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Reinvention - Six Random Thoughs On By An Observer Of Business
Re-invention; Six Random thoughts “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”… term often heard at Hurtte’s Texaco 1964 I had just started working as a car wash boy (a strapping ten years old) when I first heard mechanic Von use the term. I bet you’ve heard it used too. To some extent, there’s a bit of human nature stashed deep in

you need to smarten up. Quit trying to be something for everyone. Who is your target audience or better yet - WHO SHOULD BE your target audience?

· Tight Bathing Suits Are Too Constricting (GASP). That's right - sometimes you need to release clie

A Gift And A Bribe - The Difference In Biblical Terms
Many Westerners who come over to oriental societies have to immediate grapple with one reality - the strong culture and presence of gifts-giving and even bribery that takes place in our societies. It can range from the blatant (Indonesia or Vietnam) to the indirect (China or Philippines) to the “legalised and regulated” (Singapore!).I remembered my first encounter with

"It's my least favorite season of the year, bathing-suit season. I don't know why we can't be shaped like all those eighteen year old boys they design those suits for." - Diane Ford

Shopping for a bathing suit is right up there on my Top 10 Ways to Torture Yourself.

Why?

Because finding something that is the "perfect fit" (and you know what I mean here- that somehow the Bathing Suit Fairy will magically take 10 pounds off your ass)

But you know what?

It is always worth the effort to find the "perfect bathing suit for you." Before I went to the Caribbean this spring I spent 2 hours with a sales girl who had a "behind" the size of an apricot. And she did offer expert advice and she reduced most of the pain from the mirrors!

And you know me - as I was twisting, turning, and sweating during the process I thought " I am going to turn this into an article someday!!"

Here's How Bathing Suits Are Like Selling:

· One Size Does NOT Fit All. In selling you need to smarten up. Quit trying to be something for everyone. Who is your target audience or better yet - WHO SHOULD BE your target audience?

· Tight Bathing Suits Are Too Constricting (GASP). That's right - sometimes you need to release clien

Unemployment Survival: Taking Back Control
One of the most emotionally crippling aspects of unemployment is the sense of powerlessness it engenders. Job layoff triggers financial pressures, emotional distress, family turmoil, and dashed career hopes. It is forced on us by unrelenting fate, an emotionally disengaged employer, and economic currents that have little to do with us personally. We feel that we have no cont

o Torture Yourself.

Why?

Because finding something that is the "perfect fit" (and you know what I mean here- that somehow the Bathing Suit Fairy will magically take 10 pounds off your ass)

But you know what?

And you know me - as I was twisting, turning, and sweating during the process I thought " I am going to turn this into an article someday!!"

Here's How Bathing Suits Are Like Selling:

· One Size Does NOT Fit All. In selling you need to smarten up. Quit trying to be something for everyone. Who is your target audience or better yet - WHO SHOULD BE your target audience?

· Tight Bathing Suits Are Too Constricting (GASP). That's right - sometimes you need to release clie

Business Careers: Keys to Moving on from Retrenchment
You may be astonished to realize that retrenchment may occur more than once during the life of the modern day worker. In fact, career advisors report that we could expect to be made redundant up to three times during our working life.As common as retrenchment is, when it happens, no one likes it. Whatever range of emotions initially emerge - fear, anger, resentment,

effort to find the "perfect bathing suit for you." Before I went to the Caribbean this spring I spent 2 hours with a sales girl who had a "behind" the size of an apricot. And she did offer expert advice and she reduced most of the pain from the mirrors!

And you know me - as I was twisting, turning, and sweating during the process I thought " I am going to turn this into an article someday!!"

Here's How Bathing Suits Are Like Selling:

· One Size Does NOT Fit All. In selling you need to smarten up. Quit trying to be something for everyone. Who is your target audience or better yet - WHO SHOULD BE your target audience?

· Tight Bathing Suits Are Too Constricting (GASP). That's right - sometimes you need to release clie

Ksa's - The Hidden Truth
The truth is this: Whether you say "KSA" "KSA’s" or "Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities"?, You are talking about the same thing. A KSA is simply an specialized essay required with most Federal Government Resumes. Ok! no secretive almost answers here just the facts; a KSA is an essay that's it!Are the KSA's Important to the Federal hiring proce

And you know me - as I was twisting, turning, and sweating during the process I thought " I am going to turn this into an article someday!!"

Here's How Bathing Suits Are Like Selling:

· One Size Does NOT Fit All. In selling you need to smarten up. Quit trying to be something for everyone. Who is your target audience or better yet - WHO SHOULD BE your target audience?

· Tight Bathing Suits Are Too Constricting (GASP). That's right - sometimes you need to release clie

How to Become a Fire Investigator
Part detective, scientist, engineer, and law enforcer, the fire investigator represents the collusion of multiple careers rolled into one. It is the fire investigator who must explore, determine, and document the origin and cause of the fire, establish what human actions were responsible for it, then bring authoritative testimony to the courtroom to win a conviction in cases

you need to smarten up. Quit trying to be something for everyone. Who is your target audience or better yet - WHO SHOULD BE your target audience?

· Tight Bathing Suits Are Too Constricting (GASP). That's right - sometimes you need to release clients that don't fit anymore. Perhaps they don't pay enough, or you just aren't getting the "warm fuzzy factor" anymore. Or perhaps they have outgrown you or you have outgrown them. Either way - respectfully release them.

You Gotta Know Your Strengths Baby! Bathing Suits are all about marketing. Playing up your strengths and not focusing on your weaknesses What are the biggest assets you bring to a client? How you can help them the most and does your marketing reflect this?

· Cheap Bathing Suits Look Cheap. You get what you pay for. Are you not spending money in areas that you REALLY SHOULD be? ie/ creating an e-zine, follow-up with your customers, improving your product or service on a consistent basis. Obviously there are areas you want to save money, however, never should it be at the expense of your reputation or brand.

· Your Bathing Suit From 1994 No Longer Does It. Yes - your fancy schmancy logo from 10 years ago cost you $500 to get designed. (Although let's be honest - so

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Every community has 'em. Fast talkers who roll into town with a clever idea to sell to people in business.

When you're where the buck stops, it's easy to regard help as something you can't accept. Especially when offered. Let me share a story. A famous radio presenter in the UK, Roger Royle, once told this anecdote about 'saying no'.

When to say 'Yes'; when to say 'No' - the dilemma! You see we human beings spend a lot of our time saying them at the wrong time - and it gets us into all sorts of trouble, expends our energies and wastes our time. In fact, if we said 'Yes' when we say 'No' and 'No', when we say 'Yes', it would make big, big difference in our lives.

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