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How "Positive" Thinking Sets You Up To Fail

I wish I could make the universe deliver wonderful things to my doorstep just by imagining them. I can't--and neither can you, no matter what anyone tells you. READ»

The 3 Biggest Myths About Motivation That Won't Go Away

People can have remarkably keen insights into their own behavior. Then again, people can also be remarkably wrong about why they, and everyone else, do the things that they do. And some of those people turn out to be motivational speakers and authors. READ»

How to Recognize Motivational Strengths (Yours, and Everyone Else's)

Do you spend your life pursuing accomplishments and accolades, reaching for the stars? Or are you busy fulfilling your duties and responsibilities, being the person everyone can count on? READ»

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Gen Y is more positive than other generations

Generation Y entrepreneurs are more positive, are more likely to hire and most likely to implement employee-friendly practices to battle the recession than Gen X or Baby Boomer small business owners. READ»

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How to Drive a Stake into the Hearts of Shareholders

A recovery without jobs? Halfway through the current recession, it's clear things would have been different if companies had invested in stakeholders and not shareholders. We fired the very people who can turn this around.READ»

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The Silent Screams of Consultants

We're all consultants. We offer expertise to make a connection and receive compensation. It isn't easy. We get lost and frustrated. We imagine in private what we might say to our client. . . if we had the guts.READ»

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Optimism and Hope

27 January 2009 Jose D. Roncal www.financialspeculation.com  We're now in the second week of the new Obama administration and his approval ratings are still hovering at a high 68%.  In spite of facing enormous challenges, or more ...READ»

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Enthusiasm the Lost Art

Living and working in the Midwest, I have had the opportunity to climb the corporate ladder quickly.  Throughout my last four years I have noticed a growing trend that is both threatening and dissappointing.  My enthusiasm for ...READ»

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Rewriting is the Key to Good Writing

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills. Clear, crisp writing is an important communication skill.  Successful people are able to get across their ideas in an easily readable way.  I’ve been blessed.  ...READ»