Overnight Success Is a Myth: Here Are 4 Ways to Persist
When people see what looks like sudden success from the outside, they don’t often think about the vision and persistence required to get there. Instead, they might attribute that success to luck or timing. These misguided assumptions have prevailed in…
5 Winning Habits for Success
You will never wake up one morning and suddenly be successful. Success is a lifestyle. It is not a one-time event that will happen to you on a single day; it is a series of events that sculpt the course…
5 Lessons from Denzel Washington
In his early twenties, Denzel worked as a garbage man and a postman simultaneously to make ends meet. He told the Hollywood Reporter, “You have eight hours worth of work, but you can do it in three. Then you come back home….
Ways to Effectively Strengthen Your Willpower: Part 2
1. Say “no” out loud. I tell myself “no” out loud when I start to feel myself slipping on a goal where I need that will power. It sounds silly, but it helps me to hear. From there, I think…
Ways to Effectively Strengthen Your Willpower: Part 1
Starting your own business, starting your own brand, becoming an entrepreneur, becoming a professional sports person, becoming a lawyer etc, takes a lot of guts. There will probably be many hurdles and unforeseen obstacles that will need to be dealt…
Sound Well-being = Sound Business
This week, we learnt that the company Bumble, was giving its staff a week’s paid leave off work. Bumble, the dating app where women are in charge of making the first move, has temporarily closed all of its offices this…
SEVEN WAYS TO TURN YOUR DREAMS INTO REALITY
Dreams without action is a world of make believe. A dream without a plan is soon exposed. John Kotter has said there are two kinds of people in the world: those who accept their life, and those who lead their…
CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE?
Eight tips for success from finding a ‘bridge’ to free qualifications launched by the Government in UK this month *Many could be tempted by a career changes prompted by the pandemic *Free qualifications have been launched by the Government this month …
How to make the right impression in the all-important first and last minutes of a job interview…even during Covid
First and last impressions can count heavily in job interviews You should have a positive mindset Employment experts give their tips on how to make a lasting impression First impressions count. That is a mantra we hear throughout our lives…