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Productivity

For sale

November 11, 2008

You’re in sales, whether you like it or not.
As young professional interested in making career progress, starting a business or networking, you’re selling yourself.
Sales professionals have a leg up on the competition in this department because they already know the ropes. The rest of us need to play catch up.
“But I don’t know how to [...]

Productivity tips that I didn’t read in a book (but probably could)

October 14, 2008

Wasting time at your desk is a death sentence for new employees. The first 90 days in a new job should be spent learning the business, meeting your coworkers and getting things done. Ideally, you can do the tasks assigned to you as well as create work for yourself (because you’re a proactive team player, [...]

Overcome

October 7, 2008

Staring out in the work world can be daunting for some new employees. In many companies, newbies just don’t feel like they have the clout to bring about the changes they see as beneficial to the company. Sure, some companies push their new employees to explore new ideas and overcome obstacles by piling on the [...]

Just Do It

October 3, 2008

I heard a good quote the other day on one of my favorite podcasts from Salesgravy.com. It’s from a motivational speaker named Les Brown, and it really spoke to me. It goes, “You don’t have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great.” The quote is pure gold [...]

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