Personal Development
Personal Development
Personal Development
9 Things That Will Kill Your Career
There are so many things that can kill the careers of good, hard-working people. Honest mistakes often carry hard-hitting consequences. We usually only hear about the more egregious examples, such as when Yelp employee Talia Jane became...
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How to Build Self-Confidence With 10 Helpful Tips
When I was in my late teens a friend of mine, an elite athlete, gave me the most profound, yet simple advice that changed the way I would view myself forever. He told me:"If you don't think very highly of yourself, you can't expect anyone...
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9 Daily Strategies for Staying on Top of Your Game
To get ahead of the game, you have to stay ahead of the game. No one can successfully lead coming from behind. Success comes down to grit, starting strong, staying organized and being consistent. To succeed, you must create a healthy balance between...
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9 Ways to Handle Job-Related Stress From Dawn to Dusk
All evidence points to the fact that workplace stress is an epidemic, and it's only continuing to worsen. According to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 29 and 40 percent of Americans are...
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How to change the world: doing little things
The world can be a tough place but it doesn’t have to be, because we are all part of the human race and we must all protect and help each other. In today’s 21st century where the global world is faced with serial disasters and crises...
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Why Should I Hire You Recruiting
One of the most searched questions on the Internet is, “Why should I hire you?” When it comes to recruiting, business leaders need to be asking that question. They also need to be asking, where can I find you? Here is the good news and the...
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13 simple journalist techniques for effective interviews
LIKE ANY creative profession, travel journalism forces you to use your perception to reinterpret the world around you. You try to engage an audience with ideas and issues — you create something meaningful from all the incoherent information and...
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Quit your job before you get fired
Author of ‘Practical Steps to Financial Independence’, business and finance coach, Mr Usiere Uko, writes on some lessons one can learn from being broke Every job has an expiry date. No job lasts forever. Common sense demands you...
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5 Questions to Ask When Starting a New Job
The actions you take during your first few months in a new job have a major impact on your success or failure. Build positive momentum early on and it will propel you through your tenure. Make some early missteps and you could face an...
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Cultivating Burning Desire
When asked during an interview how he managed to reach the top as a professional bodybuilder and Hollywood actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger replied with a single word, “Drive!” All great success ultimately begins with an idea, but what makes ideas...
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Creativity: How to Unlock Your Hidden Creative Genius
This page pulls together my most essential information about creativity. I’ll share how creativity works, how to find your hidden creative genius, and how to create meaningful work by learning how to make creative thinking a habit....
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10 Things You Can Do in Your Daily Life to Improve Your Personal Development
I am fascinated with self-development. I see it as an art in itself, and one that takes a lifetime of practice to master. That said, here are 10 things you can do in your daily life to improve your personal development. 1....
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9 Proven Ways to Increase Productivity
By Z. Hereford Who doesn't want to increase productivity? Pretty much everyone wants to be more productive in order to have more time for doing the things we most enjoy doing. As you are probably aware, it is so easy to get caught up in...
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7 Power Habits That Will Improve Your Life Immediately
By Z. Hereford Whether we realize it or not, most of what we accomplish in life is a result of our habits - good habits or not so good habits.To that end, if we want to be successful in any area of our lives, it is in our best interests...
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How to Build Self-Confidence With 10 Helpful Tips
By Z. Hereford When I was in my late teens a friend of mine, an elite athlete, gave me the most profound, yet simple advice that changed the way I would view myself forever. He told me: "If you don't think very highly of yourself, you...
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Good Communication Skills - Key to Any Success
Good communication skills are key to success in life, work and relationships. Without effective communication, a message can turn into error, misunderstanding, frustration, or even disaster by being misinterpreted or poorly...
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Have a Personal Value System
By Z. Hereford A personal value system is a set of principles or ideals that drive and/or guide your behavior. Your personal value system gives you structure and purpose by helping you determine what is meaningful and important to you. It...
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5 Ways to Overcome Stage Fright
Speaking in front of people can be quite challenging for some. However, there will always come a time when you need to overcome this fear. Our friends over at www.findmyworkspace.com share some valuable tips on how you can overcome stage fright...
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This 1 Word Makes Others Think Less of You, and You Probably Say It at Least 8 Times a Day
How many times a day do you use the word "sorry"? Statistics on Americans are hard to find, but the BBC reports British people say it at least eight times a day, and some say it as often as 20 times a day. And informal research supports...
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Neuroscience Says Your Body and Mind Get Stronger When You Focus on This 1 Thing
The research is clear. You can improve your physical and mental health by thinking this more frequently. Most people realize that the mind and body are connected into a feedback loop. "A healthy mind in a healthy body" is why psychologists...
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How to Be a Rock Star at Work, Even If You Have No Talent
Talent is overrated. What's often more important is your image and how well you can capture the limelight. Let's face it: talent is overrated. The world is full of incredibly talented people who remain unknown and unappreciated. At the same,...
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The right way to apologize on the job
We’ve all been there. People make mistakes. How you handle yourself after that is critical to making amends and moving on with everyone’s dignity intact. Apologizing is all about taking responsibility for your actions and making it right...
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Changing Careers? 4 Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out
Creating a resume is perhaps the most difficult aspect of searching for a job. It can be stressful fitting all of your notable experience onto one carefully formatted page and ensuring that it's error-free. More difficult than that, however, is...
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How to control your emotions in a price negotiation towards the goal
In order to reach an agreement during a negotiation and make it a satisfactory one for both parties, it is important to control your emotions. If you have emotional control, it will be easier to lead the negotiation towards the goal. Emotional...
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How should we listen during negotiation process?
A good negotiator is a good “listener”. God gave us two ears but only one mouth so that we listen twice as much as we talk. We should do it with interest. And actively. Negotiations tend to unfold in the following manner: A presents its...
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How To Increase Your Influence And Persuasion In 7 Steps By Taking Notes
In an effective business negotiation, it is essential to take notes in order to have control of the process and keep track of the most important data. Notes will help us improve our influence and persuasion towards the other...
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How to Create a Master Plan for Your Life
Jim Rohn Wouldn’t you prefer a life of productivity rather than a life of endless tasks with little accomplishment? Of course! When you carefully set your goals and keep them at the forefront of your mind, you can work smarter instead of...
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4 Ways to Actively Reprogram Your Thoughts
Michael Pietrzak Meditation - is like sitting by the bank of a river, watching it flow by. From time to time, we get pulled into the (thought) stream, but that’s OK. In fact, pulling ourselves out to again sit and watch is the heart of the...
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16 Keys to Personal Development
Steve Pavlina The Courage To Live Consciously - Rediscover the virtue of courage, and embrace the person you always wanted to be. Spirituality vs. Intelligence - Must we choose to embrace either spirituality or rationality but never both at...
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The Power of Almost
By Matt Crossman Among the many reasons I love golf is that it is the only activity about which people brag in reverse. You will never hear people say they can’t hit a softball or that they blew a key presentation at work or that their...
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3 Things Successful People Do on the Daily
By Mel Robbins I know success leaves clues. It’s why I’m so interested in the routines and habits of the most successful people. I’ve found once I implement behaviors that have been proven to work, I always experience positive...
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8 Effective Ways to Tame Your Negative Thoughts
It’s one of the most destructive forces you’ll ever have to face, and it’s inside your own head. It’s that negative, judgmental voice telling you you’re not smart enough or you don’t work hard enough or you...
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10 Simple Strategies to Make Your Life Better Starting Today
by Leon Ho Habits are an important part of the direction you take your life, and — as I’ll share with you shortly — there are certain daily habits you can adopt right away that are guaranteed to improve your life. Think back to when you...
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How To Keep A Work Gap From Costing You The Job
Anish Majumdar Life’s complicated. While some employers believe that all employees should have a “work first, life later” mentality, that’s just not always possible. I remember how becoming a Dad for the first time completely threw...
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7 Smart Financial Steps to Take in 2016
Marty Jerome Is this the year you want your financial picture to shine? We’ve got some good news: There are no tax increases looming, and the banking, housing and labor markets are solid. That means this is the perfect time to shore up your...
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5 Reasons Why You Don’t Have Friends At Work
Dorothy Tannahill-Moran As humans, we need some form of social interactions (some of us more than others). However, we all do need and thrive on the simple act of connecting to people. For the majority of us, our social fabric is created...
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Is Your Boss's Trust a Blessing or a Curse?
By Chad Brooks Gaining the trust of a boss is a double-edged sword for many workers, new research finds. On the plus side, earning the trust of a supervisor is critical to employee empowerment and engagement; however, it also increases...
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6 Ways To Build Your Skills And Expertise Outside Of Work
Mary Sherwood Sevinsky 1. Get on LinkedIn I can’t say enough about LinkedIn. My colleagues, friends, and clients can vouch for this – no doubt! Many professionals are coming to have a better understanding of the platform and how it can...
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10 Skills Anyone Can Learn To Become A Successful Individual
by Sumaiya Kabir We all dream of becoming a successful person one day. This specific thought of “becoming a successful individual” has been instilled in our minds ever since we were children. And as we grow up, it seems that our main focus,...
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5 Tips to Supercharge Action and Personal Improvement
Matthew Toren Contributor Talk is cheap. You probably already intuitively know the ones who talk the most about how busy they are are actually wasting time complaining. Are you among the big talkers? Hopefully not, but you may inadvertently...
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How to Set Goals and Celebrate the Successes
by Lewis Howes I just got back from Summit at Sea, which was awesome. I got to see a lot of great friends and take a quick break from the book tour (although I didn’t sleep much). As I got back, I wanted to take a minute to recap what...
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5 Steps To Easily Connect With Your Co-Workers
Michelle Riklan Being the newest member of an office can be pretty challenging. It’s almost like in high school, when you’re the new kid on the block. Everyone’s looking at you but you’re not sure if they’re friends or foe. So you...
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8 Tips For Becoming A More Confident Public Speaker
by Katarina Milovanovic For some people public speaking is worse than watching “Insidious” all alone in the dark, the first and second part back to back. It’s their worst nightmare, and when they think of speaking in front of a crowd they...
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Job Hunters Favor Online Search to Networking
By Chad Brooks The old adage of "It's not what you know, but who you know," still rings true, but online resources are becoming increasingly important to the job search as well, new research finds. Nearly 80 percent of U.S. job seekers are...
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7 Ways to Nurture Your Creative Soul
Paul Jun As a creative person at a startup or larger company, it feels surreal to do what you love and belong to a team that’s pursuing a worthwhile endeavor. Chances are, you were hired because you possess the traits of ownership,...
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3 Steps To Create Your Own Career Development Plan
Dorothy Tannahill-Moran If you’re pondering how you’re going to get where you want to be, there are some simple steps you can take that will help you create your own career development plan. Let’s not be confused by the word...
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What’s The First Step When You’re Ready For A Career Change?
Maggie Graham You’ve moved past restlessness into the “Must Switch Gears” phase of your career. You know that if you wait any longer, you’ll become bitter and jaded. It’s time. People stand on this precipice thinking that their...
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9 Things No One Told You About Difficult Times
by Dhaval Gajera Who likes difficult times? I know I don’t. I don’t think you do either. But guess what? I am in love with difficult times. Obviously when they happen, they make you feel totally alone, worthless and even stupid. But after...
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