The Best Business of Your Life
Seeking perfection has lost me more than $100,000 the last couple years. By the time a millionaire has tried and tested eight different experiments without focusing on perfection, most people haven’t even gone to market yet. Maybe only two of their experiments worked and were deemed profitable. The point is they weren’t paralyzed by perfection, but were driven by testing. [Read more…]
Banks send credit card offers to students in an attempt to build a life time customer. They also know that many students will use their credit cards impulsively. It is important to avoid credit cards, and to simply not apply for the majority of them. If you decide you want a credit card to build your credit, use it responsibly. Pay it off each month and look for one with the lowest interest rate. Additionally keep the credit limit small. You can ask the credit card company to freeze the credit limit so they do not automatically raise it for you.
Most people who work from home find they work too much rather than too little. Other remote workers struggle to keep a regular schedule — working a few hours one day and pulling an all-nighter the next.
Some interruptions can’t be avoided. Client deadlines may unexpectedly require extra hours. Family obligations can interfere as well, especially if children are home during the day. [Read more…]
In the evening, it’s more likely you’ll be tired from the day’s activities, and time can easily be wasted with dinner preparations and zoning out in front of the TV. That’s why many successful people make connecting with their partners a morning ritual.
Especially if you like to make it home for dinner, the mornings can be a great time to meet with people for coffee or breakfast. Plus, networking breakfasts are less disruptive than midday lunches and more work-oriented than boozy cocktail parties.
Expressing gratitude is another great way to center yourself and get the proper perspective before heading to the office. Writing down the people, places, and opportunities that you’re grateful for takes just a few minutes but can make a real difference in your outlook.
Make these habit a ritual, and you will see yourself soaring high in no time
For a long time, it was believed that people are born with a given level of intelligence and the best we could do in life was to live up to our potential. Scientists have now proven that we can actually increase our potential and enjoy ourselves in the process. We now know that by learning new skills the brain creates new neural pathways that make it work faster and better.
Here is a list of hobbies that make you smarter and why. [Read more…]
Becoming a thought leader, an individual who drives innovation and new ideas in a given industry, is an objectively valuable path for any professional. Thought leaders are popular, well respected and connected enough to drive real value to their respective businesses. They’re charismatic institutions, revered both by customers and workers within the industry.
But getting there is neither easy nor straightforward.
You can’t go to school to become a “thought leader,” nor can you complete a one-off program and earn some kind of certificate or formal recognition as such. Instead, you must implement a series of ongoing personal branding strategies, refine your skill sets and expand your professional connections consistently. On top of all that, you have to introduce new ideas on a near-constant basis, and make sure your name gets recognized by people both in and out of the industry [Read more…]
What I have to say may upset you, or it may inspire you: We all have amazing dreams and aspirations, but many people will never achieve them because they were set up to live a mediocre life. When you look at our society and the way you were raised, you were taught to get good grades in school so you could get into a good college. [Read more…]
“Have a specific goal and envision the lifestyle you’ll be able to have if you stick to it,” This will make financial cutbacks more palatable and keep you both motivated and focused on your goal.
So whether you’re saving for a home, retirement, or a new car, find pictures that represent your dream, and keep them in view—on your fridge, pinned to a bulletin board, or even on Pinterest. The more you are reminded of your goal, the more motivated you’ll be. You may even want to tour houses like the one you want or take a look at your ideal car. [Read more…]
You want to do the right thing. You want to help those in need. Unfortunately, not everybody shares your altruistic point of view. There are people out there who only want to help themselves, and they’re willing to do it by taking advantage of your good nature and stealing your money. Worst of all, they do it in the name of charity
Sadly, there are so many sophisticated charity scams operating that it’s difficult for would-be donors to tell the fake charities from the real ones. Email, snail mail, television and even face-to-face solicitations seek funding for a wide range of causes. [Read more…]
