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Is It Time for You to Step It Up and Run Your Own Live Retreat? - - Kim Kirmmse Toth
Have you ever had a time in your business when you felt you just really needed to take that big step, that really big jump to help your business move forward? Everyone kept telling me I needed to do a live event and how it would change my business. Well, the idea of that scared me to death!... Submitted 6 days 22 hours ago.

Build Your Reputation ... as an Author - Anita Paul
Who are you, what do you know and why should I care? That’s what people are asking themselves when they meet you at networking gatherings, meetings and events. Oh sure, you present the perfect package on the outside -- professional dress, warm smile, fancy business card, firm handshake. But... Submitted 7 days 2 hours ago.

Five Tips for a Successful Book Signing - Anita Paul
I’ve attended many book signings in my life, and for the most part they’re all pretty much the same. The author sets up a table at a book store, lays out a few books, waits for people to stop by the table to ask about the book, maybe reads a few pages and hopes someone eventually buys... Submitted 7 days 3 hours ago.

How to Increase Your Book Sales - Anita Paul
For most authors, book sales is the gauge by which success is measured. If you sell a boatload of books you pretty much think you’re a huge success. I’m not going to argue with that approach. I will suggest that there are definitely other ways to measure the success of your book... Submitted 7 days 3 hours ago.

Leverage Your Book By GIving It Away - Anita Paul
We’ve all heard the saying that it’s better to give than to receive. Well, when it comes to your book, giving is one of the best ways to capitalize on your expertise. Hold your horses ... I’m not suggesting you scrap the idea of book sales and just give all of your books away.... Submitted 7 days 3 hours ago.

Conducting The Perfect Job Interview On a Higher Level - Gary Zalben
Part I. The ultimate and true success of any business enterprise is solely dependent upon an effective head and competent employees. Slick, silken-tongued, prospective employees are easy to find and abundant and could easily cause your company ruin. With careful observation, using your own... Submitted 10 days 2 hours ago.

5 Ways to Use Your Book to Build Your Credibility - Anita Paul
How do others measure your credibility? Do they review your qualifications, your years of experience, your accomplishments, your confidence, or what your clients and colleagues say about you? The likely answer is, “All of these.” What if you could produce all of these elements of... Submitted 7 days 3 hours ago.

Getting Mileage Out of Your Book: Repurpose the Content - Anita Paul
When I created the Write Your Life Program to help corporate professionals and entrepreneurs become self-published authors, my goal was to help them tell their stories and to build their brands. That is still the motive for what I do. I work most often with successful entrepreneurs who have a... Submitted 7 days 3 hours ago.

Tips . . . Say It With Cash! - - Octavia Hansen
As an EX-waitress many years ago, I know how hard wait staff work. And it's usually gals. If it's ever men they are usually young and certainly not friendly nor accurate in their food service. Maybe that's why they don't last long. Women are used to cleaning and serving at home, might as well... Submitted 23 days 2 hours ago.

Give Me Integrity, Or Give Me Poverty: The Greatest Need in Post-War Liberia - - Mogama
Need we bemoan how deep, how wide, and how high the culture of corruption rules and reigns across the Liberian motherland? We could do that, but why settle for the easy, thoroughly beaten path? After all, no amount of cursing the darkness can ever turn on a flicker of light. So rather than curse... Submitted 36 days 22 hours ago.

An Encounter with an American Worker - Jack H. Schick
I had a severe blow up at work the other day. That’s the kind of personality I have. I’m generally easygoing and give my guys plenty of slack and leeway. Calm and easy is my style, most of the time. I do have a temper, though. It rarely does, but when it manifests itself it takes the... Submitted 49 days 22 hours ago.

What’s Going To Happen To The Economy-Local Restaurant & Pizza Shops Dying From High Costs - - Steve Kovacs
A report just released from the leading marketing research company The NPD Group, said America lost 6,863 independently owned restaurants from 2010 to 2011. In my local Ohio area, we have lost around 135 independents in that period. Gregory Starzynski NPD’s director of the restaurant... Submitted 68 days 10 hours ago.

Employment USA. United we stand, divided we fall - Highway 101
United we stand, divided we fall. Since the human race has been on this planet we humans have formed groups to defend ourselves from wild animals to modern day militias to defend ourselves from other human beings who seek to harm us. The Arab Spring has proved to us that at the grass roots level... Submitted 95 days 20 hours ago.

Happy Managing - Dianne Lehmann
Quite some years ago, when I was in my early 30's, I had the occasion to become the office manager of a mobile home resale dealership. I was ostensibly managing men and women who were, for the most part, ten to twenty years older than me. I didn't know the first thing about managing people. I... Submitted 117 days 1 hour ago.

Education Crisis Results in Poorly Prepared Future Workers of the World - Jeff Brown
Following is a more literary form of the business proposal that I have presented to various chamber of commerce in the Los Angeles area. It is interesting to note that unlike academic theory or bureaucratic laced government-run institutions, that which works in the real world works virtually... Submitted 1 year 14 days ago.

Google’s Mission Strategy Beyond Google’s Mission Statement - Mogama
Did Google even feel the pinch of the Great Recession? Hardly. Some in the investment world thought it was a combination of ego and a big joke when Google’s IPO (Initial Public Offering) debut at $85 per share in August 2004. We watched to see the stock price tank, but the balloon has not... Submitted 1 year 41 days ago.

A Fractured Coaching Fairy Tale - Carol Hess
Once upon a time there was a coach named Connie. She was a very talented coach – one of those people who has been coaching ever since she was a little girl when all the kids in the neighborhood came to her for help with their problems. When Connie grew up, she went to The Best Coaching... Submitted 1 year 64 days ago.

The Coach’s Magic Communications Calendar - Carol Hess
I don’t know about you, but on a rather regular basis I have a lot of communicating to do – a weekly ezine, a blog to post to 2-3 times a week, social media tweeting and posting, email correspondence. And those are just the daily, ongoing, get connected and stay connected activities.... Submitted 1 year 64 days ago.

Coach Overwhelm — Part 1 - Carol Hess
I don’t know about you, but when I started my coaching business, I had no idea how hard it would be. And how busy I would be. The more hours I worked, the longer my To Do list grew. The longer my To Do List grew, the more frantic I became. I started to spin. At first I was... Submitted 1 year 64 days ago.

Coach Overwhelm Part 2 - How to Cure It - Carol Hess
The faster you run, the farther you fall behind. The harder you work, the more you have to do. I know. I was in Coach Overwhelm until just a short time ago. The only way I stopped my incessant spinning was to put my foot down hard and come back to earth with a giant big bump. I promised to... Submitted 1 year 64 days ago.

Secrets of my Success: How to be a Great Leader - Bruce Horst
When I last left off , I was at the top of my game working as a Tech Manager at a Best Buy service center in Houston, Texas. It was May 2002 and I was probably on the verge of burning out. Corporate announced that they were going to consolidate our service center in Houston with the one in Dallas... Submitted 1 year 176 days ago.

Secrets of My Success: What a Difference a Day Makes! (con't) - Bruce Horst
In my last installment , I had just moved to Houston and I had a total of $9,000 a month worth of payments due to either credit cards or the IRS, not including the living expenses for me and my family of four. We found an apartment that was in a good location. I remember the first week living... Submitted 1 year 196 days ago.

Secrets of My Success: Failure is Not an Option. (It is Mandatory!) - Bruce Horst
Have you ever seen one of those ads on the Internet that starts out something like "I just made $1,234,567 in only 3 weeks!"? Chances are that you clicked on at least one of those ads, too! There are many reasons why these promises of fortune never work out. One of those reasons is because of... Submitted 1 year 210 days ago.

The Country Runs on Coffee - Dianne Lehmann
At least that is what you might think if you spend time with one of the many purveyors of the dark brew in Prescott and Prescott Valley in Arizona where my husband and I live . If there is a recession-proof business, this just might be it. Add donuts or a muffin and how could you go wrong? If you... Submitted 2 years 37 days ago.

The Secret Code to the New Economy: 1099 - Bruce Horst
For at least the past 6 months I've been asking every financial or business leader that I speak with what the 'new economy' will look like after this current recession has taken its toll and reshaped America's economy. I've been surprised at the low number of items I've found contention... Submitted 2 years 345 days ago.