Article Category : Career Management, Work Place, Self Improvement

If you are interested in starting a business, or taking over one, you face a daunting task that carries a level of risk and excitement not possible in the ‘employee’ world.

If the financial independence of self-employment appeals to you - no boss, no income limits as to time and wage, and the ability to let your personal drive determine your compensation - then you will no doubt be eagerly going over the many options available to release you from your current job.

However, the rush of financial excitement must be tempered by the necessary cost of time, money and effort in properly setting yourself up independently.

Despite income claims made by business opportunity companies, or competing businesses, you must be ready to accept the reality of not seeing personal income for several months - or even years.

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Category : Self-Employed, career-tips,

Money Talks - How Your Listening Skills Bring You Wealth

Article Category : Candidate Planning, Self Improvement

Yesterday I spent some time with a friend and kept my mouth
shut. Well, not the whole time, but most of the time.

What kind of friend was this.

A person who’s expertise in health is one I admire and seek
out whenever there’s an opportunity.

So, here was a chance to ask a lot of questions and Listen.
It made me realize why I don’t like small talk. Never
have. So, we didn’t talk about the news, barely mentioned
the weather, and there definitely was no gossiping about
others - just a joyful exchange of helpful information and
laughs.

This friend is highly successful. He’s a great listener.
Because of that, he connects on a deep level with those
he’s listening to. The result of this careful attention is
that his answers to questions are intuitive, lightning
bolts of reason.
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Category : personal-tips, improvement

4 steps to transforming your negative self-talk into an inner coach.

Article Category : Candidate Planning, Career Management, Self Improvement

Your thoughts have a powerful effect on you. They affect
your attitude, your physiology, and your motivation to act.
Your negative thoughts actually control your behavior. They
can make you stutter, spill things, forget your lines or
breathe shallowly.

Research indicates that the average person talks to himself
or herself about 50,000 times a day. According to
psychological researchers, it is 80% negative; things such
as I shouldn’t have said that …. They don’t like me… I
don’t like the way my hair looks today. I can’t dance. I’ll
never be a good skater., I’m not a speaker. I’ll never lose
this weight. I can’t ever seem to get organized. I’m always
late.

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Category : coaching, selfimprovement

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