Month: December 2013
How Failure Can Help You Succeed
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” ~ Elbert Hubbard Most of us tend to avoid failure. We’d rather see ourselves victorious at the finish line then tending to a damaged ego and attempting to determine where things went wrong.Read More
5 Tips for Successful Salary Negotiations
A few years ago, a friend was asked by a potential employer, “What would you need to get paid in order to not resent the fact that you have to do the work?” Talk about being straightforward. For me, salary negotiations have always been a bit of a stumbling block,Read More
How to Build a Killer Writing Portfolio
Freelance writers need portfolios of their writing. They are necessary for getting work and for establishing your status as a working, professional technician of prose. The ideal set-up is to have and maintain a portfolio online. This can be on your own website, a professional networking site, or even aRead More
How Naps Can Increase Your Productivity
Do you wake up at the crack of dawn tired but knowing you have to get to work? Do you check your messages from your smart phone before you even pull back the covers in bed? How about skipping breakfast or lunch because you feel like you just have toRead More
5 Ways To Be a Leader – Not Just a Manager
Many people aspire to be a manager, but what we really need are leaders. If you want to be a leader of people rather than just managing them, there are a number of characteristics that you should seek to attain and practice. The late and great management guru Warren BennisRead More
How to Brand Yourself
As a freelancer, you’re expected to wear a lot of different hats. You’re an entrepreneur whose business and brand is yourself. You’re in charge of setting schedules, establishing financial goals, and at the foundation of it all, you’re in charge of your brand—you. As you grow and develop as aRead More
6 Benefits of Humor at Work
Some people think that fun and a sense of humor have no place at work, that work is very serious business. Our advice to them? Lighten Up. There’s a reason that Google has a giant waterslide on its main campus, and that tons of companies have ping pong tables, videoRead More
How to Fight Afternoon Exhaustion without Coffee
A cup of coffee a day can be good for you, boosting energy and even helping to stimulate your metabolism. One cup usually isn’t enough for a whole day though, and too much coffee can leave you feeling jittery and unable to focus. It can be hard keeping up withRead More