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How to Manage Your Boss
With all of the attention today on effective management techniques and the need for people skills, it's surprising that one of the most critical areas to getting ahead in your career doesn't get much attention - the fine art of managing your boss.Managing your boss isn't a matter of "apple polishing" or playing politics. It involves working together to generate the best solutions for you, your boss and your company.Many talented people are stuck in the old paradigm of exp

your revenue and income goals for the year? How does that break down into monthly and quarterly goals?

6. What will you need to do to increase that number by an additional 10%?

7. What are you going to do every day to keep your attitude at a high level?

8. How much time are you going to spend, daily, to improve your own prospecting and sales skills? What will you do?

9. How many referrals will you get this year? How will you get them? From whom? What will you do to turn

Bomb! Ten Easy Steps to Blow Up Your Next Big Presentation – Guaranteed!
Your next presentation is just around the corner. To ensure devastating impact, just follow these ten steps and watch your career catch fire.1. Avoid Excessive ResearchResearch is for geeks and bookworms. Do you really want to bore your audience with a bunch of statistics and facts that they can easily get from the library or from Google?You want to tell people your version of how things work, not someone else’s ideas that have been posted all over the Internet already

I thought seeing it’s the end of the year I wouldn’t focus on setting goals – everybody else does that, albeit not very well. I’d focus on achieving goals. So here’s some thoughts.

Focus on your goals

Here’s a question: Where do you want to be by the end of next year, and exactly how will you get there? If you don’t hesitate with your answer, I’ll bet you’ll reach it. If you have to really think about it and even break into a cold sweat, well, good luck to you. So let’s break down the components in setting crystal- clear goals.

Big-picture objective. What is the ultimate goal? What is your major objective?

Smaller objectives. What “milestones” do you have along the way to measure yourself? Where do you want to be at the end of next week, next month, or next quarter?

Specific tactics you must implement. What will you do to reach the main and smaller objectives? What must you change personally in order to have a chance? How will you reward yourself when you reach it? How will you celebrate?

Are you absolutely willing to do these things?

Can you answer these questions? If you’re serious about having your Best Year Yet, I suggest you take some time to sit down with the following questions. Think about your answers. Challenge yourself. Write them down. Then go to work!

1. What are you going to do to improve your business and business related knowledge this year?

2. How many clients will you try to work with? Customers you will attract? What do you need to do to make that happen? Can you develop an action plan for each?

3. What will you do to ensure you’re doing the best for your clients and adding more value to those relationships? Can you attract even more of their business? How will you do that?

4. What will you do to improve your physical, mental and spiritual health this year?

5. What, specifically, are your revenue and income goals for the year? How does that break down into monthly and quarterly goals?

6. What will you need to do to increase that number by an additional 10%?

7. What are you going to do every day to keep your attitude at a high level?

8. How much time are you going to spend, daily, to improve your own prospecting and sales skills? What will you do?

9. How many referrals will you get this year? How will you get them? From whom? What will you do to turn

Choosing and Using Your Desk
Whether you are working at home or in the office, your desk is a major key to reducing stress and improving productivity. Make sure that it is not only a place you can function efficiently, but just as important, a place you like to be! A functional desk that is ugly can be as much of a deterrent to productivity as a beautiful desk that is not functional. I have spent nearly twenty years with people at their desks. One thing has become vehemently clear. Your desk can be your greatest enemy

ou. So let’s break down the components in setting crystal- clear goals.