
What to Do When Trying Harder Doesn’t Bring Success
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In the fog or darkness of our lives, we have to stop looking outside for answers. We must stop struggling to see what is obscured and turn our gaze inward, attending to another source of information and guidance.
Spotlight

Would Your Business Change If Money Were No Object?
Even if you are already doing work that matters to you and that you enjoy, you may have blind spots to where you may be compromising in order to make ends meet: offering something because you think the market will pay for it, rather than because because it truly reflects who you are at the deepest levels.
Design

Entrepreneur Finds Success through the Hijab
Most of us would not likely use the words “hijab” and “high fashion” in the same sentence, but if Yasemin Kanar of Miami has her way, they could become synonymous.
Tips & Techniques

What to Do When Trying Harder Doesn’t Bring Success
In the fog or darkness of our lives, we have to stop looking outside for answers. We must stop struggling to see what is obscured and turn our gaze inward, attending to another source of information and guidance.
Explore

When Good isn’t Good Enough
Bad employees aren’t the threat to organizations chasing excellence; it’s the mediocre employees that are the real problem. So when you look around your organization, what do you see? What are you? For some, I suspect, that answer will be a bit surprising.

Bring Your Marketing Home
Don’t wait until you have something to sell to bring marketing and sales home. Whenever you get triggered by a sleazy marketing or sales technique, run these 4 questions…

The Efficiency in Being Inefficient
Don’t spin your wheels trying to sell to gate-keepers. Seek out your buyers and save your words for them.
Big Ideas

[Video] Bouncing Back: Hope for the Hopeless
Have you ever experienced a setback that left you feeling a little hopeless? Coach, author and speaker Diane Bolden explains how you can use it as a spring board to greater success and satisfaction.
People

Why We All Have a Responsiblity to Create
This is why I create. This is why I’m willing to put up with frustration, stress, and obstacles. Because of all the millions of aspiring writers, of all the thousands of organizational consultants that exist in the world, I am unique. Just like you are unique.
News

Are We Sacrificing the Future to Survive the Present?
As the United States enters into its fifth year of terribly high unemployment, I’ve been wondering what impact this will have on companies. Not just on their immediate bottom line, or even in the next year. But how will five years of (roughly) 8% unemployment affect the country? What does this really mean for companies in the long term?
Popular

4 Things Your Prospect Must See to Trust You
Provide a color palette that speaks to clients, use readable fonts and have a consistent visual style — Pamela Wilson lays out some design basics you can use every day.

Is Your Battery Low? Business Vision and Creative Overhead
Your business can be a clear and powerful expression of your big vision — if you invest in your own creative overhead.



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