All Entries Tagged With: "Success"
Success as CEO: Do This
A start-up’s core cultural and philosophical principles evolve as the company grows. Someone who was a great fit for a company of five or 10 may not be for a company of 25 or more. This is why you must be an integral part of the hiring process. And every person you hire, regardless of the role, should meet with everyone on the management team at least once.
How to “Breakthrough” Against Adversity
He then went on to make the Inc. 500 list in 2010. Outstanding results for any business person, but what I find particularly amazing is that this young entrepreneur achieved all of this against some very significant odds.
Your First “Hire:” Could Be Make or Break
In every entrepreneur’s business life when it’s time to hire a sales rep. If you follow these seven simple rules, you’re more likely to end up hiring somebody who can help your company increase its sales.
Upstart CEO: Win The Future Or Settle For Second
America now seems like a tiger that is no longer a tiger, and everyone knows it – except for the tiger.
“Do or Die” Personal Branding
I announced to the room that 50% of them would be out of business or barely in business if they continued to ignore personal branding. At this point, an eerie silence took over the room and I noticed that I now had everyone’s attention.
Is Too Much Success Bad For You?
As you become more successful, your company becomes bigger than you.
For Excellence: Pursue Unrealistic Expectations
These are some of the measures that made Steve Jobs exceptional and unique as a CEO, which he eventually parlayed into making Apple Computer, the most valuable company in the world.
Personal Branding Is Not a Hobby
Your ability to differentiate your brand on a consistent basis is a delicate balance of both art and science. Heading due north in your dinghy without a compass will certainly play games with your psyche. You have to marry inspiration with perspiration. Put the work gloves on right now.
Why Winners Win
“Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? It turns out that even very brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail.
Succeed on Your Terms
What does success look like to you? Are you striving toward some self-defined destination? Are you taking a route of you own choosing to get there? True success comes from doing what you were created to do, what you’re passionate about.
Scared of Risk? Here’s Help
Knowledge may be power, as the old saying goes, but “when it comes to taking risks, knowledge is a highly overrated motivator,” according to Dr. Frank Murtha, who works with traders and specializes in financial risk-taking.
Entrepreneurs: The ‘Business’ Gene
When your dad is worth $5.8 billion, you don’t need to work for a living. But Dylan Lauren , 36, daughter of Ralph Lauren, devotes round-the-clock energy to her ten-year-old retail business.
Three Traits Every CEO Needs
No longer calm seas for leaders: leaders must possess an unusual set of traits that often run counter to human behavior. These attributes are catalysts for the mastery displayed by the world’s best CEOs — they add up to a new definition of leadership.
The 100 Rules For Being An Entrepreneur
I’ve compiled a list of rules to deal with every aspect of being an entrepreneur. These ARE rules. Not theories. There’s a strong chance you can hate the process of being an entrepreneur.
A Complex Web: Customers, Processes and Operations
We only exist because we have a customer base. Why is it that we are biting the hand that feeds us?
An Interview With Magic Johnson
Johnson says there’s no ‘magic’ to business success. The basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur answers fans’ questions about life on and off the court.
Why I’m Glad I Got Fired
I had changed from being an accomplished, smart, results-oriented person with the corner office to someone who wanted to create something that endured.
Work As Craft
The key business/career fulfillment is to place total focus on several key ingredients and to practice, nurture and return to each whenever in doubt, scuffling or complaining.
Don’t Try To Learn From Failure
You might say it’s fine to think that entrepreneurs learn from failure even though there’s no evidence that it’s true.
