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- Business Is All About Relationship - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2009 from Dawn AngierBusiness is All About Relationship I live in a small metropolitan area with only about 110,000 people. And it seems even smaller than that. I’ve been doing business in this community for over 20 years. I’ve worked in non-profits, sales, publishing, printing, construction and ...
Views: 1060(3 votes) - You Have More Of A Team Than You Might Think - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2008 from Dawn AngierMany of our subscribers and members are entrepreneurs and small business owners. And unlike people who work in larger organizations, solopreneurs often don’t feel part of a team. Most don’t even think they HAVE a team. But they do. Here at SuccessNet, we have only two employees. ...
Views: 1045(4 votes) - When Is It Time To Make A Change - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2009 from Dawn AngierI've been thinking a lot about change lately. Here in Vermont, fall is in the air, the Canadian Geese are returning, and the days are getting shorter. At the same time, there have been some significant changes in my life. My oldest daughter was married last weekend, Dawn is working with me ...
Views: 1014(2 votes) - How Much Do You Weigh in Emotional Pounds - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Dawn AngierHow Much Do You Weigh in Emotional Pounds? “We are injured and hurt emotionally, not so much by other people or what they say and don’t say, but by our own attitude and our own response.” —Maxwell Maltz In spite of the fact that half of North Americans are overweight and that losing ...
Views: 1012(2 votes) - Your Key People - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Dawn AngierYour Key People Business is all about relationship. Who you know and how good a relationship you have with them has a profound effect on your current and future success. But in the busy-ness of business, it's easy to lose track and lose touch with the people who can help you. I keep ...
Views: 1004(2 votes) - Your Success is an Inside Job - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2009 from Dawn Angier“An investment in yourself will pay dividends for the rest of your life. It won’t depreciate, it will appreciate. It will never be devalued or stolen. Clearly, your inner portfolio is the best investment you can make.” We spend a good deal of time and money on the outside of our bodies. We pay ...
Views: 995(3 votes) - Most People Missed This In 'The Secret' . . . Did You Miss It, Too? - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Dawn AngierMost People Missed this in 'The Secret' . . . Did You Miss It, Too? First of all, let's be clear. The secret really never has been much of a secret. The only secret about it is that some people over the centuries have used 'the secret' without knowing they were using a ...
Views: 993(1 vote) - Visualize Your Success - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Dawn AngierVisualize Your Success How Visualization Can Become Reality If you’ve had any kind of exposure to success technologies, you’ve certainly heard about the power of visualization. Well, it’s true. It works. We attract what we think about. And we do it all the time—consciously or ...
Views: 990(3 votes) - The Ability To Respectfully Disagree - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2008 from Dawn AngierA critical key to success in your career and in your life overall is developing and maintaining good relationships. In fact, "Relationships" is number five of the Ten Pillars of a World Class Business. Our relationships with coworkers, suppliers, spouses, clients, bosses, siblings, employees, ...
Views: 980(2 votes) - Handling Frustrations - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2009 from Dawn Angier“I’m sooo frustrated!” These words—or something perhaps even more colorful—are things we’ve all said at one time or another. Several times over the past few days, I said them myself—at least in my head. We recently incorporated a new computer into our network, and it raised all kinds of ...
Views: 960(4 votes) - Let's Clean This Place Up! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Dawn AngierLet’s Clean This Place Up! “The world is not to be put in order; the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.” —Henry Miller A few years ago, I was the publisher of a magazine called Creating Excellence. We were nearing an important advertising ...
Views: 960(2 votes) - What Are You Tolerating In Your Life? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Dawn AngierWhat Are You Tolerating in Your Life? Making the principle of vacuum work for you In order to be successful, it’s critical we become clear about what we really want and why we want it. And the flip side to that is to also be clear about what we don’t want. We all have things in our ...
Views: 950(3 votes) - What Worked, What Didn't, What's Next? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Dawn AngierOne of the common denominators of successful people is their ability to persevere when things don’t go as planned. Effective people don’t allow themselves to get bogged down in feelings that don’t serve their purpose. On the other hand, ineffective, unsuccessful people allow their emotions ...
Views: 918(2 votes) - Ten Thousand Failures - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2008 from Dawn AngierThomas Edison once mentioned to reporters that he had tried over 10,000 materials as filaments for his new invention, the electric light bulb. One reporter asked how the young inventor maintained his persistence in the face of so much failure. “Failure?” he responded. “I didn't ...
Views: 908(3 votes) - When Is It Great Enough? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Dawn AngierWhen is it Great Enough? For the past few weeks, my wife and I have been putting the finishing touches on my latest book. We’ve been proofing, revising, editing and even swapping out chapters. Finally, we proclaimed it “complete.” It’s often a tough call—particularly when it’s your ...
Views: 897(2 votes) - What Do You Really Really Want - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Dawn AngierDo you know what you want? Are you sure? Mark Twain said it over a hundred years ago: “I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.” And it's as true today as it was in the 1800s. Most of the people I talk ...
Views: 862(2 votes) - The Art of Inspiration - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Dawn AngierWhat exactly is inspiration? We often talk about being inspired—inspired to do something, a feeling of inspiration: “I felt inspired.” We speak about inspiring people: “She’s an inspiring speaker.” The word inspire comes from the word spirit, the Latin spîritus, meaning breath, which was ...
Views: 856(2 votes) - That Motivation Stuff Doesn't Work! - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Dawn Angier“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” - Marcel Proust I ran into an old acquaintance of mine awhile back and in the course of our conversation we got around to asking what each of us was doing. When I told him ...
Views: 822(3 votes) - What's Holding You Back? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2009 from Dawn AngierOftentimes we’ve set a goal, but don’t seem to make much progress toward its achievement. When faced with an unrealized goal, it’s easy to beat ourselves up for not making it happen. If you’re not making the progress you’d like to be enjoying, there are several questions you can ask yourself in ...
Views: 797(2 votes) - Are You Addicted To New And Different? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2008 from Dawn AngierIf you are, it may be costing you more than you know. For many entrepreneurs, the temptation to always be innovating, creating and launching new things can be pretty addictive. It's great to be constantly improving, but it's also real easy to let go of the routine fundamentals that have built ...
Views: 788(2 votes) - Living Full Out, 100%, No Matter What - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Dawn Angier“Every man dies; not every man really lives.” —William Wallace, Braveheart The movie Braveheart, starring and directed by Mel Gibson, is one of my favorites. It’s the story of the legendary William Wallace in his valiant struggle to free Scotland from the oppressive King Longshanks of ...
Views: 768(3 votes) - Our Self Esteem - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Dawn Angier“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” — Maxwell Maltz A reader from the Middle East wrote to me recently asking how he could improve his low self-image. He said, “it ruins my social and professional life.” He wanted to know what techniques he could employ to ...
Views: 760(3 votes) - Your Unique Selling Proposition - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Dawn AngierYour USP (Unique Selling Proposition)—whether for yourself or your business—is a critical part of your marketing success. How many times have you been at a business or social function when you were asked what you did? How did you answer? Were you able to articulate clearly in just a sentence or ...
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