The Ladder of Commitment
June 24, 2010 by Contributor
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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
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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
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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.
10 Ways to Become a Girl on Top
November 11, 2009 by Contributor
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She knows how to work a room, she’s always impeccably dressed, and no matter how hard you might try you just can’t seem to break her confidence. Hate her or love her, everyone wants to be her. Here are 10 tactics to achieving your own Girl on Top status
Learning from Martha: 10 Rules for Starting a Business
September 23, 2009 by Lyve Alexis Pleshette
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What does it take to really need to successfully start a business? Martha Stewart, one of the most successful women in business today, lists down the essential elements to start an entrepreneurial venture in her book “The Martha Rules.”
Secrets of Six-Figure Women
August 6, 2009 by Isabel Isidro
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Do you have what it takes to achieve financial success? Barbara Stanny in her book “Secrets of Six Figure Women” explores the strategies that financially successful women – from entrepreneurs to corporate executives to freelancers and part-timers — employ to reach their highest income potential. According to the author, here are the eight secrets of [...]
11 Simple Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurship
July 25, 2008 by admin
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Whether you own a small business, run a large corporation, or work for someone else, Beat the System provides proven, real-world advice for building an entrepreneurial culture in your entire organization, your department, or even in your individual position.
Real You: Business Advice to Women Entrepreneurs
June 25, 2008 by Isabel Isidro
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In her book Real You Incorporated, Kaira Sturdivant Rouda offers business advice to women entrepreneurs, including work-life balance, and celebrates their natural entrepreneurial bent.
Stay at Home Moms: Getting Back on the Career Track
July 3, 2007 by admin
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Would you like to return to the work world but are concerned about how to find an opportunity that will allow you to fulfill your family or other non-work obligations, nervous about how to “market yourself” to potential employers, or unsure about what type of work you want to do?
by Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin
Authors of “Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay at Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work”