Is Your Strategy Failing Your Career and Business?
January 27, 2012 by Contributor
Filed under Briefs
Many entrepreneurs have difficulty using their instinct or their gut reaction to guide them in business and on their path to success. Let’s look at some ways out instincts are leading the way.
Considering Entrepreneurship? How to Know If You Should Take the Plunge
October 5, 2011 by Contributor
Filed under Book Summaries, Briefs
Thinking of becoming an entrepreneur and starting a business? Here are questions that you should be asking yourself.
Ten Game Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness
November 23, 2010 by Contributor
Filed under Briefs, Success Tips
From Dr. Randal Pinkett, the first and only African American to win NBC network’s hit reality TV show The Apprentice, here’s an inspiring article that provides a strategic roadmap to help African Americans succeed. It presents a trailblazing path for leveraging ethnic and cultural assets to not only win the game of success in any arena, but to reshape America and leave a powerful legacy.
What I Know Now About Success Book Review
September 27, 2010 by Isabel Isidro
Filed under Book Summaries, Briefs
People succeed, not because they never make mistakes, but because they have the courage to overcome adversities and challenges. Even the most accomplished and successful individuals have fears and insecurities. They have their missteps as well. Read the review of the book “What I Know Now About Success: Letters from Extraordinary Women to Their Younger Selves.”
The Winning Habits: Four Secrets of Success
September 9, 2010 by Lyve Alexis Pleshette
Filed under Book Summaries, Briefs
How do people succeed? What makes them do extremely well in their endeavors? What traits propel these people to the top? The book “The Winning Habits: 4 Secrets That Will Change The Rest Of Your Life” by Dick Lyles reveals four simple winning habits that can propel you to success.
How to Keep You on the Path of Perseverance
September 8, 2010 by Contributor
Filed under Book Summaries, Briefs, Career
Even beyond passion and planning, perseverance is the critical element that gets the winner to the finish line every time. Changing your life is hard work, so what do you do when your energy is flagging and it seems like there’s a setback at every turn? Here are 21 tips and tactics to keep you on the path of perseverance.
The Ladder of Commitment
June 24, 2010 by Contributor
Filed under Book Summaries, Success Tips
Are you going to achieve your most important targets for the coming year? Your answer to that question can reveal a lot about where you are on what I call “the Ladder of Commitment “, and is generally highly predictive of how far you’ll go in your pursuit of success. Here’s a quick look at that ladder from the bottom up, along with what may be a surprising conclusion about what it really takes to reach your targets, in business and in life …
10 Entrepreneurial Strategies for Success
May 18, 2010 by Contributor
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From the book “The Risk Takers,” learn the common traits that bind successful entrepreneurs. These shared traits are not merely a coincidence; they are the keys to their success. Use these 10 strategies in your business to achieve success.
6 Strategies to Overcome Adversity
May 13, 2010 by Lyve Alexis Pleshette
Filed under Book Summaries, Briefs
Even though there is talk that things are turning around, 2010 is going to be tough for many. Learn how 10 extraordinary people overcame great adversity in their personal or professional lives by applying winning strategies that guided them out of the darkness of near-defeat and into the light of success.
How Prepared Are You to Run a Business?
March 8, 2010 by Isabel Isidro
Filed under Book Summaries, Briefs
Are you prepared to run a business? This is the question that Linda J. Lord’s new book “The Pitch: Business Lessons Learned on the Soccer Field” explores. Making the decision to start a business is just the first step; the real test is how well you can run the business. Your level of preparedness – mentally, intellectually and emotionally — can spell the difference between the success and failure of your business.