A Manager’s Guide to Interpreting Human Behavior

Leadership Success | January 22nd, 2013 | No Comments »

human behavior-human performance-business skills Your job as a manager is to get the very highest quality and quantity of human performance and output from the resources entrusted to you.  As much as 80% of the operating costs of your business are represented by the wages, salaries, benefits and bonuses paid out to your people.  Small, incremental increases in individual performance can have a substantial effect on your bottom line. continue reading on how to improve business skills and human performance

Professional and Personal Development through Lifelong Learning

Business Success | January 16th, 2013 | 10 Comments »

personal development-work hard- lifelong learningThe reason that many people underachieve in their careers is because they do not realize how long it takes to achieve mastery in any field. Extensive research in this area suggests that it requires about five to seven years of hard work for you to move to the top of your field and continued lifelong learning. This means five to seven years of focused, concentrated, determined hard work on yourself to get better and better in the key result areas that are responsible for your personal development. And there are no short cuts. Read the rest of this entry »

Stop Worrying! Powerful Ways of Overcoming Fear

Personal Success | January 14th, 2013 | 9 Comments »

overcoming fear- stop worrying- relieving stress Overcoming fear is essential to your success. The future belongs to the risk-takers, not the security seekers.  Life is perverse in the sense that, the more you seek security, the less of it you have.  But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire. Read the rest of this entry »

Start At The End: How Companies Can Grow Bigger and Faster By Reversing Their Business Plan

A Word from Brian's Friends | January 11th, 2013 | No Comments »

My friend Dave Lavinsky, the founder of Growthink, has helped tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners eliminate the pains from their companies and thrive. Dave’s expertise in business building has helped many business owners achieve their long term goals and achieve extraordinary success through precise goals and strategic planning. Read the rest of this entry »

Sales Success: How to Create a Solid Customer Base

Sales Success | January 7th, 2013 | 6 Comments »

customer service-satisfied customer-customer base What is the purpose of a business?  Every time I ask this question during a business seminar, the immediate answer that I get back is, “To make a profit.” But this answer is wrong.  The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer base through excellent customer service. Continue reading how to create a solid customer base with excellent customer service

Learn More to Earn More: Keys to Financial Security and Self Development

Financial Success | December 26th, 2012 | 6 Comments »

Self Development- Financial Security- Learn More Today, the rate of change is not only faster than ever before, but it is discontinuous.  It is taking place in a variety of unconnected areas and affecting each of us in a variety of unexpected ways.  Changes in information processing technologies are happening separately from changes in medicine, changes in transportation, changes in education, changes in politics and changes in global competition.  As a result, most of us are already suffering from what Alvin Toffler once called, “future shock.” Continue Reading About Financial Security and Self Development

7 Good Habits of Highly Successful People

Personal Success | December 19th, 2012 | 24 Comments »

good habits- successful people- goal oriented Successful people are where they are today as a result of their habits.  Your habits determine fully 95% of your behavior.  Everything that you are or that you will ever accomplish will be determined by the quality of the habits that you form. By creating good habits and becoming goal oriented you can become successful and live a prosperous life.

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