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Month: February 2013 (Page 1 of 2)

10 keys to success

Skmamun, blogger of ‘Time To Us‘, provides us some advices about success.

Here are the top ten keys to success:

1. Optimism. Think positive.
2. Faith. Believe in yourself, God and your country.
3. Planning. Know what’s important each day; set your priorities accordingly.
4. Determination. Have the courage to stand alone when taking the big risks in life.
5. Vision. Think big, dream big, keep success in your mind.
6. Attitude. If you think you can’t, you’re right. Winners have positive attitudes.
7. Goals. Set goals. Plan how to achieve them.
8. Perseverance. Try and try again until the goal is achieved. Never give up.
9. Knowledge. Learn to accept your mistakes, but make them only once.
10. Enthusiasm. Choose work you like. Enjoy the challenges.

Read other advices at: http://goo.gl/OIoTQ

Stress and bubble wrap

Laurie Barkman in her blog Passionate Performance has published an interesting article about everyday stress.

When we learn how to manage stress, when we control the stress instead of allowing it to control us, we enjoy richer, deeper, stronger relationships. We work better, we feel better … we live longer.

The question is how do we do that? What can we do to bring our minds, our lives back to a healthier place?

Barkman’s answer to this question is in her article at: http://goo.gl/7Opb6

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Have no enemies

Cameron’s article Have no enemies published on his blog Manager’s diary draws a difference between not liking someone, and having an enemy.

“You won’t get along with everyone you work with, but working with those people is one of the things that define leadership. People err in their business when they begin to think of their teammates as their foes.”

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The happy secret to better work

A decade of research, proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome. Raising sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accurancy on tasks by 19%, as well as myriad of health and quality of life improvements.

In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor, in his Ted Talk, argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.

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