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Don Monteith - EzineArticles.com Expert Author  

Don Monteith spent 32 years as co-owner of several franchises and personnel/staffing services. Today, a home based business with an International Network Marketing Team is our goal. YOU can become our newest member and enjoy the fullness of LIFE that God has always intended for you and your family. You'll build your own "I-N-W-M-T" as a member of our Global Group and Creative Team. Millions of Americans have recently discovered that "network marketing" is ... [More]

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  • Your Challenge is Network Marketing
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] You have to agree that NWM is an awesome idea for most of us, particularly if you have a grumpy boss or hate going to work every day. We call it our Dream Job and love every minute at the "office".


  • Networking and Leveraging Are Co-Equals
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Spend all your time evaluating possibilities and you'll never get off the ground. Taking the cash to the bank is our goal, not getting everything perfect. It sounds rather harsh but truth must be faced in the world of building a home based business.


  • Losers Never Buy the Products
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] In capsule form, Network Marketing is simply telling others about your latest discovery and encouraging them to join YOUR team. A home based business, residual income, extra streams of cash sounds awesome, right? Having your own business is exciting, too. As always, there's a curve in the road, folks lose interest, and we go back to square one and begin again.


  • Ask Your Boss For a 20% Residual Income Stream
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Every business has challenges. Sometimes it's as simple as NO cash and that puts a real crimp in operations. Many times it's lack of know-how and then there's always the people problems. You can add more reasons but these 3 cover the major issues which never come into play when you're in network marketing with your own business.


  • Only 3% of Network Marketers Can Meet the Challenge
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Can you tie that 3% to personality? Are folks different in perception or are all of us the same? What is your attitude about the people in your contacts circle? Can we put a color around personal responses when we talk with a person by phone? Lots of us refer to someone as being outgoing, or an extrovert, like a salesperson usually has an extrovert personality. The office accountant, the computer guru is "generally" an introvert. Which one are YOU? Are you blue, red, yellow or green? Most of us are more likely a combination.


  • 97% Can't Pick Up the Phone
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] One of those "did you know" realities. Why do only about 3% of home based business owners succeed and make money? Most folks simply cannot [will not] pick up their phone to tell anybody about their new home business in network marketing. Maybe you'll be different. Only YOU know who you are. No one has the power of motivation over anyone else. Obviously, you have to make others aware of your new business or the sales are unlikely to build a profit center for you. I'm sure you understand, right?


  • The Power of a 3x9 Matrix
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Most of us want to see the $$ and let someone else worry about the details as long as we see our residual income growing. Is that YOU? When you get a nice residual income stream every day, week, or month it's not important to understand more. Maybe there is more we should know before making a wrong decision. Many things sound good until we look under the hood to get closer to the engine. Networking has lots of great features to build a residual income. However, don't get fooled when you look deep and wide.


  • A J-O-B Means "Just Over Broke"
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Usually, we're looking at a net paycheck about 40% less than gross, right? Another thing we left out of the equation was the 30, 60, or 90 minutes FREE time gift you make to your employer just getting to work. Almost forgot, getting back home is another 30, 60, or 90 minutes "lost" time. By the time you get your paycheck, pay expenses, there's very little left to pay the bills.


  • Ask Your Boss For a Monthly Check After You Retire
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Tomorrow morning.... walk into your boss' office with a BIG smile on your face. Tell him/her you've been with the firm for 10 years, maybe it's more like 25 years and you need a long-term residual income from all your hard work and full-time commitment for all those years. Watch his eyes, even his/her ears may twitch or who knows what. This is comedy at full throttle. Actually, your next move may be out the door. Don't hold your breath waiting on the confirmation code for your monthly check.


  • Daily Networking is Your Residual Income Protector
    [Business:Networking] Many of us never stop to think what we're actually doing, in our business, talking with friends, family, neighbors. Why is that the case? It just happens, right? Every contact you make by email, in person, at a meeting, on the Internet... is networking at it's best.


  • Where is Your VoIP Target?
    [Communications:VOIP] On the hip is our best target... to save cash. How much money are you wasting each month using the telephone on an "old-school" network? Most of us are too slow keeping up with value trends today. You never want to be the last person to discover the newest, latest trends.


  • Ask and Ye Shall Receive Your Best Deal
    [Home-Improvement:Remodeling] Did you see the ad? Sunday paper? TV ad? Full page ad exposure? Better get going now or you'll miss the huge discount on the product, maybe the labor too. What was the SEAL of endorsement? Did you notice it's one of those national markers or the BBB logo on the site. Ask yourself who is paying for all those wonderful ads that his competitor can't afford. His buyers do.


  • Scam Artists Are Waiting For You Online
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Security] Did they see you coming? Maybe it's how you walk or talk. Are you a sweet voice on the phone with lots of chit-chat time. You love conversation with everybody, family, survey takers, and the smooth ones, too. Just remember you don't know them and they couldn't care less about you UNLESS they can set the money trap.


  • Start Your Day With a Great Attitude
    [Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Your journey may be filled with ruts, potholes, rotten teeth, missing body parts and steel plates in strange places but it's still you. It's the only BODY to house your personal SOUL so treat it special. Something tells each of us that we have an important mission to achieve and do while here.


  • Your Future Career Choices Belong to YOU
    [Business:Career-Advice] Set your goals high with great expectations. Never be persuaded to give up for any reason. You have a purpose to live, to serve, to give back the best that you have. Maybe you did less than your very best in high school, college, even a few past jobs without excuse. Forget the past, it's gone, never to return for a do-over. We call that History and have to live with it.


  • Where's Your Focus When Giving a Speech?
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Always make it your business to know your audience. Never try to wing it hoping everyone is a Christian who attends church every Sunday or the funeral director. Church bloopers are sometimes a hoot.... Find a good source of funny stories or experiences you can share with the audience.


  • Begin Your Tour at Home in the USA
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Adventure-Travel] Never leave America if you want to see beauty at it's best. Sure, there are other places with great beauty around the world. However, none of us can see it all in our lifetime even if we're on a perpetual tour that never stops. It's doubtful that many of us would enjoy constant travel. Most of us like to see family and friends, keep up with the neighborhood, stay connected with our church family, old classmates too.


  • A Home Business Plan Avoids Homeowner's Nightmare
    [Home-Based-Business] Every business, at home or downtown, needs focus. It's like taking a 3,000 mile road trip without a road map or a GPS system. No map, no GPS equals disaster waiting to happen. Never think or say you'll get to the details later because later never comes. You'll get so bogged down with the details and questions that you'll be doomed from the getgo. Off the hip management seldom works to our advantage.


  • Pay Cash Or Don't Buy it is Old School
    [Finance:Credit-Tips] It's a tough question for many wage earners. Many working stiffs are paying nothing but interest on their credit card debt, home mortgages, car loans too. The average American citizen has 13 and more credit sources according to research. Where are you? Add college loans for thousands of dollars that must be paid by millions of students and graduates. To say the least, it's an overwhelming situation.


  • From Your Bedroom to the Boardroom in 30 Seconds
    [Home-Based-Business] With a little blind luck you're going to open a home based business. What's it going to be is not yet decided but you're getting closer. First step is done, quitting your day job. Now, it's research time on the Internet to find your niche.


  • Real Estate Ownership Fueled by Rich Man's Appetite
    [News-and-Society:Economics] Money never seemed to be a problem. Easy come, easy go. Spend, spend, spend was the favored song of the world. Unfortunately, many young families have no education about how money works. Any thought of living debt free never came up.


  • Property Values Will Return in 201? - Nobody Knows the Date
    [Real-Estate:Mortgage-Refinance] Your home mortgage has the potential to spiral upwards with higher monthly payments, depending on the nature of your mortgage. Maybe you began with an interest only loan for 5 years when the new rate kicks in with a rude awakening. A home is a nice want but a condo purchase or renting an apartment may be a better decision.


  • Discover the Knock-Off For Public Speakers
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Public speaking can be nerve rattling, cause us to get confused and break out in a sweat. Even a blank stare can haunt us at the podium. Some speakers experience eyes burning and watering before they begin. Fear of being embarrassed or made fun of can surface as another fear with a particular audience. Practice is very important to all speakers who aspire to excel in the industry and be recognized as an industry expert and professional.


  • Speaking to a Hostile Audience Can Be Damaging to Your Reputation
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Talented entrepreneurs do a lot of speaking engagements for good reason. It enables them to enlist the wisdom of their audiences with questions peppered strategically throughout their presentation. Sometimes it's a huge risk for the speaker unless a true professional.


  • Bad Mortgage Decisions Can Turn Life Upside Down
    [Real-Estate:Mortgage-Refinance] What are the things you must keep in mind to come to your right mortgage decision? After all, this could be, in all probability, the largest financial decision of your entire life! A few questions come to mind for all of us to consider before a decision is made about long term debt.


  • Public Speaking is the Entrepreneur's #1 Fear
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] To be a leader in business or achieve something meaningful in our lives, it's necessary to speak in public on various occasions. Your audience may be small if it's a group presentation, or it could be a large group or a huge gathering at the Chamber of Commerce in your city.


  • Your Audience is Anxious to Connect With You Quickly
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Knees knocking is every speakers fear but it happens to the best of us. Use the fear factor as a positive response to kick start what you've got to tell your audience. Connecting with your audience is the first step in having a great time with good responses from the audience. Don't talk in a monologue tone or read your script word for word. Look up and into the faces in front of you expecting a receptive audience every time.


  • A Home Based Business is Better Than Wine at Dinner
    [Home-Based-Business] Our passions will often take over common sense causing us to overlook the weaknesses of our great ideas. So much of our potential success will depend on location, location, location. It's not likely that you can run a rental store in your home or neighborhood. Restrictive guidelines to operate a business can usually be found at your local license bureau. Ask about fees, inspections, whatever applies to your new business is important to know BEFORE you waste a lot of money for nothing.


  • Women Excel As Home Business Entrepreneurs
    [Home-Based-Business] A group of 30-50 something women play cards, drink coffee, visit wine clubs for fun. However, the real purpose/benefit of their weekly get together is to share ideas. Some of the women have children at home or in school which is a huge responsibility. Others in the group are free to come and go as they please, no attachments to interfere with travel , vacations to exotic places, cruises and more.


  • A Brunch Interview is Half-Way Between the Grit and the Steak
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Interviewers are sometimes well trained and can spot a loser quicker than a bullet can find its target. Eating brunch with a job candidate is a time saver for the interviewer. So much of success in business is based on social skills and connections in the marketplace. Your dress code, interactions with the wait-staff, courtesy to other guests, is a tell-tale sign of who you are. Interviewer is making careful notes for sure.


  • Lots of Cash is Not a Franchise Survival Guarantee
    [Business:Franchising] Our timing was not good for buying a franchise. One person on our staff had a few years in the personnel business so all was not lost. We learned quickly, worked very hard to make it happen. Two weeks training at the home office was the franchise industry norm. You return home with all the answers written down in one or two 3 ring binders.


  • A Purple Pant Suit Can Frost Your Cake
    [Business:Human-Resources] Sometimes employees frost the boss to get fired. She can't take it anymore, get out. Especially is this true if your loyal staff person is about to join a competitor or start their own business. Watch out for trusted employees with close client interaction.


  • Are You Ready to Move UP and OUT?
    [Business:Career-Advice] Compared to where we were, it wasn't very exciting to move to a new city. No friends. No babysitters. No church family. No high school buddies. Familiarity has tremendous value and it's not easy to give up. For my family, it was hard to even think about moving. An office 200 miles south with employees we barely knew, not much excitement was showing on our radar screen.


  • Watch Out For the Sweet Phone Voice
    [Business:Human-Resources] Don't be anxious to hire your competitors employees. Sweet, smooth, uplifting voice is great if it's coming from the right person but watch out for the impersonators. There's a real person behind that voice and you better dig deeper than normal. Get the facts. Maybe this is the time you ask your firm's psychologist to do his evaluation on your new candidate for hire.


  • Don't Let a Con-Man Pull Your Chain
    [Business:Change-Management] So far, the picture looks pretty good. Our competitor is the sole owner with his bride. My guess is he's about 50 years old, short, thin, neatly dressed and groomed. Good communication skills, seems very knowledgeable about the vending business. We sat down in his private office to talk. Watch out for the opportunity as it may be the death of your business in a merger.


  • A Good Attitude is Your Ticket to Open Doors
    [Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Naysayers are everywhere. Some folks pride themselves on how many times they can put doubt into the mind of successful entrepreneurs. Keep getting up in spite of the darts thrown by these guys and keep on trucking, leave them in your wake. Don't look back. If you see them coming, turn around, change your direction.


  • Watch the Small Stuff For Inventory Control
    [Business:Management] Millions of dollars worth of inventory items "walk" out the door everyday yet no one seems to care or even notice. One of our office perks, everybody does it so obviously another employee benefit. A dollar or two "borrowed" from the cash drawer for lunch or whatever is never accounted for. Are any bells ringing in your office yet? Nobody wants to stir the pot or cause unrest among the troops.


  • Share Your Vision Openly and Reap Huge Loyalties
    [Self-Improvement:Empowerment] Don't worry about someone stealing your dream or your unique idea. Only you have the vision from the starting gate. Others will have a tough time catching up with you at this point in the game. I've seen folks have a dream, spend big dollars on a patent, then let the project die out of fear that someone would steal it from them.


  • Staffing Services Open New Doors of Opportunity
    [Business:Human-Resources] "Try before you hire" is a key benefit to employers. Why make a 30 minute decision to hire an employee when you can interview the same candidate for a day, a week or 3 months? Just an option to consider when the opportunity arises. Interviewing is only the first step to learn minimal information about a potential employee. Flexibility in your hiring practices puts you in the drivers seat.


  • You Can Do Anything in Small Chunks
    [Self-Improvement:Abundance-Prosperity] Never try to take on the whole load at one time. An elephant can be eaten one bite at a time but not all at once. Same goes for the challenges you might face in the business arena or life itself. Worry won't help but taking action is the place to begin.


  • Live Life to Your Fullest Potential
    [Self-Improvement:Success] Sometimes the free spirited person ends up being the entrepreneur or the business owner while others dream big dreams but nothing seems to happen. Maybe there's something about our energy level or being an extrovert/introvert personality that makes the difference.


  • Are You Prepared With Answers For the Tough Questions?
    [Business:Career-Advice] You may have to respond to additional questions if the NEW Position applied for has management responsibilities. Know the likely questions and answers before you show up for the interview. Nothing beats being aware and prepared in advance of entering the door of a firm to begin interviewing for a position with a seasoned executive trained as an expert interviewer.


  • How to Be a Winner at Every Interview
    [Business:Job-Search-Techniques] Nothing is set in "concrete" especially at the smaller firm. With 10 or 500 employees it's easier to make adjustments and changes than with a firm that has 5,000 employees or more with a number to identify you at the door. Change is happening across America and the world, it will continue to happen as people search for NEW opportunities. Focus on your objective as you enter the marketplace.


  • Good Character Attributes Focus on Excellence
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Character usually leads the list of key attributes important to a prospective employer. Are quality attributes just nice to have if you need them? Most attributes are non-negotiable standards for hiring job candidates with the best employers. Most employers interviewing process is focused on character values, quality, honesty, integrity, commitment, vision {looking beyond}, mentoring, motivation, competence, kindness and more. Which ones are most like YOU?


  • Faith is a GPS Guide to Your Career Success
    [Business:Career-Advice] Understand that "negative" people are everywhere. You "can't" is standard response from losers. Walk away, never listen to the losers or you'll become one yourself. Tune out the media, TV, radio, computer, news which thrives on all bad happenings every day. Network with friends, former employers, your church family, vendors, and whomever may be connected in the workforce.


  • Focus on the Interviewer's Intentions Rather Than Your Own
    [Business:Career-Advice] Your credentials, past work history, education and other accomplishments may be far superior to the interviewer. Remember, he who has the GOLD has control. Sometimes the company President/owner finished the 8th grade but he/she is smart enough to hire skilled and talented staff needed to run a successful business in today's marketplace.


  • Where is the Dripping Faucet Shut-Off Handle?
    [Business:Change-Management] Can you imagine listening to or seeing a faucet drip for hours on end? Nerves are about ready to blow if somebody doesn't come to our rescue soon. Waterfalls can run for years and slowly but surely chip away the surface of rocks below, a never ending drip, drip, drip. However, it's not all bad when someone is constantly pushing us to improve, to make more progress, to get the job done sooner than later. It's for our own good.


  • Searching For the Hidden Job Bank in Your Town
    [Business:Job-Search-Techniques] There's a hidden job bank in every town, city or crossroads. Our BIG challenge is to discover where it's located. Nothing is more exciting than discovering the secret places great jobs are hidden. They are all over your town, city or even in small crossroads communities. Let us help you think or plant seeds that will open new avenues of challenge and opportunity.


  • Can I Save Interest on My Debts?
    [Finance:Debt-Relief] "You first have to BELIEVE and then you'll see it" a book by Wayne Dyer spells out how your mindset is so important to your achievements. But yes, you can save interest on every debt, it's truly possible. It's all about working smarter rather than sitting back hoping for a miracle. Rather than overwhelm facing your debts let's work on getting beyond the present situation into your future debt elimination success.


  • Eliminate DEBT, Increase EQUITY
    [Finance:Home-Equity-Loans] We've looked high and low without much luck until we discovered a program referred to as Money Merge on your computer. On the surface, it can appear overwhelming with too much detail but we decided to listen and learn. Nothing has everything but this program comes close in my book to make you debt free.


  • YOU Can Be Debt Free in 10 Years Or Sooner
    [Finance:Debt-Relief] If you qualify, there is a financial software program that's been developed at a cost of over $2 million and constant use by tens of thousands of homeowners saving tens of thousands of dollars. It's not free but the value in savings to the homeowner has proven to be awesome. Some families have saved hundreds of thousands in interest expense which has been turned into their retirement fund, a bigger house, a new car, college funds, etc.


  • Did Anyone Ask, WHERE Are YOU Headed?
    [Finance:Debt-Relief] Too often we hear "don't sweat the SMALL stuff" but when you're up to your eyeballs with debt and fear of the grim reaper coming, emotions go into the RED zone. What we miss is "change" that's coming faster than we can absorb. Government BIG talk, even the billions being thrown at major problems, i.e. the financial tsunami, the auto industry bail-outs, with many more industries asking for help every day, it still has not reached into solve my problems [doubtful it will].


  • Believe It, YOU Can Be DEBT Free
    [Finance:Debt-Relief] Being without debt is beyond the scope of most homeowners. Paycheck to paycheck is better than being broke but very risky of becoming homeless [no house]. Fortunately, 30 year mortgages are turning into 10 and 12 year pay-offs along with other debts too. Over 200,000 smart homeowners are kicking banker butt with pure joy and happiness all over the house. How would you feel to discover you can turn your current INTEREST money into your future retirement funds without additional cost. Follow us to victory lane with a visit to our newest website and join us for more details.


  • How to Find Your Dream Job
    [Business:Careers-Employment] The important thing to remember is that your dream job doesn't necessarily need to be something that will bring you fame and fortune; it simply needs to bring in an amount of money that makes you happy and leaves you satisfied. Take a look at your current skills and knowledge and be aware that phrased correctly, they can bring you better offers, more job stability and higher pay.


  • Learning About Your Dream Job
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Think about how long you have been at your current job, and then think about the last time that you were really happy with it. For too many people, real happiness is something that they simply can't get with the job that they have. It has changed, or they have, or the job is no longer challenging them. In any case, it is probably past the time to move on.


  • Finding Your Dream Job
    [Business:Careers-Employment] While some people believe that their dream jobs are to be rock stars, or movie actors or famous novelists, the fact is, there are more options than simply the ones that make us famous. You'll find that your dream job might be quite simple, and that even if it is straightforward, it will make you content simply because it is your dream job!


  • When Should You Start Looking For Your Dream Job?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] How can you tell when it is time to quit a job? While things like harassment from your boss, or the job changing drastically are all good indicators that it is time to go, there are many signs that it is time to find a dream job. Do any of the following sound like you.... frustrated, bored, anxious, and more?


  • Focused Career Success
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Your career path is taking a trip down many different roads hoping to make 'right' choices. Our goal is to suggest a few important pieces of the puzzle that may help you to be successful in your career search sooner rather than later.


  • A Dream Job Is Coming Soon
    [Business:Careers-Employment] When you were a child, you thought about being an astronaut, or a dancer, or an actress, and when you grew up, whether you tried to gain that goal or not, you realized that very few people made it to those fields and gave up; in other words, you felt you were settling. We could add fireman, policeman, nurse, doctor - and the list grows much longer.


  • Career Education Is Your Goal With Every Interviewer
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Don't waste your time with an incompetent Interviewer. Every interview should expand your career education and choice for future employment decisions. Your goal is to learn everything you can from the interviewer as well as from your research on the Internet. Don't be bashful, ask whatever you want to know.


  • Success Requires Visionary Talent for Career Choice
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Be sure to look for visionary talent within a company before considering them as your new employer If they say, we don't have a visionary, then move on quickly to your next interview. No visionary talent? No leader?


  • School or Office - Bullies Always Look the Same
    [Relationships:Conflict] Back in my school days, even at the office, I don't recall any bullying challenges. Maybe I've just forgotten but don't think that's the case. Few of my friends had such problems with someone being BAD or taking advantage of the situation. Most of us just were supportive of each other and no one dared to challenge any of us.


  • What Are Your Career Goals?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Not everyone is going to be an executive, a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, minister or whatever you can dream for your children. We have to accept them for who they are, whatever ability God gives them as their gift to society.


  • Career Advancement Driven by Goals Achievement
    [Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] It's obvious that success can be yours when you have career advancement goals written down and you execute important steps according to your road map to success. Not everyone is a leader and that's OK. Some employees work well on individual projects rather than with a group. Many jobs lend themselves well in this environment.


  • Career Choice Is Not What You Think
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Who do YOU miss when someone is on vacation? 99% of employees will never miss the CEO but there is one fellow employee who will be missed within 24 hours when absent for sickness or vacation. Do you know who that person might be in your firm?


  • Being Independent is Wonderful - If YOU can Be Trusted and Responsible
    [Business:Small-Business] Being "independent" means self reliant, determined to take responsibility for your own life and to make the most of it. Otherwise, we're like a teenager who wants to "do as I please" but HOLDS ON, just in case.


  • YOU are "THE KEY" to YOUR OWN SUCCESS
    [Self-Improvement:Success] Reality says, you are the BOSS regardless of where your paycheck comes from. Maybe you don't see it that way, but YOUR success is connected directly to "who you are" and what you are willing to invest in your job.


  • Goal Setting "STARTS" The Engine that Helps YOU Exceed Expectations
    [Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Set short-term, incremental goals. Work up to larger and bigger plans over time. Never put yourself under pressure to achieve beyond a reasonable target. If you do then discouragement will set you UP for failure.


  • Give a 'Pat-on-the-Back' For a Job Well Done
    [Business:Workplace-Communication] How can I praise others? See their ACTIONS as positive? Give a 'pat-on-the-back' for a job welldone. Become the Encourager - praise when due - be positive - then write down what happens as a result of your NEW attitude as a business cheerleader in your company.


  • The Secret To Using "Head-Hunters"
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Don't be fearful of the head-hunter. These guys/gals put their pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us. Most have families - spouses - children - go to church - serve on boards for charities - belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, etc.


  • Two Words That Will Guarantee Your Success
    [Business:Careers-Employment] You've maybe known the 3 biggest mistakes any of us can make when looking for our dream job (and how to avoid them) then you need to know the 2 words that guarantee your success so you can put them into your career search activity program.


  • Are YOU Avoiding Trouble Spots in Your Career Choices?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Most of us have taken jobs without much thought about where they will lead to in the future. It was a source of money - income -at the time. If you're not careful, you can get stuck in such a job and never get out of the rut.


  • Is Over Lunch a Good Time to Interview?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Here are my answers -- sometimes - never - maybe - it all depends. You may think that's an indecisive response, but few things have concrete, no diversion, answers, especially when it's your future and financial security.


  • Is a CAREER Change Needed at YOUR House?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Are you happy where you are today? The number of folks who appear completely happy in their present career seems very low from all that I read across the news -- TV; newspaper; magazines, etc.


  • Are YOU Working in Your Dream Job?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Most of us spend more time AT WORK then elsewhere. If you're like the rest of the working stiffs... it's about 60% up to 70% or more of your time either traveling back and forth plus 8 to 12 hours on the job for your employer. We call that full-time.


  • Whom Are YOU Trying to Please?
    [Self-Improvement:Happiness] YOU are the only one who needs to be 'pleased' when it comes to deciding on your career choice. No one else matters! If that sounds harsh, reality tells us no one has a right to 'control' another persons future.


  • Actions "Speak" Louder Than Legal Contracts
    [Legal] You've heard the saying, "nice guys finish last"? Most of us like to think we've selected our "partners" carefully with no chance of having a problem, right? Absolutely!! Just like some folks pick their mate and promise "forever" UNTIL something better comes along.


  • Franchise Deals Are Sweetest on the First Day
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] Franchises are sold as the sweetest deal since time began, but you need to TEST THE PROFORMA before you put the family fortunes at risk.


  • Economic "Positives" in the Marketplace
    [Business:Management] As a business executive, you've probably seen good times as well as a few bad days. If not, count on it some day. Few of us run a business on auto pilot without a blip in the road. Cash cows are great, but most of us never discover them in the marketplace.


  • Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Find New Action
    [Business:Management] Big easy chair. Cool one! Games back to back. This is the life. Hard day at the office or the plant. On the road. In the field. Any excuse will do. Too tired for anything new. Learning takes effort. Trying new stuff. Building. Seeing "down" the road.


  • Turn Your Team Into Top Performers
    [Business:Change-Management] Most of us have known a few LOSERS in our career. Problems surface and we face challenges. Who are the ones we call losers? Where did they come from? How did we end up with them on our payroll? Who hired them?


  • Are Your Career Strategies Working For You?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] You may be a recent college graduate - or just out of high school wondering what's next in your career search or worried about making the "right" decision when a job offer comes. All of us have been there so don't be over anxious, it'll all come together.


  • "An Awesome Resume Goes Into File 13"
    [Business:Resumes-Cover-Letters] Most of us have seen an "AWESOME" resume - maybe yours - something quickly caught our eye. Maybe it was just something cute.... your email address surfaced - not our kind of person, we thought. Yes, it does happen to the best of candidates who wonder why they got rejected or simply got a no response from the employer.


  • Career Strategies Important to Your Success
    [Business:Careers-Employment] All of us want to discover success, yet too often we move in paths that take us to the wrong destination. You can find your dream job, IF..... and that's the KEY to your success.... knowing or fixing the IF in your life.


  • Career Change Strategies At Work
    [Business:Careers-Employment] You have just discovered that your "wonderful" employer is about to "release" your entire department to SAVE expenses. Labor costs can be slashed 90% by moving your job to a foreign land. As they say, your number has suddenly shown up on the "delete" screen.


  • A Sudden Career Change Overview
    [Business:Careers-Employment] It may seem like the "end of the world" to you, especially after you've given EVERYTHING to your employer. Today, you've been terminated and it feels like a Mack truck has just run over your body without a thought or care.


  • Corporate MINUTES Book Has More Value Than You Think
    [Business:Small-Business] Good ole' "boys" usually operate their business from their HIP pocket... UNTIL smacked on the back-side with a LEGAL surprise that sends them spinning into another orbit.


  • How To Build YOUR Business And GROW It To FULL Potential
    [Home-Based-Business] Too many of us are so busy "draining the swamp" that we never see the "alligators". Working IN your business rather than working ON the business. Very few of us can do both jobs well.


  • Client Relationships Are KEY to Your Business Success
    [Business:Sales-Management] Go home and "kick" the cat (just kidding!) but don’t expect to get away with bad treatment in dealing with your employees. Good and faithful employees deserve first-rate (kinder and gentler) bosses.


  • Micro-Management Has a Negative Growth Effect on Business
    [Business:Management] As your "Mom" used to say, there is unrest in the "troops". The "Natives" are restless. Why? No one understands the benefit. "What’s In It For Me" is always on our mind (WIIFM).


  • How Is the LEGAL SYSTEM Dishing Out JUSTICE in Your Town?
    [Business:Small-Business] Cheap LEGAL Counsel can be your most expensive investment as a business owner. It's imperative that you have at least 3 KEY ADVISORS on your "mentor" team.


  • For Business SUCCESS... Listen To The Voices of Experience
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] Discover the pitfalls of owning your own business BEFORE... [you make a BAD choice!]


  • YOUR Future Profits -- Protect Source With CARE
    [Business:Sales] Look "internally" for your BEST buyers. “New” [never bought] prospects do not know YOU - don't TRUST you, yet. You have work to do BEFORE you can expect to covert prospects into clients/customers. Begin by showing genuine interest in THEM and their concerns, challenges, interests.


  • Leaders Meet Challenge "Heads-UP" With Confidence --
    [Business:Careers-Employment] The "BUCK" Stops on the Boss' Desk. A BUCK ain't much these days - but watch out when it hits the fan or lands on YOUR desk without an answer from the troops. Maybe we have missed the point and need to step back and regroup.


  • Do Your Very Best in All Things -- Because Someone Is Looking....
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Truth is…. it does not matter who is looking. If someone is looking it’s OK. If NOT, then that should also be OK with you. How can it be both ways? It’s who YOU are that makes the big difference in what you say or in what you do.


  • DIVERSITY is a BIG word -- With A HUGE Business IMPACT
    [Business:Management] First thought! YOU are probably way ahead of us. Your business is diversified. Your portfolio (stocks) have been carefully and deliberately diversified too. Other pitfalls are lurking in the background for easy plucking.


  • Faith is the LIFE-blood of Your ACTIONS before the Benefit -
    [Business:Management] Drive down the street to your favorite fast-food “eatery” and it’s an act of faith. You’ll encounter road-rage or a huge case of indigestion. One or the other is a given. Do it anyway!


  • Don't Get Side-Tracked By The "Nay-Sayers"
    [Business:Management] Entrepreneurs ~ business owners ~ figure it out…. PEOPLE are the KEY to building a successful business. My prayer is that YOU will miss the hard 'lessons learned' about ‘staffing’ your business. It’s very expensive to get your education in the [School-[of]-Hard-Knocks!].


  • How To STAY on TARGET with Your BUSINESS Plans
    [Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Today, are you on target with your business plans? Do you sometimes wonder what you're going to do today? Tomorrow? Next week? Most of us do ~ so don't let that be a stumbling block to your success.


  • How to ASK for Business -- WITHOUT appearing Pushy --
    [Business:Sales] Who are YOU? Why should I spend my valuable time listening to your “pitch”? What’s in IT for me? Always remember WIIFM is a key question from any prospect or client. Forever! All of us ask the same WIIFM (what’s in it for me!)


  • Build New Habits -- Payday Will Come --
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Most of us did it in 2004 and before.... as far back as we can remember. Maybe this is the year you refused to do it ever again. Challenge is…... you should do it even if you fail somewhere along the way.


  • You're Bright And Talented -- TooT Your Own Horn --
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Yes, You know and your Mother knows, too! However, the rest of the world has to be informed. Someone has to spill the beans. Let the world know that YOU are holding the “goods”.


  • Franchising Offers NO Guarantees --
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Don’t make the decision to buy a franchise for the wrong reasons. Sometimes it is very easy to TRUST and believe all the “hype” that you read and hear. Expect the franchisor to put forth their “best” side. No one wants to tell you about failures.


  • Where to FIND the BEST Employees --
    [Business:Negotiation] You can certainly understand the frustration of many employers. In some cities across the country there is less than a 2-4% unemployment level while in other locals the rate is much higher without too much good news in sight.


  • Business Experience is YOUR Security Cover
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Don’t compare yourself to others, set your own standards. Accept yourself. Believe in yourself. Trust in God. He has a special plan just for you. Believe it and act on it each day of your life.


  • Prepare for YOUR Future now --
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Plan for your financial security, first. Each month, put a specific amount into a retirement savings account, as if you were paying your utility bill or mortgage. YOU are your best 'social security' rather than the US government.


  • How To Stay Calm in Tryng Times
    [Business:Careers-Employment] In the office and on the road -- Be 'calm' advice is Right on target! Today begins when your feet touch the floor. What comes next? Is it a cigarette? Some folks have to get their cough going early in the morning then practice it all day.


  • Confidence Is Critical to YOUR Success....
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Your self-confidence is showing. Verbal communication is only ONE way that others form an opinion of who YOU are. Your non-verbal (unspoken) actions also reflect how things are within your physic.


  • "How to Look Your Best in a Down Economy"
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Is it the TRUTH? Be yourself ~ tell it like it is. No fluff. Just be honest with “your” audience ~ the hiring authority. No one should have to sort out the “real” you from the hype found so often in a resume.


  • Your Goals Must Be Within Your Reach
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Your goals are KEYS to your success. Whether looking for a career change or a new job... focus within the lines of where you can achieve future success.




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