Business Networking
Getting a Handle on Your Time.
Time management. Is there such a thing? I mean can time be managed? Thousands would say it is so. But can we really handle time like a commodity? A hundred sixty eight hours in a week, and we think this is like money in the bank, each day issuing us 24 hours to manage, at [...]
...read moreWhat limits you?
If you are fishing at 40 degrees below zero and you pull a fish up through the ice, an obvious thing happens. The fish freezes, fast and hard. A young man who did this, was grinding out an existence fur trading. Noticed some other characteristics when he thawed the fish, cooked it and ate it. [...]
...read moreYou have integrity when….
You have integrity when you know what integrity is, and have it as an operating system in your life. Integrity is a synonym of several words, used throughout the business world. Webster defines it as “the quality or state of being whole, complete, unbroken, sound, and may include the ideas of sound moral character, uprightness, [...]
...read moreHow do you do client’s Birthdates?
Do you keep a list of people’s birthdays? Not just a list of your close friends or family birthdays, but of others you know. How important is it that people remember your birthday? Probably not very, but you do like it when they remember you. Remembering birthdays and sending cards to people is not merely [...]
...read moreJust say “Yes” or simply say “No!”
Did you know that few of us say “yes” or “no” clearly? Someone asks us to do something we don’t want to do and we demand how about it like demented children, instead of saying “yes” or “no”. And while I believe that usually, if we don’t want to do it, we should say so, [...]
...read moreGetting what you want. Part 3
Think about what you fear if you think someone is judging you. If you are like me, you want to feel like you are accepted. We want others to accept us and when they seem to be judging us we become unsure of ourselves.
In school we wanted the approval of our teachers and the students [...]
Getting what you want, Part 2
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How do you get what you want? Remember from Part 1 that fear plays a part in getting what you want. It seems that fear of success is a greater block to progress than actually succeeding.
Another important factor is our fixation on fearing to succeed leads us to that very place. It is kind of [...]
Getting what you Want!
How to Get What You Want, Without Fear
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Fear is a real factor in getting what you want. Fear of leaving a dead-end job for whatever reason. Could be that you don’t have one in mind to go to, so you stay where you are. “Better the devil you know, than the one you don’t.” the [...]
If You Are New To Business Blogging Then You Will Not Want Miss This
Portland Business Community is committed to helping local business grow and thrive in these tough economic times. To that end, we are announcing plans to host a FREE training seminar and business networking event.
The training will be a hour and a half long session on how to create effective business blog articles to:
Gain better [...]
...read moreSmall Business Happens an American Tradition
Small business makes up 50% of our nations gross domestic product, but that is with a definition of small business being companies with fewer than 500 employees. The real back bone of America is the go getter spirit of the American worker. When faced with a 12.1% unemployment rate, many know the prospects of finding [...]
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