Month: October 2014
How to Set & Reach Your Goals
Do you feel stuck in your job or your life? Are you growing a bit stale and stagnant? Maybe it’s time to move onward and upward, but you don’t really know how to get there? Then perhaps what you’re missing is a personal growth plan. A personal growth plan isRead More
Outsourcing Doesn’t Necessarily Have to be a Bad Thing
Nobody is going to argue that outsourcing, as a general idea, is usually considered a bad thing. The nightly news is full of stories about huge corporations who dodge tax burdens and destroy jobs by outsourcing their basic needs, like customer service, to other countries. Sometimes though — especially whenRead More
How to Stop Wasting Time in Meetings
The first day of my first office job, my boss told me plainly, “There are two types of people in the business world. That guy who sets up all of the meetings and the rest of us, okay?” He was no fan of wasting time, and it rubbed off onRead More
5 Ways to Find Motivation at Work
Are you sleepwalking through your workday? You’re not alone. Studies show that scores of employees aren’t actively engaged at work for a variety of reasons, which results in poor productivity and a sinking bottom line. The ownership of employee engagement typically starts at the top. Executive leadership and management shouldRead More
4 Ways to Do Your Best Work
There is a great little book about life and living called The Four Agreements. It is a New York Times bestseller by the Toltec Indian teacher and spiritual guide by Don Miguel Ruiz. It features four simple agreements that if you practice them regularly, will improve your life and living.Read More
7 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
Whether you’re writing your midterm paper or finishing a deadline on an article for a client, writing can be a difficult job. Writer’s block can be a real problem. Creativity doesn’t always flow when it should. Plenty of writers sit down with every good intention, only to find themselves anRead More
4 Tips to Calm Anxiety at Work
We all get a bit nervous or anxious at work sometimes. Deadlines, extra work and then more work on top of that can make anyone feel stressed out. But as anyone who has ever suffered from anxiety or a panic attack can tell you, acute anxiety is a completely differentRead More
How to Save on Business Travel
I am finding that in my role I am traveling more and more on a monthly basis. I am becoming increasingly aware of these costs for the company I work for. Businesses everywhere must find new and different ways to slash costs if they want to survive in today’s economicRead More