Stop comparing yourself to others. Be the original, not a pale copy.
You can’t please everyone
You can’t please everyone, so stop trying to do so. Live your life to the fullest and go after what you want to become and who do you want to be to your family. Along the way, don’t worry about what others may be saying about you, especially when they are not brave enough to say it to you directly. …
Are you an entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint-hearted. Becoming an entrepreneur, a successful CEO who has built their business from the ground up is filled with challenges, trials and tribulations and as such it shouldn’t be taken lightly. For most people, being a #4 or #14 in an organization is a much more manageable, acceptable and stress-free arrangement, one they welcome and …
How to improve job interview skills?
I love how creative my friends are, but using real job interviews as mock interviews? Now, I’ve heard it all. Allow me to explain. A friend of mine has been on a career advancement search in recent months and as one of his references I was privileged to the positions he has applied for. While all of them were within …
Like it or not, you still have to work together
Personalities clash and people have disagreements, but those shouldn’t become insurmountable obstacles towards collaboration, productivity and advancement. Difference of opinions, ideas and originality is what makes organizations what they are and what they are yet to become. Whether you have initially (un)successfully collaborated with someone or not shouldn’t determine your long-term relationship and collaboration efforts. Make an effort, reach out …
Simplify and automate everything
Whenever possible (and at a minimum annually) think of ways to make you operations more efficient and by doing so you will free up people to focus on what they care about and are good at. Employees should waste minimal time on bureaucracy, paperwork and old (somewhat archaic) way of doing things. Simplify and automate everything that can be done …