Does success make you happy, or does happiness make you successful? This might sound like a pleasant topic to debate over tea and a cucumber sandwich :-) some late Sunday afternoon. Short answer is that while success probably does make people happy (it’s better than failure for sure), it is also true that having a [...]
Read More >>“I think everyone sees Hollywood and thinks of all the film stars and the glitz. For me and Victoria to be living here, we’re looking around thinking, god, we’re living in L.A. and Hollywood’s just down the road. We’re sort of looking out our window and saying, Spider-Man lives there. My wife bought the house [...]
Read More >>Things of value rarely come easy and usually require lots of preparation, time, and hard work. Along the way, people and events may derail us, slow us down, and get in our way. That’s the reality of how business works. Problems always pop up. Expect them. Being tough lets us work through them without becoming [...]
Read More >>Think you’re being sly with the excuse you just gave your boss for being late? Guess again. While the majority of managers don’t typically question the validity of the reasons provided, most of the time, they don’t believe the excuses :-). But why make up excuses? Well, we make up excuses in fear of repercussions. [...]
Read More >>If you were in a jungle, would you prefer to have a guide or a map? If you correctly interpret your feelings and your instincts, they will be the valuable guide that gives you an edge. So let it be written, so let it be done.
Read More >>July 18th, 2007 \\ Business \\ Tagged: Discrimination, Jerks, Work
One-in-five workers feel they have faced discrimination on the job. Even though there are laws which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, religion, origin, disability and other characteristics…, bias and pay inequities in the workplace still remain a persistent problem. And did you know that in 2006, there were nearly 76,000 discrimination [...]
Read More >>“So, on to my new challenge. This is one of the biggest challenges I have ever taken on in my career, to move to a different country, the other side of the world, something that I’m looking forward to.” David Beckham. “Guilty”. Conrad Black was convicted Friday of four charges, the most serious being obstruction [...]
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