Slow Down for Quiet Power
A woman in a hurry is not the image you want to portray. A woman on a
mission yes, but not a woman on the run.
Some good advice I learned from my mother, a successful entrepreneur, was “slow down to get things done.” Sometimes she’d say, “if you keep working so hard you’ll never get ahead.”
Early [...]
It’s true that we learn from our mistakes, but the wise young businessperson corrects his/her mistakes before they are made. What mistakes should you be weary of? I surveyed 100 CEOs to reveal the “seven career sins” that sabotage success.
Who Wants to be a CEO Anyway? - You Do
photo credit: SimonDoggett
When you see CEOs hauled off to jail in handcuffs, skewered before Congress and blamed for the Wall Street melt-down you might ask, “Why would I want to be a CEO?”
My response is, “If you are going to work in a company (which most of us are) you might as well work [...]
Put a Sharp Point on Your Written Communications
It’s not unusual to get 20 or 200 emails a day. I know someone who gets 2000! If you look at the ones you’ve received (and include snail-mail letters too), you will see that the majority start with “I.”
You typically see, “I’ve attached . . . I [...]
Surviving (Inevitable) Rejection
Rejection is inevitable in life, especially if you’re making an effort and putting yourself out there. Here are some thoughts I use to make it less painful when I get it.
First, try not to expect to get it before you actually do. Most of the negative situations you worry about will never happen. [...]
We’ve seen CEOs attacked for Wall Street greed, questioned by Congressional committees, exposed on “60 Minutes”, and led to prison in handcuffs. How did those business heads turn into incompetent and/or dishonest crooks and low-life’s?
We assume power corrupted them. Not so. Usually, he (or she) was rotten from the start- he [...]