outstanding performance

Career and Life Success

Bud Bilanich — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:51:34 -0400

I'd like to create a group where we will share ideas on what it takes to succeed in your life and career.

As a way of getting the discussion started, I will give a free eBook version of my new Amazon.com best seller "Straight Talk for Success" to everyone who joins this group.

Bud Bilanich, The Common Sense Guy

Achieving Full Potential

Jim Bolt — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:22:30 -0400

I’ve frequently wondered what it would take to get organizations and the talented people in those organizations to achieve their full potential. As a consultant my observation would be that most people and organizations are performing well below that “full potential” level. Is getting close to full potential possible?

Rewriting is the Key to Good Writing

Bud Bilanich — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:45:21 -0500

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. Writing has always come easy to me. I enjoy it. Studying Journalism in college helped too. There’s nothing like a critique from a Journalism professor to help you clean up your writing.

Outstanding Performers Work Both Smart and Hard

Bud Bilanich — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:49:00 -0500

Today is Wednesday, so this post is on outstanding performance.

Napoleon Hill was, and still is, a giant in the success field. According to Wikipedia, he “Was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the best-selling books of all time. Mr. Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success. ‘What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve’ is one of his hallmark expressions.”