Never Feel Guilty About Having Fun

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Do you have fun at work?

You should, life is fun and work should be no different, especially if you’re doing something you love to do. Fun has several benefits for both you and your employer. If you’re your own boss, then fun has benefits for your team and your business. No matter what your role is in your company, you should be actively trying to have more fun and to make the workplace more fun for others. It’s the key to making sure people enjoy their jobs. When people enjoy their jobs they put more effort into their work, which usually works out well for everyone.

 

New employees are made to feel welcome.

Meetings are positive and light.

We have fun activities at least once a month.

It’s common to hear people laughing around here.

I can be myself at work.

We have a lot of celebrations for special events.

When brainstorming, we like to have fun.

My boss is usually optimistic and smiling.

Customers would call us fun to do business with.

I have a friend at work who makes me laugh.

We have a good time together.

 

Do these statements apply to your job? How much fun do you have at work? Click on the image below to take a quiz from the book “The Levity Effect” and find out.

 

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The Power Of Critical Thinking

February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Let’s admit it, our brains are capable of much more than we use them for. We are all guilty of turning our brain to ‘auto-pilot’ and just floating through the day. I believe that if we take the time to truly and critically think about everything we do we will amaze everyone, including ourselves. Here are six animations designed to help you identify different aspects of critical thinking and learn how to use them to help you think your best.

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Replacing Negative Thoughts

January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Negative thoughts don’t do anyone any good. They bring down your mood and outlook which in turn makes the entire day seem longer and less enjoyable. They also keep you from doing your best or being your best.  If you want to be more successful and happier in general you have to get rid of some of those dragging and nagging thoughts.

 

Here are a few ways to drop some of those negative thoughts…
1. Listen to your favorite song
2. Go somewhere you love to go or somewhere you haven’t been but always wanted to see. 
3. Grab one of your favorite books or a new book you know you’ll love.
4. Take a nap.
5. Spend time with your loved ones. Friends, family, all of the above. 
6. Spend some time doing one of your favorite hobbies. Playing music, taking photos, writing, etc. 
7. Write your thoughts down on paper and then throw them away. 
8. Cook one of your favorite meals. 
9. Go for a walk. 
10. Get or give a hug.
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Stand By Me

January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Any great leader you talk to will tell you that they didn’t make it on their own. Everyone, at some point in time, needs someone else to be there for them. That simple idea shines through in this video. Try to keep that in mind as you go through your normal day-to-day. It’s OK if you need someone to help you and keep in mind that someone might need you to be there for them. The world is built on dependable relationships. I wanted to share this video as a fun and happy reminder of that idea.

 

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around The World from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

 


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Do Your Customers Trust You?

January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This could be one of the most important questions a business can ask. Customer loyalty is the lifeline to any business. All repeat business is based on two things, trust and loyalty. And you can’t really have one without the other. No matter what product or service you offer, you maintain a relationship with your customer and in that relationship, there is room for trust. Here are a few good ways to make sure your customers actually do trust you.

1. Never Over Promise – Your customer might be forgiving once but if you continue to let them down by over-promising you are sure to lose them. Under delivering tells your customer that you just told them what they wanted to hear. If you can under promise, even if it doesn’t make them ecstatic at the time, and over deliver you will keep your customers.

2. Make Yourself Available – Should any problem arise, your customer shouldn’t have to wait (a long time) to get a hold of you. They also shouldn’t have to talk to a machine. Social media has made it easy for customers to talk to brands/businesses online. It’s a really great opportunity for you as a business to take care of your customers and to show the world that you take care of your customers.

3. Be On Their Side – This goes back to the very essence of customer service but even if the customer is wrong, they’re not. Your opportunity here is to let the customer know you’re on their side instead of against them. If there is a problem you will work together to get to the solution. As long as you can help it, it should never be the customer vs. the business. It should be the customer and the business vs. the problem. If your customers always feel like you’re on their side they will always trust you.

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3 Ways To Be More Productive Than Ever!

January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It’s a new year! We are all full of high hopes and aspirations to make this year better than all of the previous ones. One of the best ways, in my opinion, is to be more productive. If you get more done, you have more time. More time to do the things you love to do and to spend time with the people you love to be with. Here are a few of my best productivity secrets to make 24 hours seem longer than it ever has… in a good way.

1. Tell People You’re Busy – If you always stop what you’re doing to do something else, you’ll never get anything done. Let people know what you’re working and let them know that you will be working on it for a set amount of time. This keeps them from stopping you in the middle of your work and lets you stay on track.

2. Set Concrete Goals – Don’t leave any of your goals in the grey area. Things like “if I feel productive I will” or “If I’m not too busy I will” won’t do. Set a specific number for your goals. “When I finish 10 reports” or “I’ll leave no later than 5:30″. This way you have a better idea of how to plan and prioritize for the day.

3. Recharge Before You Really NEED To – Don’t let yourself burnout. If you get the point of exhaustion or where you just don’t care you wont get anything done. Take a break and even get a snack before you feel like you’re going to crash. This helps you keep up the momentum for the day, week, month etc.

Read more productivity tips here.

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2011′s Best Books for Entrepreneurs

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

There are a lot of valuable ways to spend your time but I like to rate reading among the best of them. We all have so much room to learn and grow that it’s a waste not to read. This is especially true for entrepreneurs. I found a great list of this years best books for entrepreneurs on Inc Magazine. check them out below.

If you could recommend just one book for someone wanting to start their own business, what would it be? Share your pick in the comment box below or on Facebook and Twitter.

 

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Why Self Promotion Is Ruining Your Career

December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

You have to promote yourself for people to know who you are, what you do and what you’re all about right? Well, that’s a yes and no answer. It really depends on your definition of the word ‘promote’. If by promoting you mean talking to people, developing meaningful relationships and giving value, promote all you want. If by promoting you mean trying to turn every interaction into a transaction STOP NOW!  Here are a few ways that the wrong self promotion can or might be hurting you.

1. You Are Isolating Others and Disrupting Their Performance – Promoting yourself lets everyone know who you’re thinking about and discourages team collaboration. Some people think it promotes a little “healthy competition” but in reality it prevents real team work from ever happening.

2. You’re Never Really You – When you spend so much time and energy promoting yourself you tend to forget who you actually are. Instead you are replaced by the cheesy salesperson side of you that no one really likes.

3. Your Not Actually Helping The Company You Work For – If you are spending all of your time promoting yourself and you aren’t contributing to a team and you are bringing the initial traits that got you hired to the tabel, what use are you to the company. Instead of selling an idea or a product you are trying to sell yourself and that doesn’t actually make you better at any job the company needs you to do.

More reasons why self promotion isn’t helping here.

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Be A Creature Of Highly Effective Habits

November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Leadership is a trait and a skill that is valued in any person in any position. So how do you know if you’re a leader or not?  Being “in charge” doesn’t necessarily make you a leader. Here are 3 habits of highly effective leaders that you should look for in yourself.

1. Leaders ask the questions that no one else is asking. They look beyond the minimum information that they need to know and dig for more. Part of this stems from their natural curiosity but part of this also comes from their drive to be more than average.

2. Leaders can look at anything from several different perspectives. They are able to listen and actually understand other’s points of view. This lets them combine different perspectives to produce the best solution or outcome.

3. Leaders create a usable system. People like to break things down into little parts. Leaders like to combine those different systems to open up new possibilities.

Something to keep in mind is that all leaders do make mistakes, in fact, all people make mistakes. The difference is how handle the situation after it’s said and done. Leaders always learn from their mistakes and approach them as an opportunity to grow.

John F. Kennedy wrote that “leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” The good leaders (almost) never forget this.

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Give 1,000 Years!

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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