This was a guest post I recently wrote for Entrepreneur.com The biggest growth moment for any entrepreneur is understanding that some things are more important than others when it comes to growing your business. One of the simplest, yet hardest things to do is to keep your focus on what your real priorities are. With…
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Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. Are you someone in the workplace who frequently initiates coffee, lunch, and other casual outings with colleagues? Or do you find yourself focused solely on your work and…
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“Strive to be that rare individual who labors to serve others and what will you have? Little competition.” – Andrew Carnegie I didn’t always understand the importance of cultivating relationships at work. Although I love people and am extroverted, I was often found in the early days of my career giving into perfectionism. I was so focused…
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Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. Does this sound like you: I’m motivated, want to add value, learn, grow, take risks, make a greater impact, achieve more influence, and earn more rewards in my career. If…
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If you are itching to move up, to take on more responsibility and earn more income, that says so many good things about you! You’re motivated, want to add value, want to learn, grow, and take some risks, make a greater impact, achieve more influence, and earn more rewards. You have already distinguished yourself from…
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Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. This week, I’m talking about how to communicate for great impact. Our work, our relationships, and our lives succeed or fail one conversation at a time. In your Mentoring…
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Success is 15 percent due to professional knowledge and 85 percent due to “the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people.” Dale Carnegie said this 78 years ago, yet all of us know what research reveals: That many leaders or aspiring leaders miss the mark on communicating ideas that…
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Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. This week, I’m talking about how to deal with envy. We all feel envious of others from time to time. It can work for us or against us.…
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Do you ever feel a pang of envy when you learn of colleague’s success? Perhaps they landed that highly sought after client, or were singled out by management for exceptional performance in front of the whole company. Maybe they were celebrated in the media. You want to feel authentically happy for them, but part of…
DetailsYou asked for videos and today we’re delighted to launch the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. This week, I’m talking about motivation! Are you feeling stuck or demotivated right now? Do you feel plagued by procrastination?…
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