Search Engine Optimization (Re)Visited

In the wake of pay-to-be-included search engines popping up right and left, one often wonders, "What's the use of spending so much time on optimizing various pages for various search engines when what you actually have to do is, pay for the indexing? Few people realize that paying for inclusion hardly affects the ranking, especially in serious search indexes like Yahoo! If you pay them,…

Have You Ever Thought About Becoming A Free Agent?

Are you a great typist, bookkeeper, or financial advisor? Do have specialized skills as a CPA, Tax Specialist, or experience in Human Resources? Are you an expert in hanging wallpaper, painting, landscaping? If it's broke can you fix it? Do you enjoy running errands, or carting kids to appointments? Do all of your friends ask your advice, or for your assistance? Then you may be…

Bluntness

If you can't understand this one, you're pretty stupid... See what I mean? Most of us know better than to call other people names and insult their intelligence. Being assertive about our opinions and beliefs is fine, but at some point, assertiveness crosses over into bluntness. And that means you haven't taken the other person's feelings into account.

Take A Reality Check On Time

You have more than enough time for the things you've chosen to focus on, haven't you? Perhaps your focus is on your personal life, your career, being a leader, developing your business or whatever is important to you. If your use of time doesn't reflect these focused activities, the route to achieving personal success will be a long one.