What’s the secret for getting ahead at work? Or in your life? Or in your relationships? It’s continual education … with a twist. In other words, you can’t expect to achieve tomorrow’s goals with yesterday’s skills. You need to keep on learning. After all, if your competitors keep on learning and you don’t, guess what’s going to happen when the …
7 Hacks for Creating a More Positive, More Productive Workplace
You will spend more time at work than any other activity in your entire lifetime. And you will spend more time with your customers and coworkers than you will with most of your friends and family members. So for God’s sake, your work, your workplace, and your workplace relationships had better be positive and productive, or you’ll never be truly …
Continuing Education: Is it really worth it?
When I met with my physician for my annual physical recently, I asked him why he has chosen not to retire. After all, he is 77 years old. He replied, “I find excitement in the challenge of keeping up with all the advancements in the medical field. I read trade journals, listen to audio CDs, watch DVDs, attend seminars, and …
Tough Times on the Job & 4 Self-Empowering Responses
These are tough times. Whether it’s a lack of respect and civility among some coworkers, a lack of loyalty that some companies show toward their employees, jobs being shipped overseas, or wages failing to keep up with the economy, these are challenging times. What makes the situation so much more difficult is the way some people respond to these tough …