Personal Development

Personal Development is about making conscious decisions in investing in areas of your life that is of importance.

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Personal Branding Series Part 3 of 3:  10 Success Habits and Traits to Increase Your Personal Brand

Companies work hard and invest a lot of money to try and establish their company brand.  Whether they aim to be part of the world’s most valuable brands, or trusted brands, it is a priority of the world’s top companies.  When you think of Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Coca Cola, Disney, it is easy to […]

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Personal Branding Series Part 2 of 3:  10 Actions You Can Take Today to Increase Your Value in Your Industry

This is the second part of a 3-part series of Personal Branding.  You can read the first part of the series, “Why Everyone Should Act Like an Entrepreneur” by clicking on the link. Your value in the market place and your industry is reflected in your Personal Brand.  Your skills, emotional intelligence and experience all

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Personal Branding Series Part 1 of 3:  Why Everyone Should Act Like An Entrepreneur

One of the most popular words in today’s social media is entrepreneur.  In fact, every day you can find news articles, podcast episodes or YouTube videos on the subject.  What makes the subject of entrepreneurship so enticing?  Besides the fact that being an Entrepreneur means you are usually working for yourself, the traits required to

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Stretch Goals, SMART Goals Or Realistic Goals, Which One Is Your Best Approach?  #5MinMotivation

The importance of goal setting is not a new concept.  There have been thousands of articles, books and studies on the subject.  In fact, at the time of this writing, if you enter goal setting on Amazon.com, you will have a choice between 99, 037 books to choose from.  There are articles on Stretch goals

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A Different Look At The Definition of Courage?  #5MinMotivation

There are many stories that one can find in history about courage.  In today’s #5MinMotivation, I aim to get you to think of what courage means to you.  Even more than that, to inspire a new definition of courage into every one of us. Merriam Webster defines courage as, “the ability to do something that

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5 Email Strategies To Help Bring Your Inbox To Zero

How does email affect your productivity?  Before you can answer that question, you need to ask yourself how much time you spend reading, composing and responding to email?  I used to feel overwhelmed with the amount of email and responses that I used to receive.  Mostly because those emails and in turn requests, were not

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The 7 Words That Impacted My Productivity

In the beginning of this year, I started on a project to write a productivity book.  Throughout the years, my responsibilities grew due to several restructurings.  I often noticed a difference between me and my colleagues.  Although they often felt overwhelmed, I quickly adapted to my new environment and remained productive.  This is what prompted

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This Is One Of The Most Important Decisions You Make #5MinMotivation

You make decisions every single day.  Some are minor decisions that if made poorly have no negative impact to your success.  There are other decisions you make that can cause a huge impact to your level of happiness, success and increase or decrease your chances to achieve your goals. Last week, I was invited to

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