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- Self Awareness And Interpersonal Competence - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach I have found that the single biggest mistake that people make is assuming that competence and performance are their ticket to success; when in fact they are merely the price of admission. Most people are good performers. It’s a huge mistake to think that good ...
Views: 6212 - Interpersonal Competence And Career and Life Success - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach I have found that the single biggest mistake that people make is assuming that competence and performance are their ticket to success; when in fact they are merely the price of admission. Most people are good performers. It’s a huge mistake to think that good ...
Views: 4656 - Become "Worthy Of Recognition" - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my executive coaching work, I have found that all successful people have five things in common. • Successful people are self confident. • Successful people create positive personal impact. • Successful people are outstanding performers. • Successful people are great communicators. • ...
Views: 4579 - You Can't Brown Nose Your Way to Success - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichYour boss and other leaders in your company are some of the most important people in your life. You need to build strong relationships with them. Yet, you have to be careful about stepping over the line. USA Today had an interesting article on brown nosing. I don't like the connotations that ...
Views: 4563(4 votes) - *** The Four C's of Success - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2009 from Bud BilanichThis is my first article for SelfGrowth.com since I became the Official Guide for Career Development. In this article I will be sharing the ideas on career and life success. They are based on the advice I provide my coaching clients and my Common Sense Success System ...
Views: 4325(3 votes) - Do What Scares You the Most - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichIf you want to become self confident, you need to do three things: 1) become an optimist; 2) face your fears and deal with them; and 3) surround yourself with positive people. Today, I'd like to focus on fear -- that uncomfortable feeling that prevents you from taking the action necessary to ...
Views: 4099(1 vote) - Successful People Think Win-Win In Conflict Situations - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichRelationship building is one of the four keys to career success. As a career success coach, I am always reminding my clients that they must build strong, long lasting mutually beneficial relationships with the important people in their lives. Unfortunately, no human relationship is without ...
Views: 3779(6 votes) - Successful People Focus on Their Goals - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichThe other day, I came across a succinct statement on goal setting and goal achievement from Denis Waitely… "The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if ...
Views: 3658(3 votes) - Surround Yourself with Positive People for Success - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Bud BilanichSelf-confidence is an important key to personal and professional success. If you want to become self confident you need to do three things. 1) Become an optimist. 2) Face your fears and take action. 3) Surround yourself with positive people. In this article, I'd like to focus on the ...
Views: 3504(2 votes) - Successful People Make Their Own Luck - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichA while back I wrote about a book called The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman who claims that you can learn to be lucky. In fact, Dr. Wiseman even lists five steps for learning to be lucky. First, don't assume there is nothing you can do about any situation. Make the decision to take control. ...
Views: 2937(1 vote) - Good Writing Is A Key To Success; Rewriting Is the Key the Good Writing - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2008 from Bud BilanichClear, crisp writing is an important success skill. Successful people are able to get across their ideas in an easily readable way. I’ve been blessed. Writing has always come easy to me. I enjoy it. Studying Journalism in college helped too. There’s nothing like a critique from a ...
Views: 2708 - Personal Responsibility, Self Confidence and Success - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from Bud BilanichYou can become self confident by doing three things. First, choose optimism. Believe in your heart of hearts that today will be better than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better than today. Second, face your fears and act. Procrastination and inaction feed fear and rob you of self ...
Views: 2567(3 votes) - Optimism Part 11 - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Bud BilanichThis is the eleventh and final article in a series on applying The Optimist Creed to help you succeed in your life and career. You can find all ten points of The Optimist Creed in the first article in this series. The Optimist Creed, Point 10 "Promise yourself to be too large for worry, too ...
Views: 2394 - Successful People Know When and How to Break the Rules - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichI was asked to review a new book, The Big Picture: Essential Lessons for the Movies. Authors Kevin Coupe and Michael Sansolo do a great job of discussing the business and career success ideas in almost 200 movies. This is a very thoughtful book. Kevin and Michael make some great points about ...
Views: 2291(2 votes) - Fear, Defensiveness, Relationships and Success - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichIf you want to become interpersonally competent, you need to do three things. First, get to know yourself. Use this self knowledge to help you better understand and communicate with the other people in your life. Second, build solid, long lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with the ...
Views: 2050(1 vote) - Handwritten Thank You Notes Help You Create Positive Personal Impact - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Bud BilanichThe other day, my wife Cathy and I were discussing how handwritten thank you notes seem to be a thing of the past in this digital age. I know that it’s easier to email thank yous, but I believe that handwritten thank you notes are so much better than email when it comes to making positive ...
Views: 2028 - Common Sense and Success - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichI chose November 4 as Use Your Common Sense Day because it is Will Rogers' birthday. Will was a great American humorist who was famous for saying, "Common sense ain't all that common." We are all born with five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. These senses help us navigate our ...
Views: 1895(5 votes) - Interdependence, Truth, Love, Respect and Interpersonal Competence - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach, I tell my clients that successful people have five things in common. • Successful people are self confident. • Successful people create positive personal impact. • Successful people are outstanding performers. • Successful people are great communicators. • ...
Views: 1796 - Conversation Skills for Success - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichIf you want to become a dynamic communicator, you need to develop three skills: conversation, writing and presenting. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines the word "dynamic" as, "Marked by continuous and productive activity." In many ways, this is a good definition for an effective ...
Views: 1599 - Postive Personal Impact And Success - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach I have found that the single biggest mistake that people make is assuming that competence and performance are their ticket to success; when in fact they are merely the price of admission. Most people are good performers. It’s a huge mistake to think that ...
Views: 1585 - Create Your Success - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichI'm often asked for my best thoughts on what it takes to become a career and life success -- the key competencies. I always tell my coaching clients to think systematically, to break success down into some manageable components. Here is a summary of what I tell my coaching clients on how to ...
Views: 1581(1 vote) - Create Your Success by Faking it Till You Make It - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichSelf confidence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in several of my books. If you want to become self confident you need to do three things. First, choose optimism. Believe that today will be better than yesterday and that tomorrow will be better than today. Second, ...
Views: 1523 - Addiction to Praise Hampers Conversation Success - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Bud BilanichDynamic communication skills are one of the keys to personal and professional success that I have identified. If you want to become a dynamic communicator you need to master three basic, but very important communication skills: Conversation, Writing and Presenting. I was paging through the ...
Views: 1506(1 vote) - Affirmations Help You Create the Successful Life and Career You Want and Deserve - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichI have learned that self confidence is an upward spiral. Self confidence leads to professional success, which in turn leads to increased self confidence, which leads to higher levels of success, and so on. You might be saying, "That's great, but how do I become self confident if I'm new in my ...
Views: 1494(3 votes) - Your Online Presence and Success - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichYou create positive personal impact in three ways: 1) creating and building a unique and powerful personal brand; 2) being impeccable in your presentation of self -- in person and on line; and 3) knowing and following the basic rules of etiquette. I was reading an article in October 2009 ...
Views: 1475(6 votes) - Louis L'Amour, Albert Einstein, Lifelong Learning and Success - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2010 from Bud BilanichIf you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to become a lifelong learner. The other day, I came across a great quote from Louis L'Amour, the great American writer of stories about the old west. I think this quote captures the essence of lifelong learning… "There will come a time ...
Views: 1467 - Self Confidence -- The First Step Towards Career and Life Success - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach I have found that the single biggest mistake that people make is assuming that competence and performance are their ticket to success; when in fact they are merely the price of admission. Most people are good performers. It’s a huge mistake to think that ...
Views: 1318 - Successful People Develop Their Natural Talents - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2010 from Bud BilanichThe other day I saw a great quote on line. "What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God." It was from Eleanor Powell. If you don't know Ms. Powell, she was a well known dancer and actress who appeared in many musicals in the 1930s and 1940s. She was a good dancer, but an ...
Views: 1284 - 15 Tips for Career and Life Success - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach, keynote speaker, leadership consultant and author I have spent the last five years studying what it takes to succeed in your life and career. I have found that successful people share five traits in common. 1. Successful people are self confident. 2. ...
Views: 1275(2 votes) - Tough Times, Optimism, Personal Responsibility and Success - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichSelf confidence is one of the keys to personal and professional success. You can become self confident by doing three things. First, choose optimism. Believe in your heart of hearts that today will be better than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better than today. Second, face your fears and ...
Views: 1265(2 votes) - Failure Is the Tuition You Pay for Success - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichCommitment to taking personal responsibility for your success is one of the keys to career and life success. If you want to succeed, you must commit to three things. First, you must take personal responsibility for your success. Only you can make you a success. You need to be willing to do ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - Create a Vivid Mental Image of Your Success - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from Bud BilanichTo develop your personal clarity or purpose you need to do three things. First, define what success means to you. Second, create a vivid mental image of you as a success. Third, clarify your personal values. Once you define what success means to you personally, I suggest that you develop a ...
Views: 1187(1 vote) - Hard Work and Success -- One Follows the Other - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from Bud BilanichThis is a tough time to be looking for a job. Many of my career success coaching clients are having difficulty getting interviews let alone landing a job. However, I heard a story not too long ago about a new MBA from NYU who got five job offers. He did it by creating unique resumes especially ...
Views: 1171(4 votes) - Fear, Courage and Success - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Bud BilanichYou can become self confident by doing three things. First, choose optimism. Believe in your heart of hearts that today will be better than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better than today. Second, face your fears and act. Procrastination and inaction feed fear and rob you of self ...
Views: 1163(3 votes) - Communication Skills And Success - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach I have found that the single biggest mistake that people make is assuming that competence and performance are their ticket to success; when in fact they are merely the price of admission. Most people are good performers. It’s a huge mistake to think that good ...
Views: 1141 - Self Confidence, Mentors and Success - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Bud BilanichYou can become self confident by doing three things. First, choose optimism. Believe in your heart of hearts that today will be better than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better than today. Second, face your fears and act. Procrastination and inaction feed fear and rob you of self ...
Views: 1083(2 votes) - Successful People Beat Procrastination - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from Bud BilanichRodger Constandse runs a great site called Goals to Action. Yesterday, I received an e mail from him on the subject of procrastination. Check out what he has to say… Have you ever been in a situation where you were getting ready to do something important but you somehow convinced yourself to ...
Views: 1080(4 votes) - Dealing with Procrastination - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Bud BilanichAs you know, all outstanding performers have three things in common:.1. Outstanding performers are technically competent. 2. Outstanding performers set and achieve high goals. 3. Outstanding performers are well organized. Well organized people manage time well. The other day, I came across ...
Views: 1073(2 votes) - Career Success Advice: Be Nice - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from Bud BilanichI liked the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony for its simple elegance. As I was watching, I took note of a line in Slam Poet Shane Koyczan' tribute to Canada, We Are More… And some say what defines us Is something as simple as "please" and "thank you" The Canadian audience roared when ...
Views: 1058(3 votes) - Successful People Make No Little Plans - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from Bud Bilanich"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work." This quote from Daniel Burnham is a perfect to begin a post on outstanding performance. If you're going to set goals, you might as well set big ones. ...
Views: 1054(4 votes) - Successful People Treat Life as a "Splendid Torch" - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichThe other day I saw a great quote from Margaret Thatcher… "Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it." Ole' Iron Maggie really nailed it with this one. I like ...
Views: 1019(1 vote) - Assumptions Are Conversation Killers - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Bud BilanichIn my work as an executive coach I have found that the single biggest mistake that people make is assuming that competence and performance are their ticket to success; when in fact they are merely the price of admission. Most people are good performers. It’s a huge mistake to think that good ...
Views: 1014 - Become a Remarkable Creature: Take Personal Responsibility for Your Own Success - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from Bud BilanichSuccessful people are clear on their purpose in life -- and they are committed to it. They take personal responsibility for creating the successful lives and careers that they want and deserve. I'm always looking for ways to get my common sense message about career and life success across to ...
Views: 1006(1 vote) - Positive Psychology, Optimism and Success - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichThis week Sue Shellenbarger had an interesting column in the Wall Street Journal called "Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work." The column focused on the application of recent research in positive psychology in the workplace. Put simply, positive psychology emphasizes building resiliency and positive ...
Views: 1005(1 vote) - Non Verbal Communication in Presentations - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichPresentation skills, conversation skills and writing skills are the three keys to effective communication. In this post, I'd like to focus on some tips for using non verbal communication to improve your presentation skills. Eye contact helps indicates your interest in the people in the ...
Views: 997 - Trust, Abundance and Success - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Bud BilanichBuilding relationships comes down to two words: trust and abundance. When you trust others you are willing to put yourself out there -- to give with no expectation of return, to act in a non quid pro quo manner. In a recent article, I pointed out that while there is nothing wrong with ...
Views: 995(1 vote) - Straight Talk for Success - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2008 from Bud BilanichIf you just got your first job, your first promotion, or are feeling a little bit stuck in your career, this article will provide you with some common sense advice on how to become a career and life success. I’ve been studying successful people, and have found that they share five ...
Views: 994(1 vote) - Successful People Live a Mighty Purpose - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichGeorge Bernard Shaw is one of my very favorite playwrights. I always enjoy a production of one of his plays. I quoted him in a recent article and I'd like to quote him again. He makes such a great point about how important a personal clarity of purpose and direction is to your career and life ...
Views: 994(1 vote) - Branding And Blogging - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2008 from Bud BilanichA while back, I was asked to contribute a chapter to a forthcoming book called "One Great Idea!" I was thrilled to be asked. I accepted immediately. Then, reality set in, as I asked myself “what is my one great idea?” I had to think about this one for a while. All of a sudden it ...
Views: 989 - Optimism Part 2 - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2008 from Bud BilanichThis is the second article in a series on applying The Optimist Creed to help you succeed in your life and career. The Optimist Creed: Point 1 "Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind." The first point of The Optimist Creed is a tall order – but one that ...
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