Scaling up your business is a balancing act. If you do it too quickly, you can expand well beyond your means. If you don't do it quickly enough, you'll be missing opportunities. But even though the tempo at which you scale your business is very important to the outcome, the things entrepreneurs say are hardest to perform when scaling up always have to do with people. Attracting and hiring quality talent needs to be done quickly and efficiently. If the business is scaling beyond your … [Read more...]
Continued Learning Processes Enable Your Mind to Soar
Continued learning is important not only for kids but also for adults. It is important for us to continue to learn, for the rest of our lives. The reality is that we are learning even when we haven’t sat down and made that one of our life’s goals. When was the last time that you watched something like a TV show (or Netflix, Hulu) and learned some historical item or some current event or anything that you didn’t already know? Hey, it is the way we are wired, as humans. A Plan for an … [Read more...]
Should Working Professionals Take Time to Go Back to School?
It used to be that a single bout of education could carry a professional for a single career. After all, it’s not like the average education is short. From kindergarten through a masters or doctorate, most professionals spend a minimum of 12-15 years in focused, guided learning. By the time a young adult reached the summit of their personal learning development, they had a specialized knowledge that allowed them a certain mastery within a limited professional field. For many years this worked … [Read more...]
Benefits of Going Back to College for Adults
College isn’t just for the fresh out of high school crowd. Adults that have been creating their niche in the workforce are going back in droves. Why? For starters, as technology changes, so does the landscape of many jobs. By going back you not only open up new opportunities within your current career, but you can extend your knowledge base in your field. It also allows you the opportunity to learn skills needed for a career change. … [Read more...]
Learning From Failure: Get Your Joint Kindle eBook Now ~ Free Thru 4/15/14
Rather than telling you about our new eBook just published on Kindle reader, I'll let this review by Daisy S, Top 10 Reviewer on Amazon speak for itself: You can get a free copy between 4/11/14 and 4/14/14 (possibly through 4/15/14 - but that isn't guaranteed - so why delay? Grab a copy now to read any time and share). NOTE: You do NOT have to have a Kindle device to read Kindle ebooks. You can read them online at Amazon and on Android, iPhone, iPad, Kindle Reader devices. Amazon takes … [Read more...]
