The Most Valuable Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

This is a guest post by Marelisa Fábrega that writes Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online.

business woman The Most Valuable Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Suppose you love baking pies and you’re really good at it. People are always saying that your pies are the best in town and that you should go into business for yourself.

One day you get bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and you decide to open a pie-baking business as a solo-entrepreneur.   Once your small …

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Please Your Boss: 12 Ways to Put a Smile On Their Face

happy boss Please Your Boss: 12 Ways to Put a Smile On Their Face Want to get noticed at work?

People that please their boss are the ones that get raises, promotions and other perks.  Why?  Because the boss wants them to stay.

Fortunately, there are plenty of great things you can do to stand out from the crowd and it doesn’t even take that much effort.

In a sea of mediocrity, it is easy to float to the top!…

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10 Tactics To Stay Invisible And Slack Off At Work

napping 10 Tactics To Stay Invisible And Slack Off At Work Does your employer ask too much of you?

Recognition, raises and promotions are highly overrated.  People that get these things are suck-ups and have sold their soul to the man.  They seem happy, but I bet deep down inside they are miserable creatures that loathe all the attention they get at work.

What’s more, none of us wants to be married to our jobs anyway.  Is having a steady job …

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Why SMART Goals Don’t Work and How to Fix Them

This is a guest post by Maria Gajewski from Never the Same River Twice

ac69c1f8 7b5f 4159 95b0 f20c98d20a87 Why SMART Goals Dont Work and How to Fix Them“Where will you be in 5 years?” I’ve always hated this interview question. The truth is none of us has a clue where we’ll be in 5 years. We may be in Phoenix, Antarctica, or Bali. We may be healthy or sick, single or married. Yet, so many classic self improvement books instruct us to create …

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Three Common Excuses For Less Than Excellent Work

boat thumb Three Common Excuses For Less Than Excellent Work We should fully apply ourselves and our resources to completing every task we take on with excellence.  If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing right!  Other people are always watching us and making judgements about our character.  The majority of what they conclude about us comes from the actions they observe.  If you want to succeed in life, you should take on every task with this in …

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Are You Really Free Or Are You A Slave?

Living life to the fullest is an incredible balancing act.  It is like walking a high-wire at the circus.  It takes a lot of practice to get things just right.  If you lean too much one way or another then you’ll lose your balance.  The trick is to find that equilibrium between the hard work that produces achievement and slowing down enough to appreciate the present.  When we locate this …

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How To Protect Your Money From Panhandlers

I am tired of all the panhandlers I see begging for money on the street corner.  Why do these people do this?  The panhandlers stand there with their sign that reads, “Will Work for Food” or “Out of Work Vietnam Veteran”.  If they are looking for work, then why are they standing on a street corner with a can begging?  When was the last time that you got a …

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