How to Deal With the Negative Influences in Your Life

How to Deal With the Negative Influences in Your Life

If you were to evaluate the major influences in your life that have shaped the kind of person you are, this has to be high on the list: the people and thoughts you choose to allow into your life. My mentor, Mr Shoaff, gave me a very important warning in those early...
How To Craft a Winning Business Proposal

How To Craft a Winning Business Proposal

“A business proposal? But a good product sells itself”. As true as it sounds, this statement doesn’t entirely hold fast in the business world. If it did, then we would not consider marketing an integral part of the business world today. No matter how good a...
How to Start a New Discipline

How to Start a New Discipline

Everyone has a mental list of “I should have’s”: I should have written to my mother this weekend.I should have told her how much I really care long before now.I should have called that creditor and told the truth last month.I should have started working out years ago....
10 Reasons Why Business Writing Skills Are So Important

10 Reasons Why Business Writing Skills Are So Important

The global workplace forces us to improve our communication skills. Irrespective of the field, job, and expertise, you need to be an effective communicator in order to move up the career ladder. There are three main ways of communication in business: verbal,...
The Best Ways to Beat Procrastination

The Best Ways to Beat Procrastination

Perseverance is about as important to achievement as gasoline is to driving a car. Sure, there will be times when you feel like you’re spinning your wheels, but you’ll always get out of the rut with genuine perseverance. Without it, you won’t even be able to start...
4 Communication Skills That Will Advance Your Career

4 Communication Skills That Will Advance Your Career

I love the phrase “soft skills are hard skills.” Many of us learn specialized skills through academic and on-the-job training, which are valued by modern organizations. And if you’ve also developed the communication practices necessary for effectively influencing...