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- 3 Low Cost Ways to Grow Positive Profits - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2014 from Joey FaucetteEveryone is watching their budgets and doing more with less. So how do you grow and increase profits most effectively? Here are 3 Low Cost Tips to Positively Profit at Work. Discover Business is a discovery mission. You have multiple opportunities to discover more customers, niches, and ...
Views: 1611 - 3 Signs You Are Positively Engaged at Work - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2014 from Joey Faucette“How do you know you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing for work?” the college student asked me. A middle-aged guy and I had the same discussion recently as he transitions careers. The answer lies in your heart; what you “Believe” about your work, the third core practice of a Work ...
Views: 1265 - 3 Ways to Find Time to Read Positive - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2014 from Joey FaucetteWhen we connect with someone on LinkedIn, we welcome them with an invitation to read free chapters of one of our books. We hope just one idea will coach the reader closer to achieving business dreams. One connection recently replied, “Thanks, but I don’t have time to sit down and read a ...
Views: 1444 - 3 More Positive Strategies to Deal with Your Eeyore Vampire Boss - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2014 from Joey FaucetteA couple of weeks ago I shared with you “3 Positive Strategies to Deal with an Eeyore Vampire Boss.” I knew there were flocks of negative bosses everywhere, but evidently more than I realized. Your overwhelming response prompted me to remember some of my Eeyore Vampire bosses. The one who was ...
Views: 1947 - 3 Positive Reasons Teams Win at Work - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2014 from Joey FaucetteWatching NCAA March Madness Tournament college basketball games, I’ve learned again the supremacy of team versus a star-player-plus-four approach. Sure the “one and done” star freshman who’s merely passing through for a year on his way to the NBA might be thrilling to watch, but several such ...
Views: 1694 - 3 Positive Strategies to Deal with an Eeyore Vampire Boss - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteEver find yourself striving to Work Positive and your Eeyore Vampire boss is doing everything he can to prevent it? You’re in good company. Negative bosses—Eeyore Vampires—swoop in with alarming consistency on our coaching clients despite their best efforts to Work Positive. How do you ...
Views: 1730 - 3 Key Strategies to Positively Win as a Team - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteCollege basketball’s annual trek up the Final Four mountain has started. While the school names change from year to year, the qualities of championship caliber teams are consistent. What are they? And how can you learn from them to win championships at work? Here are 3 Key Strategies to ...
Views: 1419 - 5 Spring Things the Positively Successful Do to Grow - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2014 from Joey FaucetteThe snow finally melted to reveal a spring-like day. The calendar called my wife and I to activity—to act on our plans for the blueberry bushes to grow fruit. Positively successful people understand that it’s a process to grow personally and professionally. They Work Positive with themselves ...
Views: 1215 - 5 Secret Steps the Positively Successful Take in Response to Change - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteI live in a part of the U.S. that received a once-a-decade snowfall last week. At least 12,000 flights were cancelled. Millions of people were home from work, rearranging untold numbers of meetings and assignments. Such rapid change is commonplace in our world today. Snow is forecast. Other ...
Views: 1442 - 5 Secret Questions the Positively Successful Ask Daily - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteWhile studying Great Depression businesses created by successful entrepreneurs, I discovered five core practices that were daily habits for them. They asked themselves five questions daily that charted their course to success. You become a successful business person, also, by asking yourself ...
Views: 1503 - 3 Positive Ways to Cure Customer Rage - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2013 from Joey FaucetteAccording to a survey conducted by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business, about half of all American households experience customer service-related problems. Over two-thirds of those customers were “very” or “extremely upset” about the company response when they complained. ...
Views: 2349 - 3 Ways to Cure Holiday Overwhelm at Work - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2013 from Joey FaucetteHas your to-do list grown overnight? Yes, it’s “the most wonderful time of the year”…and yet many of us miss the wonder of it all due to the overwhelm at work that accompanies the holidays. Here are 3 ways to cure your holiday overwhelm at work starting today: Focus on Positive ...
Views: 1069 - 3 Tips to Work Positive at Your Office Party - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2013 from Joey FaucetteAnnouncements of office parties are met with either go-for-it’s or groans. The go-for-it’s are the ones who enjoyed last year’s party or just look forward to any social experience. The groans are the persons who remember last year’s with disdain or generally avoid socializing with their ...
Views: 1349 - 3 Positive Reasons to Shop Small this Weekend - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2013 from Joey FaucetteShoppers will crowd the super centers and malls starting Thanksgiving evening in the U.S. In fact, over the next several weeks, retail stores will do 50% or more of their business for the year. So where will you go? And who will you do business with? Create a Work Positive impact with ...
Views: 1793(2 votes) - 3 Timely Strategies to Positive Change - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2013 from Joey FaucetteThe time changed for most of the U.S. last weekend. We “fell back.” How does this change affect you? Pretty much like any change does. Here are 3 Timely Strategies to Positive Change: Acknowledge the Change Like most change, the reversal back to Standard Time came without our ...
Views: 1509(1 vote) - 3 Positive Strategies to Transform Business Fear - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2013 from Joey FaucetteWhen my younger brother and I went trick-or-treating as kids at Halloween, he was scared of ghosts. When he was very young, he had eye surgery a couple of times. All of the OR people wore white. He associated their white dress and the white sheets of “the ghosts” with pain. Like him, we ...
Views: 1469 - 3 Positive Strategies to Finish Your Day Strong - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Joey FaucetteMost business professionals today that we coach are overwhelmed. They get to the end of the day with an ever expanding to-do list and fall exhausted into the evening commute. They return the next morning after reversing the commute and fall exhausted into their desk chair, thinking, “Here we go ...
Views: 1417(1 vote) - How Do You Focus on the Positive at Work? - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2013 from Joey FaucetteI was lying flat on my back in the grassy outfield, trying to come around. I had drifted back from my third-base position for the Little League team White Sox into shallow left field to catch a fly ball. I missed the ball with my glove and instead caught it with my forehead. Someone said, ...
Views: 1360 - 3 Positive Ways to Succeed in a Shutdown - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2013 from Joey FaucetteJust because the U.S. government can afford a shutdown doesn't mean you can. You have a family to provide for, bills to pay, and hopefully a retirement to fund. So despite all the news about the federal shutdown, what can you do to succeed in a shutdown? Check out these 3 Positive Ways to ...
Views: 1615 - 3 Strategies to Positively Turbocharge Your Productivity - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteWhat one word describes what these three scenarios share: Many states have passed a “no texting while driving” law. The gallery is quiet while a golfer putts. You are overwhelmed at work. So what’s your one word? Mine is… …focus. Texting diverts your attention from driving and you ...
Views: 1162 - 3 Strategies to Positively Profit from Change - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteThe most common sentence I receive in coaching today is, “We’ve gone through a lot of changes and more are coming.” Ironically, each client believes their situation is unique. It’s all of us. Some of us are excited by it. Others are terrified. Most are just trying to keep up. So how ...
Views: 1199(1 vote) - 3 Ways to Positively Grow Your Business with Gratitude - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteYou’re increasing your sales. Your team is more productive. You get out of the office earlier to do what you love with those you love… …and yet there’s something missing. You struggle to keep all the business plates spinning simultaneously. It’s exhausting to be you some days. Your family and ...
Views: 1214(1 vote) - 3 No-Cost Ways to Positively Receive More Business - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteZig Ziglar describes well the essence of the fifth core practice, “Receive,” of a Work Positive lifestyle in which you increase sales with greater team productivity so you get out of the office earlier: “When you help others get what they want, you get everything you want,” he said. What goes ...
Views: 1584(1 vote) - 3 Reasons Vacation Positively Clears Your Business Cache - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteDr. Norman Vincent Peale talked about how a constantly bent bow will break. The bow needs pressure released to function well. Dr. Stephen Covey extolled the seventh habit of sharpening the saw. If you saw without a break to sharpen, you work harder with less production. In today’s ...
Views: 1346 - 3 Tips to Positively Enjoy Your Vacation More - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteYou’ve made your reservations. You’ve paid your deposits. Now it’s time to go on vacation. Have you planned to have a great time? Or, do you just hope it will happen and work avoids intruding on your experience? Here are 3 Tips to Positively Enjoy Your Vacation More: Demonstrate In ...
Views: 1305 - 3 Strategies to Avoid Vacation Anxiety - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey Faucette“Dr. Joey,” she asked. “Why is it to be gone on vacation for one week, I have to do two extra weeks of work? One before I leave, and the other when I get back?” Have you ever wondered that? Sure seems that way, doesn’t it? Here are 3 Strategies to Avoid Vacation Anxiety: Describe ...
Views: 1189 - 3 Positive Ways to Do Business with Ideal Customers - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteIt costs too much to do business with some people. Who are your “some people?” How much time do they steal from your enjoyable customers? How much energy do you give them? How much attention that can be more profitably invested in your ideal customers’ relationships? You’re throwing ...
Views: 1549 - 3 No-Cost Ways to Positively Profit from Changing Your Customer Experience - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2013 from Joey FaucetteA friend of mine told me about his customer experience with an oil change. He arrived before the shop officially opened, simultaneously with another customer. She tried the door, found it open, and walked in. He followed. The two chatted, waiting for the attendant. When he arrived from the ...
Views: 1315 - 3 Positive Quick Meals to Sell More Productively - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Joey FaucettePositive salespersons sell 56% more than their negative peers. Positive leaders see team productivity increase by more than one-third. So if you want to increase sales with greater productivity, be positive, right? The question is, How? How do you Work Positive in such a negative ...
Views: 1068(1 vote) - 3 Keys to Positive Productivity Today - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Joey FaucettePositive productivity is more difficult for most business persons these days. Persevering and achieving your business dreams in the midst of a negative world is increasingly challenging. The uncontrollable negatives from bombings to an unfamiliar economy that just won’t correct assault us ...
Views: 1002 - 3 Positive Ways to Deal with the Unthinkable - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Joey FaucetteIt was a routine attempt to block a three point shot. But when University of Louisville sophomore guard Kevin Ware landed, his tibia compound fractured. The unthinkable happened. The next 30 minutes plus the rest of the game was a lesson to us all when dealing with life or business. As ...
Views: 1008 - 3 Ways to Make Time to Read Positive - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Joey FaucetteWhen we connect with someone on LinkedIn, we welcome them with an invitation to read free chapters of one of our books. We hope just one idea will coach the reader closer to achieving business dreams. One connection recently replied, “Thanks, but I don’t have time to sit down and read a ...
Views: 1362 - 3 Low Cost Tips to Positively Profit at Work - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2013 from Joey FaucetteThe banks aren’t calling to loan you money to grow your business…or start one. So how will you expand in the most profitable manner? Here are 3 Low Cost Tips to Positively Profit at Work. Discover Think of business as a discovery mission. Daily you have multiple opportunities to discover ...
Views: 1249 - 3 Strategies to Positively Win as a Team - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2013 from Joey FaucetteCollege basketball’s annual trek up the Final Four mountain began this week. While the school names change from year to year, the qualities of championship caliber teams are consistent. What are they? And how can you learn from them to win championships at work? Here are 3 Strategies to ...
Views: 1262 - 3 Ways to Positively Gain Time - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2013 from Joey FaucetteDaylight Savings Time starts this weekend in most of the U.S. We “lose an hour” to supposedly gain more sunlight at the end of the day. So how do you deal with this lost hour? And all the other lost hours of productivity at work? Here are 3 Ways to Positively Gain Time: Priorities Dr. ...
Views: 1082 - 5 Ways to Positively Win an Oscar at Work - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2013 from Joey FaucetteHow do you walk the red carpet at work and up onto stage to accept the Academy Award for increasing sales with greater productivity so you get out of the office earlier? Here are 5 Ways to Positively Win an Oscar at Work: Focus on the Part As talented as you are, you have one part to ...
Views: 1032 - How Do You Deal with Overwhelm? - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2013 from Joey Faucette“Overwhelm” is a constant theme in our coaching conversations lately. Business professionals have this sense of more effort and fewer positive results. There’s more to do than there is of me to do it. How do you deal with overwhelm? Here are 3 things you can do starting right now to move ...
Views: 1909 - 3 Ways to Positively Love Your Work - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2013 from Joey FaucetteRemember the saying, “Do what you love and love what you do and you’ll never work another day in your life?” Sounds great, but how do you do that? Here are 3 Ways to Positively Love Your Work: Love What You Do for Work The physical and mental activity of your work must reward you ...
Views: 1734 - 3 Positive Things to Do When Your Business Lights Go Out - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2013 from Joey FaucetteSuper Bowl 47 will best be remembered as, “The Night the Lights Went Out in N’Orleans.” Adversity happens at the most inconvenient times in unexpected ways, and not just at the Super Bowl, but in business, too. Everything from product outages to a teammate goes out or a vital system fails. It ...
Views: 1014(1 vote) - 3 Positive Ways to Lead in Adversity - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Joey FaucetteOur attention this week in the U.S. focuses on celebrating the life and accomplishments of noted civil rights leader, Dr. M.L. King, Jr. Dr. King positively led a movement in the midst of much adversity. What can you learn from him about how you can positively lead in business while ...
Views: 1113(1 vote) - 3 Ways to Serve Your Community as You Work Positive - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Joey FaucetteYou want to increase sales with greater productivity so you leave the office earlier to do what you love with those you love, right? The “Receive” core practice of a Work Positive lifestyle in which you do just that involves the ethical dynamic of your business. You understand you Receive a ...
Views: 1169(1 vote) - SWAP Your New Year's Resolution - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Joey FaucetteHow’s your New Year’s resolution working out? How would you like to SWAP your resolution for something more successful? Think of SWAP as an acronym and Work Positive to transform your chosen target of change into productive results using these three proven methods: S - Song Resolutions ...
Views: 1101(1 vote) - 3 Ways to Work Positive in a Community Crisis - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2012 from Joey FaucetteOur attention has been riveted by one person’s heinous actions and the consequences felt in Newtown, CT. Complete understanding of this tragedy defies our intellect. However, we do choose how to respond. While I pray such disaster avoids your area, reality suggests some variation will ...
Views: 1533(1 vote) - How Do You Give Exceptional Customer Care? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2012 from Joey FaucetteIn the last few months, our team has run up a steep learning curve in developing a new product line and the means to administer it. We’ve experienced a great deal of change and discovered as we’ve run this race that exceptional customer care is an integral part of a successful process. Here ...
Views: 1090 - 3 Ways to Cure Holiday Overwhelm at Work - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2012 from Joey FaucetteHas your to-do list grown overnight? Yes, it’s “the most wonderful time of the year”…and yet many of us miss the wonder of it all due to the overwhelm at work that accompanies the holidays. Here are 3 ways to cure your holiday overwhelm at work starting today: Focus on Positive ...
Views: 1127 - 3 Reasons to Shop Small This Weekend - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2012 from Joey FaucetteShoppers will crowd the super centers and malls this weekend following Thanksgiving in the U.S. In fact, over the next several weeks, retail stores will do 50% or more of their business for the year. So where will you go? And who will you do business with? If you truly want to create a ...
Views: 1054 - How to Tap the Power of Thank You - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThere may be only one day a year devoted to giving thanks, but expressing thanks year round and doing it well is one of the most profitable business strategies you can have. Numerous studies reveal that when you thank your customers, they spend more money and tell their friends about the ...
Views: 1598(1 vote) - How Do You Vote for Your Business? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2012 from Joey FaucetteU.S. citizens cast their vote for the next President, Vice-President, and a host of congressional leaders this week. Attention focuses on this once-every-four-years activity with a virtual obsession. Yet, there is a more important vote you as a business professional cast and more often than ...
Views: 1182 - How Does Your Team Win Like the San Francisco Giants? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThe San Francisco Giants won the World Series…again. That’s two of the last three seasons, a rare achievement. What discoveries are there for you in their success as you seek to increase sales with greater productivity so you can leave the office earlier to do what you love with those you ...
Views: 1237 - How Well Do You Deal with Interruptions? - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2012 from Joey FaucetteI watched a bit of the last Presidential debate. Up until the point where the debate morphed into one big interruption. Interruptions intrude into political debates, marriage conversations (and other intimate activities if you have children at home), and your work flow. How well do you ...
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