Career Articles

1. 4 Ways to Staying Highly Motivated

By Tracy Brinkmann Where you are today is a direct result of the actions you have taken in your past. The degree of happiness and success you enjoy today is the fruits of your past labor. If you are not where you want to be today – then you need take action – daily and consistent action to be specific. The level of success and happiness we all achieve is the direct result of our consistent actions. Not th... read more

2. Simple strategies for home based business owners to reduce stress and be more satisfied with home an

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach Handle small emergencies fast: When a small emergency does pop up being prepared with a home medicine kit will come in handy. Make sure to have one in your car and one in the home and look through them twice a year to make sure they are up to date and have been restocked. Use this same twice-yearly update to change the batteries in your smo... read more

3. Quiet Mind; a powerful tool that gives you more time, creativity, and productivity and takes just 10

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach The National Center for health statistics reported that in 1997, doctors made two million diagnoses of "Acute reaction to stress" when patients were seen for check-ups or complaints of headaches, stomach problems, immune system disturbances and some heart problems. These were usually a direct result of chronic stress and overwhelm, patients ... read more

4. To Get Hired or Get Promoted, Attitude Is The Key

By Bonnie Lowe When you're looking to get hired or get promoted, what do you think is your most important asset? Your experience? Knowledge? Skill? Talent? While all of those are advantages that will help you achieve your goals, there's one thing that's more important than all of them combined. Your attitude! I attended a board meeting recently. It should've been spelled "bored." Just about everyone's e... read more

5. 25 Valuable Phone numbers for small businesses Success

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] 25 Valuable Phone numbers for small businesses Success By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach http://www.in-spiros.com Starting and growing a small business can be a daunting and sometimes lonely process we have compiled a list of 25 helpful phone numbers for agencies and services that work with small businesses. They can give you information, ideas, and resources to help yo... read more

6. How do you discover and live your passion?

By Craig Nathanson How do you discover and live your passion? This is a question we all want to answer… …especially in mid-life where everything is suddenly up for questioning. Especially after age 40, when you get this nagging feeling that what you do isn’t really fulfilling and meaningful anymore. Especially when your support structure continues to be more concerned with the mundane aspects of life than wit... read more

7. How to Be a Freelancer in Demand: Become a Busy Client’s Best Friend

By Shelley Wake The best clients are the busy clients. Why? Because they're the ones with successful businesses, so they have enough money to pay you. They're also the ones who are busy enough that they really need you. And they’re the ones who are likely to have ongoing work for you. They’re also the ones who are the easiest to keep because you know exactly what you need to do to keep them. It’s simple – jus... read more

8. Inside Elance: Thirteen Writers Explain Why Elance Works for Them

By Shelley Wake Browsing through the writing projects at Elance, one thing stands out. It’s the “Recent Earnings” figures listed with each bidder’s name. These aren’t fake figures – these figures show what real writers have been able to earn and they range from $1000 to $60,000. If some writers are making $60,000 a year, then Elance looks like a great opportunity for writers. Yet, a lot of the talk is against ... read more

9. Resumes That Rock (16 Expert Tips)

By Karen Fritscher-Porter It's never too early to update your resume, even if you're not searching for a new job. Why? Updating your resume is a valuable reminder to yourself of your practical value to employers. Refer to it when preparing your business case for a raise request or when preparing for your annual performance evaluation. Your resume is a good reminder of your achievements for your company as well as your c... read more

10. 10 ways to protect your financial identity being used for someone else’s shopping spree

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] 10 ways to protect your financial identity being used for someone else’s shopping spree By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach http://www.in-spiros.com Someone impersonating you could be spending your hard-earned money. Impossible! Not really, check, loan, and identity fraud are a real problem. In 2002, the federal trade commission estimated that identity fraud affected a... read more

11. 5 Simple Tips on Using Your Senses

By Janice Hoffmann -Lifestyle Coach @ successissweetest.com All sensuality is one, though it takes many forms; It is the same whether a man eat, or drink, or cohabit, or sleep sensually. They are but one appetite. --Henry David Thoreau 1. Breakfast in Bed. Imagine a lavish breakfast arrives brimming over with sweet cream pancakes, an assortment of berries and raspberry syrup, complete with a steaming mug of latte and a tender handwritten note of gra... read more

12. Breathing balances mind and body

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach http://www.in-spiros.com Breathing for Balance: Without breath we cease to live... Without conscious deep breaths especially in times of stress we cease to live with our bodies in balance. Breathing is a key element to eliminating stress and restoring balance and lightness to our beings. My mother's hospice nurse would always say rememb... read more

13. Avoiding repetitive stress with your computer

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach http://www.in-spiros.com RSI or repetitive stress injury is now beginning to enter the mainstream as a legitimate workplace health concern. It has been around for years but with the increased number of people who use their computer all day long it's serious health effects are getting more attention. I am self employed and don't work in a ... read more

14. Dealing with a bad book review

By Laura Hickey When you get a bad book review You've just been notified a review of your book has been posted. You're all excited and can't wait to see what has been written. You're clicking onto your book's page when...Oh no! They hated your book! This bad review is going to turn away customers from buying your book. Wait! This isn't the end of the world. Here's 3 tips to deal when you get a ba... read more

15. Attitude

By Tracy Brinkmann On your road to becoming successful (no matter what your definition of success may be) there are a number of fundamentals or principles that you must make a part of your life both personal as well as professional. I am making it my life’s mission to share with, as many people as possible the synthesis of what I have learned are life’s principles for success. Most are the fundamentals that we all... read more

16. Five easy ways to bring family time into your day; Balancing work and family stresses

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] Five easy ways to bring family time into your day; Balancing work and family stresses By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach http://www.in-spiros.com The pace of life seems to quicken every year. More and more time is spent rushing from job to after school activities or evening meetings. It's easy to get over whelmed and to loose a sense of family and relaxation in our homes. H... read more

17. Not satisfied with where you are; STOP- Change the action change the outcome

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] Not satisfied with where you are; STOP- Change the action change the outcome By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach http://www.in-spiros.com “If you keep on doing what you have always done, you will keep on getting what you have always gotten!” So if you don't like how things are going in any area of your business, career, life, STOP! Think about what you want, focus in on wh... read more

18. 10 Simple ways to Clear Clutter from your Home and Office

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach 1. Hold the intention that the only three things aloud on your writing desk is a lamp, a small vase for flowers, and a photograph or two. That's it! When you get up from your desk put everything else away except those three things. 2. Sort your mail as soon as it comes in, then recycle, throw out, file, or respond. No piles and no promis... read more

19. Words That Inspire - SIMPLIFY

By Julie Cohen WORDS THAT INSPIRE A monthly quick shot to motivate you, in less than 45 seconds, from Julie Cohen Coaching What do you gain if you SIMPLIFY? Dictionary*says: to reduce to basic essentials, to diminish in scope or complexity, to make more intelligible. What it REALLY means: removing clutter and interference from your life and work; looking at large ob... read more

20. Goal Setting 101

By Tracy Brinkmann If you have read more than one of my articles, I’m sure you may have come away with the notion that I am big on goal setting. You would be correct in this assumption. I have done a number of presentations on this subject. During these presentations I have noticed that there are two overriding views on goal setting. The first, is of those that are either new to goal setting, or yet haven’t trie... read more

21. Negotiating a Raise, New Job Title, or Bonuses

By Teena Rose Written by Teena Rose, a columnist, public speaker, and certified/published resume [http://www.resumebycprw.com] writer with Resume to Referral. She’s authored several books, including "20-Minute Cover Letter Fixer" and "Cracking the Code to Pharmaceutical Sales." Negotiation is a give-and-take process until an eventual agreement is reached between two or more parties. To understand the art of ... read more

22. Creating your Vision for your business, career, & life.

By BZ Riger-Hull [FNAME] Creating your Vision for your business, career, & life. By BZ Riger-Hull, Certified Success Coach http://www.in-spiros.com Many people go through their daily lives feeling overwhelmed. There are so many things to do and there never seems to be enough time or energy to do them all. Is this how you feel about your business, career, or life? Have you p... read more

23. 10 Steps to Escape the Job World and Create the Life You Really Want

By Valerie Young [1038 WORDS] Copyright Valerie Young 1. GET THE POINT -- OF LIFE, THAT IS. It's one of those things that is worth repeating -- life is all too short. And, few among us will look back in our old age and wish we'd gone to more meetings or put in more overtime. The point is, despite pressure to "play it safe" by sticking with your day job ("But dear, you have a good job, you want to be HAPPY t... read more

24. Preventing Mid-Career Burnout Article

By Linda Warren Jeremy had all the symptoms of mid-career burnout. A 29-year-old buyer in the purchasing office of a Bay Area company for four years, he was having a hard time staying focused and completing projects at work. He also had low energy, no enthusiasm and a negative attitude toward his job. Worst of all, he simply did not want to go to work when his alarm clock would ring in the morning. “The p... read more