Category: Success
How to Write a Cover Letter That Gets Noticed
The cover letter you submit along with your résumé isn’t just a throwaway; it’s an extremely important part of your job application. Your cover letter provides a great opportunity to make your case directly to the hiring manager. Take advantage of this opportunity by customizing your cover letter for eachRead More
How to Succeed: Listen More
Far too many of us talk a lot but listen very little. That probably means that we aren’t hearing all of the information that people are trying to provide to us. It might mean that we are actually missing quite a lot. Active listening can help us to both hearRead More
5 Beliefs Limiting Your Success
A few days ago, I was introduced to a talented executive I’ll call Edward, who was brimming with potential. He was a results-oriented, driven self-starter who had aspirations to advance in his career. He was bright, attractive, and able to come up with innovative, yet practical ideas with ease. However,Read More
5 Traits to Adopt For Success
In his book The Corner Office and his popular New York Times Sunday Business column of the same name, Adam Bryant interviewed more than 70 CEOs from major international corporations to find out their secret to success. What he found was that they shared a number of key qualities thatRead More
How to Achieve Your Career Dream
We all need a little bit of extra help sometimes to move our career aspirations from dreams to reality. Often times we look in books or school, but there are other places to look. Do you know people that have had great success with a coach at work while othersRead More
How to Set & Reach Your Goals
Do you feel stuck in your job or your life? Are you growing a bit stale and stagnant? Maybe it’s time to move onward and upward, but you don’t really know how to get there? Then perhaps what you’re missing is a personal growth plan. A personal growth plan isRead More
4 Ways to Do Your Best Work
There is a great little book about life and living called The Four Agreements. It is a New York Times bestseller by the Toltec Indian teacher and spiritual guide by Don Miguel Ruiz. It features four simple agreements that if you practice them regularly, will improve your life and living.Read More
How to Succeed with SMART Goals
In life we all want to be successful at what we do. Ever wonder why some people are more successful and others less so? Sure, luck has something to do with it. But most successful people start out with well-defined, written-goals, and they measure outcomes and work very hard. GoalsRead More