It always baffles me to see someone unnecessarily treating someone else bad. Sure, people sometimes really do deserve it, but what I’m talking about is when people let their ego take over. Take this example: A mid-level manager at a
Great networking site
I came across an interesting blog about business networking called BusinessNetworkingAdvice.com. The blog author, Josh Hinds, has interviewed several people to get their thoughts on Business Networking so it’s a good read. Josh asks two questions: 1. How do you define
A different perspective on Michael Richards
I liked Seinfeld and Kramer was my favorite character so I found Michael Richards’ recent reaction to a heckler at the Laugh Factory to be very disturbing. In fact, I would say he handled it as poorly as he possibly
The difference between clients and customers
There’s a great book by Jay Abraham called Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got. Jay is a marketing expert and one of the things he discusses is how customers should be referred to as clients. This is
Keep others interests in mind
I subscribe to the This Is True mailing list. They ran an article a while back about someone giving Vice President Dick Cheney “a piece of their mind” and getting talked to by the secret service for doing so (the
Quick Tip #3: Stagetime
If you want to quickly improve your public speaking skills, you need to get up in front of an audience as much as you possibly can. Each time you speak, you gain experience and expand your comfort zone. If you
Avoiding Conflicting Goals
Do any of your goals conflict with each other? A classic example of this is the work-life balance dilemma where you have the following two goals: Goal 1: Spend more quality time with my spouse and family. Goal 2: Get