This Method Will Help You Be More Successful at Business...

Doing business is a practice in the art of self-awareness -- of being able to carefully manage your strengths and weaknesses and clearly articulate the expression of who you are. By refining this art, you can cultivate a balanced sense of self that will propel your business forward and close future business deals.

Here is how to do it.

7 Healthy Habits That Maximize Your Productivity Every Day...

Entrepreneurs usually keep a densely packed schedule that fits as much work as possible into their waking hours. There’s always something else to be done and more you’d like to achieve, so how do you keep your day running efficiently without being overrun by the demands on your time?

There are some tricks I’ve learned over my entrepreneurial journey that have served me well in running my day successfully. Not every day will stick to the routine, but if you commit to practicing these steps daily, you’ll get better at keeping them over time.

Here are seven steps I’ve learned for effectively running your day as an entrepreneur.

4 Tools to Put a Stop to Time Wasters in 2016 ...

In 2016, resolve to make a permanent change with project tools and workflow solutions that eliminate repetitive tasks and streamline operations.

Get started with four of my favorites:

4 Productivity Tips That Changed My Life This Year...

I want to share here four of the biggest productivity tips I utilized and will utilize this year to help me make the most amazing year. I’ll also share how you can apply these to your life to make 2016 your best year yet!

1. Employ time-blocking.

5 Ways to Help Your Business Survive Its Adolescence...

Nothing compares to bringing life into the world. But a close second might be building your new company. After all, there's a reason we coined the term business "life cycle."

Once the company is up and running, running it might be likened to raising a child. Instead of wooing your little one's way into elite preschools, you're pitching venture capitalists. Rather than sending your teen off to college, you're grooming your company for acquisition. If you make it through the "teething" stage of testing strategies and gaining market traction, you get to look forward (or not look forward) to . . . adolescence.

Brace yourself for flashbacks to those difficult years. At times, your brand will look just as ugly and awkward but still have those tender moments of confidence and poise. Some business relationships will flourish, and others will end unhappily ever after. No company achieves success without weathering growing pains, but as every parent knows, the years spanning high school and college are a grueling necessity in development.

So, how do you "raise" your Business right? Here are some ways to navigate this tumultuous era so your business comes out smart and successful on the other side:

Stand Out From the Crowd: How to Define your Unique Selling Point...

Never underestimate the power of a good USP. It can make or break your business. Here’s how to define or redefine your business’s image so that you stand out from the crowd and grow your business.

                       

List the Features and Benefits That Are Unique To Your Product or Service

10 New Year's Resolutions Entrepreneurs Should Make Every Year...

If you set goals that are achievable if you stretch yourself, New Year’s Resolutions can help you gain perspective and achieve goals that can make you a stronger individual both personally and professionally.

For myself, New Year’s Resolutions can be a valuable assist in determining my long-term success. Here are 10 New Year’s Resolutions that every entrepreneur should consider as they welcome this upcoming year.

12 Tips for Expanding What's Possible in 2016...

Each and every year about this time my thoughts, and probably yours, turn to what I have to celebrate about the year winding to a close and what I am committing to for the year to come.

                               

And every year, for the last 10 years, I celebrate the limitations I’ve successfully challenged and target the ones I intend to blow up in the next 12 months. I’ve distilled my methods for living an unlimited life down to one tip for each month. You can work on one a month, tackle them in groups or all at once. You might be relieved to know that not one tip involves resolutions, or even goals.

It's a New Year and a New Start. How About a New Opportunity and Why you need to get involved in Business Opportunity Hunt to make 2016 a better and productive year...?

As we enter a new year, there’s no better time to quit your current position to give yourself a fresh start at a new Opportunity. And, if you’re still not convinced on the benefits of looking for an opportunity platforms...

Here are a few points that may help you reconsider.

5 Toxic Beliefs and Negative Values that Make Success Impossible...

It's hard to think differently and be able to dream new dreams. We'd all like to be visionary thinkers like Bezos, Buffett and Branson (the Three B's of Bold Thinking) and achieve great things.

But most of us aren't bold visionaries.

And that's OK, because while you and I might never come up with the next big thing, we can decide to think differently from other people -- and in the process, achieve differently from other people.

Here are five things people think that ruin their chances for success.. and more importantly how you can think differently:

5 Powerful Habits That Drive Every Great Leader To Success...

If you take a look inside most any management textbook, you'll find that there are four classic functions of management that have been written about for decades: plan, organize, lead, and control.

While I personally believe that these functions still do have their place in business, they don't really tell leaders how to best to unlock the energy within the members of their team to get things done.

In my many years of business experience, I have found that 5 powerful leadership habits make the biggest difference in the success of every leader -- and the organizations they work for.

7 Questions You Need to Answer for a Mind-Blowing New Year...

Now is also a great time to reflect on the past year. So I am confident that you have scheduled time and activities for your new year retrospective?

Haven’t you? No? Now that is a shame.

As a leader, you are not only responsible for achieving goals and setting a vision, but you are also responsible for reflecting on the past year. It's important to do this at every significant milestone, and especially at quarter-end and year-end. Why? Because you run the risk of dragging your unfinished business into the next year. And that could adversely affect new or multi-year projects.

"Don't ask what is wrong ask what is missing."
- Michael Hyatt