8 Sure Fire Ways to Fail

If you want to achieve success in life, avoid the eight obstacles in the following post.

America continues to be the world’s largest economy and boasts the lion share of global billionaires. In fact, there were reportedly 442 billionaires in America in 2012—the nationality majority of the record 1,426 people who have earned this laudable distinction around the world. When considering the staggering success only an elite few attain in business, it

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8 Sure Fire Ways to Fail

What are Performance Reviews or Appraisals

If you are concerned about what to expect in a performance review on the job, learn more about what it is in the following post.

Be it the year end review or the beginning of the year goal setting meeting, you might feel as if it is just another meeting to get done with. Think again, your performance management, appraisals and reviews impact you in different ways. It could mean a higher raise, an opportunity for a

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What are Performance Reviews or Appraisals

Get ahead in 2013: 5 steps for workplace success

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Some people are natural-born networkers and move from one position to another with fluid grace. Others have to work a lot harder at getting promotions and landing new and better-paying jobs.

Moving up the ladder isn’t always about being in the right place at the right time, nor is it about being lucky. Success in the workplace most often stems from careful planning and following a dedicated and deliberate career path to achieve your goals. Here are five tips you can follow to better position yourself for the opportunity of a salary boost, or promotion that might make your 2013 federal tax return outshine your 2012 earnings. Continue Reading

What is Success in our Society?

All of us have our own idea of what success is.  Unfortunately, some people’s view of success may affect the way we treat each other.

Alain de Botton is a philosopher who has his own idea of success.  In the following video, he explains how society’s view of success can have a negative affect on people and offers relief to the pressure to be successful. Continue Reading

What Leads to Success?

I believe most people want to achieve success in their lives.  While each of us may define success differently, there are certain factors that can help everyone accomplish their goals.

A marketer and success analyst, Richard St. John has spent time learning how other people have succeeded.  In the following video, he shares 8 secrets to success. Continue Reading