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Posted by ShawnHessinger under Self-Development
From http://www.5min.com 5578 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 17, 2009 6:11 pm

Business expert Dr. Susan L. Reid talks about growing as business from solo to enterprising entrepreneur. Reid suggests if you are uncomfortable with the idea of hiring employees, think instead about creating a team. She also suggests meeting regularly and transforming your financial advertisers into a strategy team and bringing other experts in a Read More

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Take Time To Communicate Effectively With Different Cultures

Posted by CindyKing under Self-Development
From http://cindyking.biz 5578 days ago
Made Hot by: ShawnHessinger on August 17, 2009 2:20 pm

Building strong cross-cultural skills starts with learning to listen to all aspects of the communication. This is why you need to put aside your busy habits. Busy habits keep you from picking up the whole communication. The easiest way to improve your cross-cultural communication is simply to slow down and focus on the conversation. Read More

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The Productivity Map - From Followers To Producers

Posted by edragonu under Self-Development
From http://www.dragosroua.com 5578 days ago
Made Hot by: andynew on August 17, 2009 2:05 pm

A diagram based on your goal and discipline levels. These levels combined are creating your productivity patterns. Read More

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8 Principles of Winning Businesses

Posted by smallbiztrends under Self-Development
From http://zanesafrit.typepad.com 5584 days ago
Made Hot by: HeatherStone on August 11, 2009 8:47 pm

Nice short list of 8 things that winning businesses should do, based on a radio show by host Zane Safrit with guest Gary Hoover of Hoover's World. These tips are not the usual suspects. For instance, one of the tips is about reading business history -- and how important Read More

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Focus is Critical in Business, Relationships and Achieving Goals -

Posted by latiera under Self-Development
From http://www.evancarmichael.com 5588 days ago
Made Hot by: q4sales on August 11, 2009 3:49 pm

Regardless of whether it is in a relationship, a conversation or a business meeting, focusing is a skill that all entrepreneurs must have to be successful. This applies whether you run a face to face business or whether you are working on line. This applies whether you are listening to your significant other or closing a big deal before the clos Read More

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Is the Recession Really a State of Mind? -

Posted by latiera under Self-Development
From http://www.evancarmichael.com 5589 days ago
Made Hot by: marciabiz on August 6, 2009 1:34 pm

Is the Recession really crashing the world around us? There is no doubt that there is truths to companies folding, people losing jobs and the rise of costs. However, when these things happen without the strength of the media behind them, we rarely take notice unless we are the one who's company folded or job is lost. So how much is reality and ho Read More

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5 Things They Don't Teach You in Business School About Being an Entrepreneur

Posted by maplesummit under Self-Development
From http://smallbizbee.com 5599 days ago
Made Hot by: DebMark on July 27, 2009 5:50 pm

Ah, the life of an entrepreneur. Come up with a business idea, write your business plan, line up a bunch of venture funding, and retire to a private island a few short years later when you go public. If you're heading off to business school right now, reading this on your iPhone, dreaming of buying your own island - sorry for the ice bath of reali Read More

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Zane Safrit: 3 Perspectives for Handling Failure

Posted by ZaneSafrit under Self-Development
From http://zanesafrit.typepad.com 5602 days ago
Made Hot by: camerashy11 on July 24, 2009 2:10 pm

As small business leaders, failure is a routine part of our day. Success depends on how we respond to these failures. As one proverb said "Fall down 7 times, get up 8." Read More

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