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30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself

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When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you. As Maria Robinson once said, “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”  Nothing could be closer to the truth.  But before you can begin this process of transformation you have to stop doing the things that have been holding you back. Here are some ideas to get you started: Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.  If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you.  You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot.  Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth.  And remember, it’s not the people that stand by your side when you’re at your best, but the ones who stand beside you when you’re at your worst that are your true friends. Stop running from your problems. – Face them head on.  No, it won’t be eas

Guide To Writing A Business Plan

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1. Name of Firm. State the legal name of the business. 2. Owner or Owner-To-Be. State owner(s) name(s), as well as the form and percent of ownership. 3. Information on the Business a. Type of Business and Product or Service. State the general and specific nature of the business (i.e.,general -energy-, specific - oil, solar, wind: or general - food; specific restaurant, catering, farming, ice cream parlor, bakery). State the type of business(manufacturing, service, construction, wholesale, retail,other). State the company's goals and electives. Describe your products and/or services. State who buys the product/service and who the final users are (briefly here, because youwill be discussing your customers very thoroughly under Market Analysis Describe how the product/service is sold to customers (walk-in stores,sales representatives, mail order catalogs, telephone orders, etc.). D

How to Get a Job Without Experience

How to Get a Job Without Experience You know the Catch-22: "You can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without a job." Young job seekers have always faced this dilemma. In today's shrinking job market, people with years of experience also struggle with it. Whether they face the reality of a layoff, or merely the threat of one, many older workers are trying to reinvent themselves in order to become marketable in a changed economy. Whether you're launching your career or trying to change its direction, you can get around this Catch-22 with some creativity and humility. Here's how I did it: I was a clinical psychologist in a community mental health center. It was professionally satisfying and financially unrewarding. I decided it was time to make more money. I would become a business consultant. Imagine my surprise to learn that I could not find a single company eager to hire me. Apparently, they couldn't see

The 12 Things All Good Managers Know

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I have a flawed and incomplete understanding of what it feels like to work for me. My success — and that of my people — depends largely on being the master of obvious and mundane things, not on magical, obscure, or breakthrough ideas or methods. Having ambitious and well-defined goals is important, but it is useless to think about them much. My job is to focus on the small wins that enable my people to make a little progress every day. One of the most important, and most difficult, parts of my job is to strike the delicate balance between being too assertive and not assertive enough. My job is to serve as a human shield, to protect my people from external intrusions, distractions, and idiocy of every stripe — and to avoid imposing my own idiocy on them as well. I strive to be confident enough to convince people that I am in charge, but humble enough to realize that I am often going to be wrong. I aim to fight as if I am right, and listen as if I am wrong — and