#Strategy : Surprising Science-Backed Ways to Boost your Mood…But Happiness Doesn’t Come Easy. We Have to Work at It.
We all have a remarkable capacity to make ourselves happier. Each of the little things we do to boost our mood — from reading an adventure story to keeping a gratitude journal or even gazing up at the stars on a clear night — can add up to greater overall satisfaction. Adding a little ohm to […]
Your #Career : 9 Free Online Resources that Will Help you Advance your Career… Whether you Want to Gain Industry Knowledge or Pick Up Some New Skills, There are Plenty of Resources Online that Will Allow you to Learn at your Own Pace Without Having to Pay any Fees.
Whether you want to gain industry knowledge or pick up some new skills, there are plenty of resources online that will allow you to learn at your own pace without having to pay any fees. Coding doesn’t need to remain the exclusive domain of computer science grads. From Glassdoor’s job review database to Codeacademy’s programming […]
#Leadership : We Are Seeing The Effects Of The Minimum Wage Rise In San Francisco…As We’ve Been Saying all Long: a Rise in the Minimum Wage Really Does Destroy Jobs.
There Really is No Free lunch. A Rise in Wages will Come Out of Either Less Labor being Employed, Lower Profit Margins (Fast Food doesn’t have those Wide enough to take the strain) or Price Increases to Consumers (Lower Sales). So, if Employers either Economize on Labor or Profits, there will be Job Losses: the Minimum […]
#Leadership : How Extreme #Narcissism Wreaks Havoc On Your Life & What To Do About It… #Narcissists Exploits Other People to Sustain a Defensive & Idealized Self-Image.
Surprising to Me was the Fact that I Had been Attracting Narcissists into my Life Repeatedly Throughout my 18-Year Career. I finally learned what I needed to do about it so it would never happen again. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” […]
#Strategy : 5 Phrases That Signal You’re About To Make A Bad Decision…Sometimes Deep Down, we’re Aware that the Choice We’re About to Make Isn’t the Best Decision. Yet, Rather than Change Course, we Offer Excuses to Justify What we’re About to Do.
Instead of Preventing ourselves from Heading Down the Wrong path–or Admitting we Made a Mistake–we Defensively Attempt to Rationalize our Behavior. Ultimately, we Keep Digging ourselves Deeper. Fotolia.com Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, everyone behaves impulsively, gives into immediate gratification, or overlooks risk sometimes. Here are five statements we try to use to justify our […]
#Strategy : 4 Tough Things you Have To Do to Win at Life…Just Because Someone else Tells you That you “Should” be Doing Something Doesn’t Mean That it’s Best to Automatically Run to Do It.
You Don’t Have to be Perfect to be Awesome. You Don’t Even Have to be Right Most of the Time.You Don’t Have to be Perfect to be Awesome. You Don’t Even Have to be Right Most of the Time.But you can’t make excuses for what you do — and you can’t avoid working incredibly hard. […]
#Strategy : How America Became Exceptional…Just as the Foresight of our Predecessors had far Reaching Consequences, so Do the Ones we Make Today. We Should Endeavor to Make Wise Ones.
What Made America Great was the Choices we Made. While the Rest of the World Clung to Class & Caste, we Chose to Offer Hope & Opportunity. When Europe descended into death and destruction, we chose to be a beacon for those who wanted a better life. Within our borders, desperation was transformed into hope, […]