Make Your Company Happier and Healthier
Studies have repeatedly shown that happy people are also healthier people, and a study based on current U.S. Census data revealed that healthy people are 20 percent happier, too. The small changes I made at my business-networking company improved productivity, staff engagement and contentment, as well as customer service. Here are low- and no-cost ways […]
Tech Tools: Working Vacay
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Reading List: Rock Breaks Scissors
In this book, the prolific William Poundstone presents strategies gleaned from numbers theory, statistics, probability and human behavior that his further research indicates can improve your chances of more accurately predicting situations such as whether a pitcher will throw consecutive fastballs, the frequency of a card player’s bluff, how to outwit the stock market and […]
Reading List: Supercommunicator
Your product may be the next big thing. Your business idea may be brilliant. But if you can’t describe that product in a way that’s lucid and inviting or explain your business idea in language that a potential investor will understand, you won’t get far, Frank J. Pietrucha maintains. Pietrucha, president of Washington, D.C.-based Definitive […]
Evernote: An Indispensable App
Able to sync content from the cloud to your desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone, Evernote seems to do it all. When you make an update in Evernote on one device, you’ll see it reflected everywhere else. Here are a few of the best ways to use the program. 1. Organizing. Treat Evernote like the Library […]
Entrepreneur Test: Do You Have What It Takes?
It was 9 p.m. Friday in the middle of summer. The weather was perfect. My friends were out on the town, having fun and taking pictures they’ll have to explain in future job interviews. I was holed up in my tiny apartment typing away. Why? Because I was becoming an entrepreneur. Ask anyone what it […]
4 Steps to Revolutionary Business Growth
You’ve tried just about everything else. Perhaps these four counterintuitive approaches to growth might be what you’ve been looking for: 1. Go Slowly. The very best way to get to Cleveland is to drive. Or even to walk. Point yourself in that direction and start. Most people don’t do that, of course. They decide that […]
The Lesson Michael Douglas’s Father Taught Him
Most people have one father to live up to. Michael Douglas has two: Issur Danielovitch and Mladen George Sekulovich. The first is better known as Kirk Douglas. The second is the birth name of Karl Malden, whom Douglas starred opposite in the 1970s television series The Streets of San Francisco. “Karl always made me feel […]
John C. Maxwell: A Guide for Making Tough Decisions
Good leadership is not a popularity contest. One of the most important days in my career was the day I realized that leading well was more important than being well-liked. Anyone who has had this epiphany know it’s a tough moment: We’ve all wanted to be the “cool kid” since our grade school days. Now we […]
Wait! Before You Complete That Proposal Request…
The purchasing agent from a very large national company called me to ask whether he could send me a request for proposal. He had visited my company’s website and thought we’d be a good fit. “I’m sorry,” I responded. “I’m not sure we’re right for your RFP. Would it be OK if I ask you […]
Reading List: #GIRLBOSS
In her lively memoir, Sophia Amoruso, the founder and “chief troublemaker” of online fashion retailer Nasty Gal, merrily recounts her journey from dropout and dumpster diver to CEO of a $100 million company. The catalyst for her transformation from delinquent to mogul was her passion for vintage clothing and a long recovery from hernia surgery. […]
How a Bird Near Death Gave Kathy Bates Life
Today, Kathy Bates is reaching new audiences on the TV series American Horror Story and the Melissa McCarthy summer comedy Tammy. “Everything has snowballed into a really good place,” Bates says. “I feel very lucky.” However, that’s a big change from the summer of 2012, when Bates found herself going through the bleakest time of […]
