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Entrepreneurialism Information
Do You Have What it Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur?
Print off this page, take the quiz and find out if you've got what it takes! See the scale at the bottom to mark yourself.Answer the following questions on a Scale of 1 - 51 - definately not 2 - not likely 3 - sometimes 4 - probably 5 - definitely--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1) Do you have many hobbies (besides TV viewing and playing video games)? ____2) Do you take a leadership role in group settings? _____3) Can you discipline yourself to finish a project, even if it means late nights and low recognition from your peers? ____4) Do you often think of new and innovative ways to do things? _____5) Do you enjoy meeting new people? ____6) Have you had success in the past in planning a project, and carrying it through to it's completion? _____7) Would you consider yourself a positive person? ____8) Even when things go wrong do you try to "learn a lesson" from the experience? ____9) Do you enjoy working alone? ____10) Do you manage your time well? ____11) Do you like to set goals and achieve them? ____12) Do you like to take calculated risks to achieve an objective? ____--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ScoringIf most of your scores are 5's you have a very strong "entrepreneurial streak" and should strive for your goals.
Starting Your Business: 3 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Way to the Top
Bootstrapping a business startup does not necessarily mean that you are unable to find traditional sources of capital. It may mean that you are clever, or that you know a bargain when you see it, or that you are the type of person who derives a certain satisfaction from crafting something using your own hands and vision, from scratch.
Goals and New Venture Creation
More and more corporate workers are leaving their jobs to start new ventures. When taking this leap, it is important that the goals of these entrepreneurs are solid, as these goals may ultimately determine the success of the new venture.
Definition of Entrepreneur
EntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is a man who organizes and manages the business. The following are the responsibilities of an entrepreneur that what he has to do?1.
What It Takes To be An Entrepreneur Series: Action
Many people have the professed desire to be their own boss, start their own business ecetera, ecetera..
Become a Recognized Authority in Your Field - in 60 Days or Less!
You don't have to be rock-star famous before you are recognized as an authority in your field. You just have to begin to get the word out.
Adding a Service After You Buy a Business
When you buy a business, you should have a plan. Why have you chosen that particular business? Why that particular time to buy a business? What can you bring to the business? Some of the most successful business stories are of people who buy a business with the intention of bringing their specialized set of skills to it, and using them to grow the business.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Public Domain Info, but Were Too Afraid to Ask!
What to Look Out For:Copyright - you absolutely must check on this - violating someone's copyright is not clever and can be a really expensive mistake not to mention seriously damaging your reputation. Is it really public domain? All those lawyers fees can really mount up when checking into all this but believe me, you really don't want to end up in court over it.
Book Yourself Solid: The Simple Selling Process
As a service provider you may not want to think of yourself as a salesperson. You are in the business of helping others and you may not feel comfortable with the sales process.
Solving the Million Dollar Mystery: 4 Steps To Create A Turn-Key Business
You're a smart, hardworking entrepreneur, and you're moving fast. You are highly educated in your field and your business is growing and getting busier each day.
Entrepreneurs - 9 Top Mistakes to Avoid
1. Isolating YourselfWhen setting up a business, you can get so overwhelmed with the administration that you don't focus on building up your network.
Interview with Best-selling Entrepreneurial Authors Barbara Winters and Nick Williams
Ray Bradbury's quote, "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down" may sound extreme but, as anyone building a business knows, it has a lot of truth in it.As a newly self-employed journalist / writer and life coach, I found Barbara Winter's book, "Making a Living Without a Job" invaluable so when I got a chance to interview her and Nick Williams in London, I was delighted.
Secret Revealed In The Business Code
? Beginners often rush into business without any planning.? Unless you do your homework, there could be many avoidable pitfalls.
Increasing Business BIGTIME with a Successful Referral System
What I've discovered from most of my small business clients is that most would prefer to build their business through referrals rather than through direct mail, advertising in newspapers, radio, TV. However, most leave the referrals to a somewhat chaotic, unplanned approach.
Youve Found Your Guru, Now What?
In my last article, "Follow That Guru", I told you about the one (1) simple technique I used when starting my home business, "A Name".Now everyone wants to know what to do next.
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11/16/2020 09:05 AM
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How Can You Make Your Online Business More Successful?
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Many entrepreneurs have gone before you and figured out how things work, so that you don't have to reinvent the wheel. You can follow what other successful online entrepreneurs have done and become successful doing it.
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11/02/2020 10:01 AM
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How To Develop The Mindset Of An Entrepreneur And Become Successful
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Mindset Is Everything-You won't be awesome at being an entrepreneur unless and till you condition your brain for getting into business and then making the most of it.Any trade can be really tough to comprehend. However, if that is something somebody wishes to do, then how do you do that effectively? Here are a few great tips that I have come up with on how you are able to become that awesome entrepreneur as well.
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11/02/2020 09:20 AM
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Winning at the Proposal Game
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Submitting bids and tenders is a great way to grow and expand your business and is a great way for a small company to become a much larger company. It can be frustrating and costly to bid, this work taking you away from other business activities. However, winning a bid gives you access to a new customer and other project opportunities. You also have to consider as to whether you have the financial standing and moral fortitude to undertake large projects so choose your opportunities with great care. Smaller projects can help your company grow efficiently and profitably with less drama and anguish. Here are a few pointers to remember when producing tenders.
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11/02/2020 09:15 AM
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There Is Such a Thing As Too Much Free Content
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When you fundamentally reexamine your marketing strategy, it's very freeing. You can focus on what's most important.
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10/22/2020 11:34 AM
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The Pros and Cons of Working for Yourself
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Working from home offers many benefits and even a few drawbacks. It's up to you to determine if you have the personality for it. You'll need to rein in family and friends who want to take advantage of you, as well as yourself, to stay on track for creating a healthy and profitable home business.
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10/12/2020 09:53 AM
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The Impact Trifecta: Make the Most of Your Impact Efforts
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Impact can feel oddly unsatisfying. If you're feeling that your impact isn't fulfilling you, that's a clue. Maybe you're not having all the impact you want to have.
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10/02/2020 10:22 AM
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How To Show Your Expertise When You're Starting Out
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To show your expertise when first starting out doesn't require you to have a huge client roster, or even a following yet. Use these tips to help you gain a following, improve search engine optimization (SEO) and build your business.
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09/29/2020 09:03 AM
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5 Things to Think About Before You Start a Business
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Before you start a business and kick off your entrepreneur journey, you need to understand a number of things. Here are five to think about before you invest your money.
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09/29/2020 09:01 AM
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How Do You Create Multiple Streams of Income?
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Here are just a few of the ways you can create multiple streams of income online. There are also ways you can do it offline such as savings, investing, rental income, and more.
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09/28/2020 09:45 AM
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Does Money Make You Successful?
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When people want to become entrepreneurs they don't actually think about the work. They think about the freedom.
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09/28/2020 09:43 AM
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Your Fear Is a Valuable Messenger
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I know you care about impact. Fear will keep you from it, if not by shutting you down, then by distractions. We all feel fear, so what can you do?
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09/02/2020 01:33 PM
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Discovering Lucrative Business Opportunities
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There are several ways to be successful today but the most popular one is almost always acknowledged as venturing into a world of capitalizing on online business opportunities. People who are able to do this easily usually reap in the positive benefits many folds.
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09/02/2020 01:27 PM
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Ready To Position Yourself As an Expert?
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Becoming an expert is a process. At first you will feel as if you'll never make it, but everything you do builds on the next thing and eventually it will snowball to true success.
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09/02/2020 01:25 PM
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It Will Take More Than Motivation To Make A Business Succeed
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Many people naturally have the leadership abilities that are necessary to operate a successful business based on their family environment while they were growing up. Their basic character traits are often nurtured and manifested during these stages.
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08/31/2020 09:26 AM
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Are You Enough?
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What would it mean if YOU were enough? All the things you need to have a successful business.
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08/17/2020 12:59 PM
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Postpone Your Impact, and It May Never Happen
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When you postpone your impact, it may never happen. Life will always get in the way, if you allow it.
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08/11/2020 11:45 AM
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Do You Have What It Takes To Become An Succesful Entrepreneur?
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Deciding to become an entrepreneur is just the beginning. You know you want to own your own business and control your fate, but you're not yet sure exactly what it is that you should do.
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08/03/2020 02:42 PM
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Do Your Prospects and Clients Really Know You?
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People buy from those they know, like, and trust. How can you help them get to know your business? How can you build their trust?
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07/24/2020 10:25 AM
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Be Willing to Fall Flat on Your Face
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Being the leader you want to be, to have the impact you want to have, will not always be well received. You might take that as a failure. But is it?
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07/08/2020 09:48 AM
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The Secret Shame Of Having A Full Time Job
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According to experts, More than 47% of Americans today cannot pay $400 for an emergency without having to borrow that money. The secret shame is that most of that 47% had full time jobs when answering this question. That number is even worse today as millions have lost their jobs.
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07/08/2020 09:48 AM
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How Becoming An Author Builds Expertise
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If you want a fast way to become an insider within your niche, push yourself to new heights, and become the expert you know you are, becoming an author will do that for you. But, you must get started and learn all you can about marketing once the book is finished.
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07/03/2020 11:30 AM
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How To End A Business Relationship Amicably
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Ending a business relationship is never easy, but once you do let go of clients who aren't ideal, you're going to free up space to attract your ideal clients. Plus, once it's over you're going to feel so much better about your business and yourself.
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07/02/2020 11:37 AM
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Are You Honoring Your Values?
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So much is going on in the world right now, that it can be difficult to focus on your business' values. You may be going through some financial challenges due to the pandemic, and even if that's not the case, it can feel hard to consider one more thing as you pivot and adjust. I have had to make conscious and sometimes difficult choices in my own adjustments to stay aligned with my values and those of my business.
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06/30/2020 06:30 AM
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You Are Made For These Times
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Ever feel like you want to just leave everything behind and go elsewhere? I sure do. But we're here. How do we rise to these times?
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06/22/2020 08:50 AM
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5 Tips to Make Big in Business From the Expert Business Coach
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Get tips to make big in business from the expert business coach Thamizharasu Gopalsamy. One can learn business basics with this pen work.
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06/19/2020 04:19 PM
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Honest Grant Cardone Marketing Mentoring Program Review
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Do you know Grant Cardone? Do you strive for success? Are you passionate? If you want to learn from the best Grant Cardone is your guy. You are about to take a "DEEP DIVE" and become submersed into his Marketing Mentoring Program. We will take a look and I will help educate you on what I have learned, and where you will benefit by joining him on his mission to create success, and help you do the same.
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06/15/2020 02:39 PM
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When Celebrating Your Big Accomplishments Is Hard
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Celebrating your significant accomplishments can stir up feelings and resistance. Here's how to deal with that.
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06/15/2020 02:32 PM
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What Exactly Is Passive Income?
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Any income where the individual does not have to physically earn is called passive income. This of course is a very attractive way of earning an income and indeed those who are lucky enough to make a decent living this way are quite happy. Ways To Generate Loads Of Passive Income- There are currently some very popular and common ways to earn a passive income.
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06/08/2020 09:13 AM
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Find Your Fierce
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You want to have impact with your business. You'll have a lot more impact if you get in touch with your fierce.
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06/01/2020 08:48 AM
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Are You Becoming the One?
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Impact calls you on a deeper level. If impact were just about taking action, you would have had that impact already.
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06/01/2020 08:43 AM
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Respect Payroll
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Entrepreneurs at times have such passion for their product that they overlook payroll. This article describes some common startup payroll problems, and their solution.
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05/25/2020 01:14 PM
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Your Relationship With Desire Shapes Your Impact
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Your impact is a deep, unique expression of who you are. Diminishing your desire for impact rains on the parade of who you are and what you contribute.
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05/18/2020 10:35 AM
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Rethinking Your Business Plan? Be Sure to Include This
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We're in the midst of a significant disruption of business. Creating a new plan focused on this one thing keeps you on track.
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05/14/2020 09:50 AM
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How To Handle Criticism In Business
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There are essentially three types of critics. Each has a different agenda and all but one has something good to offer. It's important to understand and differentiate between these three types of critics so that not only can you quickly identify those whom you should listen to and those who you should ignore, but also so that you can learn to provide criticism yourself in a constructive and useful way.
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05/11/2020 07:49 AM
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Are You Afraid of Your Own Impact?
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It's worth it to start to explore what's holding you back from the compelling, exquisite impact that you could have. Your impact matters.
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05/05/2020 07:55 AM
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Why Is It Easy to Fail at Your Pitch
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The aim is to secure investors, and to achieve that, the pitch deck presented needs to make them sit up and pay attention. Do not become just another pitch they hear and promptly forget. Failure is not an option, and these are the common blunders that scream, "Fail":
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04/07/2020 08:35 AM
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Having Impact During a Pandemic
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The Chinese proverb, "May you live in interesting times," was never more poignant than it is right now. Every single one of us is undergoing significant change, whether we want to or not. The coronavirus/COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (even the name keeps changing) is making sure of that.
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03/28/2020 07:39 PM
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To Survive, You Need to Follow the Bubbles
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Whether you are an entrepreneur or small business enterprise, one thing is for certain, we are all experiencing some form of disruption in our business as a result of Covid-19. For a very small handful of businesses, this unprecedented change is a positive one for their business, while a significantly greater number have not been so fortunate.
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03/28/2020 07:34 PM
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Here's the Secret to Double Your Productivity
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Productivity only matters in the context of what you ultimately want to accomplish. Being productive in service to your bigger goals and your impact matters.
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03/19/2020 09:11 AM
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Are You Prepared? Hint: If You Are, You'll Have More Impact
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Preparation can be the bridge that brings you into greater emotional connection with your audience. With connection, you build impact.
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03/02/2020 08:23 AM
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Are We All Creative Or Is That Just A Myth?
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Everyone is creative. But everyone is not created the same. There are many types of creativity.
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03/02/2020 08:19 AM
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3 Common Psychological Roadblocks And How To Navigate Them
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Before we talk about common psychological roadblocks, understand that while you can read about this all day long, you may need extra help overcoming some issues. Consider getting a life or business coach depending on your own issues. This will help you work your way through it faster so that you can move on with your life.
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02/26/2020 10:03 AM
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How Can Brainstorming Be Used To Generate New Business Ideas
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There are different methods of brainstorming that work for different people. What works for you will depend on your own personality, so it's smart to try out more than one method.
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02/26/2020 10:03 AM
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Two Mantra of Successful Entrepreneur
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Great leaders are willingly make personal sacrifices and accept responsibilities for organizational failures. They put the interest of common good- their stakeholders which includes employees, government, customers, creditors, directors, suppliers, unions and the overall community at large before their interest. They adopt a 'give no excuses and accept the mistake' approach. There is a direct positive relationship between risk-bearing and entrepreneurship. Successful entrepreneurship is about identifying your passion, taking a rational risk and exploring opportunities others don't see. Risk-taking pushes you to think and act outside your comfort zone without which you become torpid, conventional and content
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02/21/2020 12:04 PM
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Why Is Copy Trading Service Useful?
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If you don't know how to trade and want to take advantage of someone more experienced, then copy trading is the right one for you. Copying more experienced traders allows you to make a return on your money with minimal risk. The most important part is to trust a company that offers a verified record or performance of their trading history.
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02/19/2020 09:22 AM
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Business Problems? Use A Mind Map To Solve Them
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Many people use different methods for problem solving. One of the most favored and effective methods is using a mind map.
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02/10/2020 09:30 AM
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Small Business Ideas for Entrepreneurs
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Here are a few ideas if you want to start your own business. They are relatively simple so that anyone can do them. It is also meant to get someone thinking about a field you would rather be in than those I have suggested.
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02/10/2020 09:23 AM
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What Does Industry 4.0 Look Like for Entrepreneurs in 2020?
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Entrepreneurs are facing more challenges today than ever before. In a deeply connected world, it's difficult to make any decision without a massive ripple effect. The Fourth Wave of industrial revolution has well and truly started to impact the world. It's an impact that cannot be ignored if you hope to be successful as an entrepreneur.
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01/28/2020 02:51 PM
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How to Overcome Competition in the Marketplace?
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That there is stiff competition in every field may be an understatement. Thanks to such a super-tyrannical competitive environment, smooth sailing in the business world is a Utopian dream. Therefore, as an entrepreneur or a marketing manager of a firm, you may worry as to how to overcome the competition you are facing in your marketplace. Of course, this is easier said than done. But at the same time, it is not impossible as well. You have to take a few firm steps in order to surmount the competition and make your presence felt in the marketplace. Let us find out how you should go about it.
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01/21/2020 10:14 AM
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Are You Doing Too Much?
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Your impact matters, and so does your personal sustainability. Here are 3 ways to keep having impact without compromising yourself.
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