On presenting: A Lesson from Lincoln. There’s a reason people fear making presentations. It’s hard! Really f-ing hard! Much harder than it looks, don’t you think? Sure, we’ve heard all the advice. Yet, if you’re like me, you still struggle to understand how to best convey your knowledge and expertise without boring the crowd with a data dump. You might also wonder, how do I convincingly sell an audience on my idea or motivate them to take action? And perhaps most of all, how do I do all this in
Mentor Schmentor Have you ever felt during the course of your career that you were floundering a bit and thought, “Gosh, if I only had a mentor, someone to help me along, things would surely be different.” I know I have. And yet, I never fully understood the relationship between mentor and mentee. It all seemed very loose to me and frankly it was hard for me to imagine that an ambitious, successful superior focused on his or her own career would have the bandwidth or interest to be a sounding
Steve Jobs on Failure. “You’ve got to be willing to act.” #tmik (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
“More money is rarely the answer to innovation. The best innovations come from a world of scarce resources.” — John Donahue, Ebay CEO
Steve Jobs Rules for Success 1. Be passionate 2. Be a great talent scout -Jeanine (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Extroverts are “Natural” Salespeople, and Other Lies. How many times have you been at a cocktail party or networking event and seen that guy, you know part Max Headroom, part Mr. Incredible, with the toothy grin and the bone crushing handshake who seems to be sucking all the oxygen out of the room as he makes a point of introducing himself to each and every person at the event? We’ve all seen this at one time or another and then no doubt thought to ourselves, this guy MUST be in
Successful Founders Share 4 Must-Have Skills To Bolster Any Career Every career is different. But some skills cut across all of them. Here are four.
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned about success, I learned from a fish. I was recently chatting with a friend about her job at a company at which she’s been employed for many years. I asked how things were going, to which the friend replied that things were fine. “You know, it’s a job.” She confessed that she really didn’t love the job, but she said, “it’s a good company, I make a decent salary and I know what’s expected of me. It’s comfortable.” I’ve replayed that conversation
Do you ever find yourself wondering what it is your supposed to do with your life? So did David Litchfield. In this TED talk he explains how he set about figuring it out. If you have a minute check this out. A little inspiration for your day. From David Litchfield at TEDxBedford Click here to watch the full TEDx Talk
A Lesson on Pricing from Picasso Pricing your services is often much more difficult than just charging, “what the market will bear” don’t you think? After all, what is your talent and knowledge worth? Why are some in your profession able to charge so much? Others so little? Will you seem more attractive to potential customers if you’re perceived to be more affordable? As you ponder the answers to these questions consider this short story about the painter, Pablo Picasso. It’s a story I first read in Harry Beckwith’s best-selling book,