As entrepreneurs, we’re always looking for a mental leg up. Serious brain power is required when you are juggling all or most aspects of your business on your own. While others are content working 9-5, our crazy ambitions drive us to work 5-9. Of course, our minds are always racing even when leaving the office. Fortunately, flexing your mental muscle does not have to be … [Read more...] about How Mind Sports Can Sharpen Your Entrepreneurial Skills
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How Growing Companies Develop Future Business Leaders
Business leaders do not suddenly appear out of thin air. The most successful professionals don’t attain their career goals after a few days on the job, and the best leaders draw strength and wisdom from years of hard-won experience. The reality is that the business leaders of tomorrow are –– most likely –– talented but raw professionals working in entry-level jobs today. As … [Read more...] about How Growing Companies Develop Future Business Leaders
How to Choose the Best Marketing College
The college you attend has a bearing on the skills that are imparted in you. Recruiters look for competent people to employ. Therefore, you should ensure that the college that you are attending is teaching you the right things. What are the skills that you need to be the accomplished marketer that every company wants to employ? Here are a few critical ones: Clear … [Read more...] about How to Choose the Best Marketing College
4 Ways to Improve Your Skill Set When You Start a Home Business
Running a home business can be a dream come true for many people who have always longed to be their own boss. Whether you’ve spent your career working from an office, working in the retail or hospitality industries, or elsewhere, chances are that you have developed some essential skills that you’re able to carry over to home business ownership, and put into practice while … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Improve Your Skill Set When You Start a Home Business
Top Skills Marketing Students Should Acquire to Succeed in the Field
Marketing is a dynamic field that requires an individual to have exceptional skills to succeed. Gone are the days when all you needed was your degree, and you were ready to take on the job market. Degrees have become very common, and currently, what sets one apart is what you can do and how well you can handle matters. Not to demean education, it is one of the essential aspects … [Read more...] about Top Skills Marketing Students Should Acquire to Succeed in the Field
Leadership and Management Are Different
The difference between leadership and management is sometimes confusing, even to those who are engaged in both occupations. Some jobs require that you be adept at both. If that is the case for you, you should understand both concepts thoroughly so that you know when you are acting as a leader and when you are acting as a manager. When I read articles about … [Read more...] about Leadership and Management Are Different
What It Takes to Successfully Run Your Business
Some people seem to have a knack for sustaining a profit from one year to the next, while others barely remain afloat. If you are having trouble growing your business, you are not alone. Nearly 50% of businesses fail by their fifth year. The good news is that you don't have to become part of that statistic. Listed below are a few tips for achieving success. Have Good … [Read more...] about What It Takes to Successfully Run Your Business
Why Entrepreneurs Need to Learn the Skill of Storytelling
In a data-driven world, facts and figures are the order of the day in sales calls, employee meetings, board rooms, and political assemblies. Traditionally, when a person is trying to convince someone else to do something they use the logic of benefits and features - long the sacred domain of anyone in sales. And they are missing the boat. What truly moves us as human … [Read more...] about Why Entrepreneurs Need to Learn the Skill of Storytelling
8 Ways to Teach Yourself Optimism
Global warming. Terrorism. Confusing health care system. Wars around the globe. Powerful hurricanes and earthquakes. Economic downturns. Look at the headlines and it's enough to make you stay in bed. But wait! There is hope. It's not the cock-eyed optimism sung about in South Pacific, the hottest show on Broadway. Rather it's what psychologists in France are calling … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to Teach Yourself Optimism
Importance of Teamwork in Your Small Business
The third week in May is a very special week in Annapolis, MD. It is Commencement Week for the United States Naval Academy midshipmen, and every year the Blue Angels rehearse on Tuesday and perform on Wednesday afternoon. This year, for the first time in many years, several friends and I went to see this magnificent team perform and perform they did. I took this picture while … [Read more...] about Importance of Teamwork in Your Small Business
