Recent Posts Tagged With 'advice'

• You Might Be Addicted to Social Media If…

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 16:45 in small business, Career, myspace, learning, goals, social networking, advice, self improvement, promotion, social media, facebook, twitter

  Social media is a great tool for connecting with people, promoting your business and just plain socializing. You can learn great tips ranging from which gadgets best suit your lifestyle to how to make a great sandwich. If you’ve got a quirky intere...

• Are Business Cards Needed For a Job Search?

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 20:11 in personal development, small business, business, Career, Marketing, Networking, social networking, advice, self improvement, promotion, interviewing, job interview

  The answer is an absolute “Yes.” I’ve been to far too many networking events where job seekers have attended unprepared. Yes it’s good to bring a stack of resumes with you (and even better to keep them in your car and/or have ...

• How to Answer the Strengths and Weaknesses Job Interview Question

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 22:15 in tips, Career, success, goals, leadership, advice, interviewing, job interview, job-search, interpersonal skills, interview success, interview prep

  One of the most common and most challenging job interview questions is “can you tell me your strengths and weaknesses?” In some cases, they may ask you to list a certain number of each (usually two or three but I’ve heard as many as...

• Are You Taking Your Job Search Seriously?

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 22:45 in tips, goal setting, Career, Networking, success, social networking, advice, interviewing, job interview, job-search

  Last night I attended a networking event and the topic of job searching came up. If you’ve attended networking events recently, you’ve probably noticed the same thing that I did: many (if not most) of the people that attend networking eve...

• Public Speaking Success: Are You a Smug Speaker?

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 17:00 in personal development, business, leadership, advice, self improvement, public speaking, toastmasters, speaking, fear of public speaking, interpersonal skills, interpersonal

  In one of my “Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking” classes, an attendee asked me why so many speakers come across as smug. I hadn’t really thought about this so I opened the discussion up to the rest of the class and was shocked b...

• Why People Don’t Like You

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 15:59 in small business, Career, Networking, success, friendship, advice, social media, fear of public speaking, twitter, interpersonal communication, online success, interpersonal skills

  None of us like the feeling of being rejected but it’s even more difficult to swallow when something like friendship, which has a relatively low social risk, is rejected. With much of our social interactions moving on-line and the anonymity of ...

• Job Interview Success: Job Interview Tips Roundup

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 23:11 in Career, success, interview, advice, resume, skills, job interview, resume writing

  I’ve recently attended a few events where I’ve met a number of folks who are “in transition”. Several of them have been looking for work for while and some of them have recently begun their search. It’s a tough market ou...

• Ten Tips for College Students – Part Two

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 07:59 in tips, College, advice, General

  In the prior post from this series, we discussed some of the ways that college students can better prepare themselves for after graduation while still enjoying themselves. We’ll continue with this theme in this post and pick up from where we le...

• Success: Ten Things To Do in High School

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 22:21 in inspiration, high school, friends, success, advice, interpersonal communication

  Have you ever wished you could go back in time and do things differently? Sure, most of us do. I recently came across a cereal box that had list on the back of “18 things to do before you turn 18.” This list got me thinking for two reason...

• Useful Feedback or Toilet Paper: You Decide - The Three Types of Useless Feedback

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 23:36 in advice, public speaking, toastmasters, feedback, constructive criticism, interpersonal

  Whenever you give a speech, people will inevitably give you feedback regardless of whether you’ve asked for it or not. Sometimes the feedback will be something you can actually put to use to improve your presentation. But frequently, it’s not hel...

• Review: Personal Development for Smart People

  Posted on Friday October 31st, 2008 at 22:54 in books, personal development, tips, review, motivation, advice, General, self improvement, steve pavlina

  My friend Steve Pavlina recently published a personal development book which I recently had an opportunity to read. If you’re not familiar with Steve, he’s a video game creator turned personal development blogger who has made quite a name for him...