You can’t teach someone how to make a deal. The process is more about soul-searching, trusting your instincts, and letting your inner voice guide next steps. Digital media pioneer Richard Wolpert should know—he has worked with industry titans like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Now he’s distilled everything he has learned about how to negotiate into […]
How to Triple Your Sales
Insecurities and worries will not help you sell anything, whether it’s an idea or a product. To succeed, you need to have high self-esteem. Think of your self-concept as the master program of your subconscious. Improving it will directly improve your effectiveness, productivity, and performance. If you find that you don’t like yourself for any […]
How to Build Value
To succeed on the job, a business professional needs to have enough marketing knowledge to reach customers, coworkers, and other stakeholders. But first and foremost, qualified pros needs to know how to market themselves so they can land the job. Every boss is betting their own financial success on choosing the right employees. That makes […]
Expand Your Circle of Influence
Want to be a better communicator? Here are three principles you need to keep in mind. 1. Never criticize, condemn, or complain. Using criticism to win an argument, make a point, or incite change will not achieve good results. When your words threaten someone’s pride, they’ll feel compelled to defend themselves by rejecting whatever you’re saying. […]
Get Rich Quick
Twelve months. That’s all you need. Entrepreneur Ryan Daniel Moran has a three-stage blueprint for establishing a million-dollar business. Stage one is the Grind, which can take up to three months. You’re in the Grind until you can define your customer, choose your first product, and achieve at least 25 sales per day. Stage two […]
Is Imposter Syndrome Good?
If you have imposter syndrome, you’re doing something right. You’ve heard of imposter syndrome, right? It’s that feeling of inadequacy we experience sometimes when we start a new project or job. The next time you experience that skeptical and self-searching feeling, lean into it. It’s a sure sign that you’re on the right track. First of […]
Why You Don’t Need a Job
Poor and middle-class people work hard to make money. But wealthy people are different. They let money do all the work through the magic of investing. The idea that becoming rich depends on having a well-paying job is just a myth. Actually, the way into the upper class involves breaking free from employment altogether. You […]
Why You Need Trust in Business
Building strong, trusting relationships quickly is important to every organization. Why? Because mistakes won’t matter as much when both parties know what the other really means. Keep in mind that there are no shortcuts; creating trust in a relationship can never be rushed or faked. Trusting relationships require continuous, conscious work on both sides. Good […]
How Facebook Makes Its Money
They know everything about us. And we know very little about them. The internet was created to help people share information and communicate. But now companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are using the internet to spy on people, find out what they want, and then use that information to sell them things. This […]
Why the Numbers Won’t Lie
Sometimes opinions just aren’t enough. To truly understand the status of your company at any given moment, you need hard data. Perhaps you’ve heard the old saying that what gets measured gets managed. Seeking out data is always the first step in improving a process. Therefore tracking the right numbers for your company is a […]
