The classic The Art of War by Sun Tzu (5th century BC) is, obviously, about military strategy. However, there are some important lessons about running a business that company executives can learn from the book. This article examines one of those learnings.
Would you like to know how to stop bad behavior by using body language and pattern Interrupts? If so, continue, and you’ll discover a few eye-opening techniques you can use to alter unwanted behavior.
By some estimates, there are 850,000 active podcasts and over 34 million podcast episodes. With 32 million Americans listening to podcasts on a monthly basis, breaking...
During a negotiation, you can gain more insight into the other negotiator’s needs by asking why. Asking why he’s seeking what he wants will uncover a wealth of hidden information that you can use to tailor your offerings. Discover how to do that and more in this article.
The second law of thermodynamics says that heat will transfer from a hotter object to a colder object until both reach the same temperature. A similar thing happens in every business, the innovation and uniqueness of hot products or services transfer to colder, not as interesting, products or services of the competition. But business has a choice and can keep "hot" forever.
If your profile doesn’t showcase your personal brand, the real you isn’t online -- you’re essentially hiding. You may believe that your skeletal profile is just fine. Sleek; minimalist; just the way you like it. As a matter of fact, your profile looks like the profile of most C-Suite executives. So, no problem, right?
Wrong. LinkedIn is first and foremost a search engine. People around the world are using it 24/7 to search for people with your superpowers, your talents, your experience. But in your minimalist profile you haven’t used your keywords often enough for the search engine to rank you highly in the search results and put you near the top of the list returned to the user. Since those searching rarely look beyond the first two pages displayed to them, you will never be found. You’ll never know the opportunities you could have had, if you had been found.
How much time do you spend “should”-ing your way through life? It’s easy to internalize goals and dreams, but following through is often unattainable. Why? We want more from our lives, our careers and our influence, but many fall short of our goals. It’s not that we don’t truly want to reach them, but rather that we aren’t willing to raise our standards enough to create real, lasting change.
