motivation »

[14 Nov 2010 | 4 Comments | 1,575 views]
How to stay motivated to achieve your goals

Getting the first spark is easy, follow through and actually reaching your goal without failing is the hard part. It is like starting an engine on a cold winter morning, it might take a couple of tries before you get started, and still you need to endure the distance and be persistent. So what do [...]

motivation, success »

[28 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments | 1,311 views]
Something about self motivation

I write and talk a lot about motivation in my life, one of the hardest things about motivation, if you ask me, is self-motivation. For the past ten years I have been a little tiny bit chubby. I am not ashamed of my body, but I am still going to spare you for a seminude [...]

Customer Care, customer service »

[20 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments | 1,569 views]
Why great customer service might kill you

“The customer is always right” has been a mantra for customer service for decades. Companies does everything they can to make their customers happy, they are in a bidding war with no winners. I believe it is time to rethink customer service before it kills your business. I want to use this article to discuss [...]

For leaders, Guest post, leadership »

[6 Oct 2010 | One Comment | 1,580 views]
Tales from a Manager: A Resentful Employee is a Less Productive Employee

A Guest Post by Andrew Hall of Pounding the Pavement When I was 20 years old, I was put in charge of an independent radio station. I been working for the station for several years in various capacities, but my new title was General Manager, and it was now my job to manage a team [...]

For Employees, leadership, Teambuilding »

[30 Sep 2010 | 7 Comments | 1,300 views]
How do you create a winning team?

By just reading the headline, you might think that this article is targeting leaders. You are wrong, this article is targeting you, as the employee, as a part of a team. I am going to write a bit about team work and your part in it. Remember that you hold a vital role in any [...]

For Employees, For leaders, motivation »

[8 Sep 2010 | 4 Comments | 1,680 views]
Grow Motivation like Tomatoes

Do you have green fingers? Can you make a plant thrive? Have you ever bought a plant and forgot about it? What happened? Have you ever planted a tomato plant? Did you get tomatoes, or did it wither and die? Have you ever bought an aquarium and wounded up with fish floating upside down in [...]

Coaching, For leaders, fun at work, timesaver »

[5 Sep 2010 | 3 Comments | 1,995 views]
The best deck of cards ever!

I happened to come across a very interesting deck of cards a while back, and after finding myself drawn to this website over and over again, I decided to order one. And to my pleasant surprise they arrived within few days in my mailbox, (the real one attached to my fence outside). I knew I [...]