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Until recently it’s been understood that we come into this world with pre-set DNA and we’re stuck with it. In fact, most people - if their genetic markers contain positive predispositions for things like heart disease, cancer, or early death - have felt like victims of their DNA.
But recent ... Views: 1011
There is risk associated with every project regardless of the size and complexity. The seasoned project manager would understand that while risk is inevitable, the ability to forecast, prepare a strategy and subsequently correct any wrongs, is part of what planning for a project is all ... Views: 1011
That’s a rather audacious claim, right? But it’s true. You can make your communications compelling. How? By understanding the difference between “features” and “benefits.”
A simple way to understand the difference is: features are about you and benefits are about the other person. When you ... Views: 1010
In previous newsletters, I shared with you two solutions to the two most common business problems that limit your business’ growth and success.
Today, we will look at Problem #3:
Mindset & Action
Business owners, leaders, entrepreneurs and network marketing professionals hire me to grow ... Views: 1008
When more than half of Americans were identified as overweight, people took notice. Major news outlets began educating on how to stay out, or get out, of that statistic. I wish the same attention had been paid when a new survey was released confirming more than half of Americans are dissatisfied ... Views: 1008
From Judith:
A recent review and analysis "Coaching: A Global Study of Successful Practices - Current Trends and Future Possibilities 2008-2018" commissioned by the American Management Association demonstrated an expanding interest in and use of executive coaching worldwide, primarily aimed ... Views: 1005
Slightly sweet, sometimes bitter...my favorite and most satisfying treat and energizer is 72% organic free trade dark chocolate.
Why give such a specific description? Because each element can be translated into some of "the stuff" that can set you up for greater success. This may sound like a ... Views: 999
From Jim:
It may seem strange to start with the story of Cinderella but the story’s millennial popularity sets the ground for the idea of “saved from being saved.” The stories of Cinderella and Aladdin, her male counterpart, focus on the main character who possesses excellent qualities and ... Views: 999
From: Judith
Hear Yea! Hear Yea!
Let it be known across the land:
Receiving Praise and Compliments for Your Excellence Does NOT Make You Big-headed!
Yet, in a recent workshop “Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous: It’s Time To Shatter Your Inner Glass Ceiling” (which my husband Jim ... Views: 996
Perhaps...
- You did well in school with practically no effort.
- You’ve always been well-liked, even in grammar school.
- You’ve aced every employment interview you’ve ever had.
- Your people skills feel like second nature and people have always come to you for help.
- You ... Views: 994
I’m sure you’ve heard it said that to be a good listener you should "walk a mile in the other person’s shoes." Okay. But exactly how do you do that? And how can you know that you are walking in another person’s shoes? How can you be sure that your perception is not mistaken or maybe it’s just ... Views: 993
Human resource management is a fairly new approach, which has come out of the discipline of organizational management. Much of the early treated the concept of strategy apparently, rather as an accurately operational matter, the outcomes of which waterfall throughout the organization. Human ... Views: 993
There is no dearth of items and objects to be found in a person’s house. In the earlier days, people desired little and had big homes. Now-a-days, we hoard a lot of things in our homes and wonder why we are falling short of space.
This trend will continue as shopping is literally at our ... Views: 990
Hear Yea! Hear Yea!
Let it be known across the land:
Receiving Praise and Compliments for Your Excellence Does NOT Make You Big-headed!
Yet, in a recent workshop "Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous: It’s Time To Shatter Your Inner Glass Ceiling" (which my husband Jim Sniechowski, PhD ... Views: 989
TransferAct 1978, USA and Data Protection Act 1984, UK.
- Introduction of ‘Clearing Bank’ concept for decentralised cheque processing.
- Large scale induction of computers and communication technology in service branches
- Promotion of a card culture, as well as enhanced training ... Views: 988
My book, Chief Life Officer (CLO), published by Morgan James, will be coming out within the next few months, and I will be doing a seminar in April called, “Create Unsinkable Relation-ships.” That makes this month perfect for a discussion on managing people and relationships.
Many times in my ... Views: 988
From Jim:
In 1960, when I was 19, an abscess developed at the back of my upper left jaw such that I had to have three teeth pulled. The dentist administered Lidocaine numbing my jaw and with pliers and some effort extracted all three teeth during that one visit. As he finished he warned me ... Views: 983
We all love to decorate our personal place with best of the decorative items. Whether you are renovating an old house or building a new one, you want to put best of the fixtures and fittings in your home. As far as bathroom accessories are concerned, the market is now very big and has lot to ... Views: 983
If you’ve read our newsletter that went out today, you’re aware of the changes coming to the PMP Exam this August. If you haven’t then here’s some more information on what you should know about the PMP exam changes that take effect on August 31st, 2011…
If you’ve read our newsletter that ... Views: 981
Increased Productivity in the Time of Coronavirus
Writing is by its nature a generally solitary occupation where for many of us a self-isolation is generally desired during at least part of the process. Now being 78 and a widower it is just me and Hector, my Lab, at home, and I do not have ... Views: 981
What's the definition of insanity? Some say.... doing the same thing and expecting different results!
What I love about Simon Mainwaring's new book, "We First" is that he is suggests that we not only think different, but act and therefore will feel different. In the model of behavior change, ... Views: 980
It can be a balancing act as a project manager when reviewing a team’s to-do list and also ensuring that the workload is equally shared. A critical component of this is getting the balance right. Project teams look towards the leader for clarification on what task to perform and when. Remember, ... Views: 974
"I don't like to be kept waiting," he responded when asked by the travel-study professor why he delayed the entire group for a third straight day. "Next time," the professor warned, "we won't hold the bus."
The following day the bus left as scheduled, returning to the hotel late into the ... Views: 971
From Jim:
Have you ever thought about or tried to create your own reputation? That doesn’t make sense, does it? Reputation isn’t created. It’s attributed to you by the people who know and associate with you. That’s the whole point of a reputation: it’s based externally and arises from people ... Views: 969
One of the most popular ways of improving building energy efficiency today is through a lighting systems upgrade. New, energy-efficient lighting systems offer the potential of reducing lighting energy requirements by 35 to 50 percent, with additional savings being realized in reduced air ... Views: 966
Most project managers have observed in everyday life, which of the high ranking office employees demonstrate their power and authority by making use of the office space that they have been provided with. So, like our body and facial expressions reveal a lot about what we want to communicate; our ... Views: 966
Human resource Management is the considered as the overall management of the resources of a company, basically the manpower, the staff or the employees of an organization. It is often referred to as ‘soft’ management skill and considered one of the critical practices within an organization and ... Views: 965
A necessary skill in today’s business world is “Leadership skills and styles”. Leadership is the ability to motivate a group of people to act towards achieving a certain goal.
So let us see, what is Leadership?
A necessary skill in today’s business world is “Leadership”. Leadership is the ... Views: 964
Numerous studies have been conducted exploring and testing the power and promise of expectations. And it’s been proven that many people make their decisions and understand themselves in the light of what others expect of them. When we know someone expects something from us---our attitude, how we ... Views: 964
Do you ever have had some interaction with business management? Of course yes if you are a part of the business world. Every business has its own way of planning, staffing, organizing, controlling and leading to achieve their goals and target. Everyone has different definition of management but ... Views: 963
I’m gonna simply ask you a question, what will you choose? One, Doing that work which pays you a high amount of money at every month, But you are not passionate about that work. Second, Doing the work that you are passionate about, But this let you less amount as you desired. If you prefer for ... Views: 959
Internet sales, which have grown well in our country in recent years, can be considered as the key to success in today's trade. Many small businesses have grown tremendously through online sales, and you can also sell their products across the country and even around the world by creating a ... Views: 957
Project team’s productivity can be influenced by a number of items which can affect the business and project outcomes. It is the project manager’s responsibility to identify these obstructions and keep resources on track. The project is in risk of falling behind, with deadlines impacted and, ... Views: 957
It’s no secret that project managers are increasingly being hired as virtual or remote employees or even freelancers. There are benefits to both the employer and the employee for working remotely. Employers hiring freelance project managers don’t have to provide benefits, computers, or even ... Views: 955
Stay or Move with Your Job: Increasing Your Options
When you work for the largest company in your city or town and they decide to close their production lines and move elsewhere, do you move with your job, or stay put and hope you can find work at another company? When you went to work for a ... Views: 950
The problem comes in when a real estate representative has already been through their client list that is current. The best means for them to secure more customers would be to obtain more property leads. Not merely do they desire more leads they desire when they're going to be more successful in ... Views: 949
What is Blockchain?
In simple words, the blockchain is a unique distributed record that stores the data and verifies its integrity. By using a different set of cryptography based technologies, Blockchain promises that transaction continued into the blockchain database which is ... Views: 948
"Change is the only constant." Proverb
Your ego really likes it the way it is. It's biggest "want" is to protect you from change. Reverse psychology is where we "want" one thing, but do another. In other words, our struggling consciousness is trying to make change and so easily pacifies the ... Views: 948
You may not always know what defines a great customer experience until one happens to you, but once it has, you'll keep going back. Whether it's an easy return process, a great customer service representative or a website that makes buying easy, some companies just get it right.
Companies get ... Views: 945
Modernize Your Mind
by
Bill Cottringer
The year 2020 might be a good time to think about modernizing your conventional mind, that is, if life hasn’t already forced you to do this. Here are some low-resistance, practical tips on facilitating mind- modernization:
1. Meta-thinking. ... Views: 945
In a world that demands continuous change. It is a big question that how do you be yourself and do not change yourself for others?
Being yourself doesn’t mean you don’t need to change. You have to change to maintain yourself with this world but this change will need to be in your personality ... Views: 943
In a society based on laws, one of the biggest challenges is making sure that the final wishes of the deceased are carried out. When you make up your will, you put all of the information you will need to dictate the distribution of your estate and the administration of your assets in that will. ... Views: 943
Accepting change has always been a difficult task for most people, since they are reluctant of letting go of the comfort that we are used to. When you choose to affirm yourself positively, you can end up either in avoidance or in reappraisal. If you find yourself resisting change due to ... Views: 941
Small changes can lead to big changes. We don’t need a treatise on Chaos Theory to observe that changing systems are nonlinear. Each variable in the change environment exponentially affects the outcome. For example, a simple three-variable closed environment will yield 6 permutations, while 6 ... Views: 939
Here are some pointers about gender discrimination:
• Pay parity is the highest form of gender discrimination
• When it comes to selecting the leadership then the glass ceiling is not an illusion
• Discrimination varies with generation – baby boomers rank the highest and the trend ... Views: 938
A young graduate told me she was feeling like a failure in her first job after college. Her job lacked formal training, leadership, and guidance. Although she was trying to work through it by asking various people for help and working overtime, she felt exhausted and unsuccessful.
I asked ... Views: 937
Good risk management seems to be a challenge in most projects and can affect its delivery. The subject is often taught, analyses, spoken about, and reported within organizations EPMO’s. It then comes as a surprise when projects and programs fall well below their key delivery benchmarks and, more ... Views: 937
The trend of email marketing software has increased with a high percentage compared to last year. As the number of Internet users has been increasing day by day, the results of email marketing software are also improving. Most people want to start your email marketing software, as I think it is ... Views: 936
The numerous benefits of employee engagement have made aspiring employers like you, search for ways to achieve absolute employee engagement in your organization. No doubt, the journey towards achieving highly engaged employees is a long one, but you will definitely succeed in your endeavour if ... Views: 935
When you notice some holdup within the workplace activities, a bell rings within your heart. this might ensue to figure stress or fewer folks concerned activities that area unit going around your company. Don’t worry, it’s the time to re- suppose & re-invest on a way to maximize your team ... Views: 935