I love to read quality books. So recently, I signed up for Booksneeze, a site that sends you books for free! Well. . . not completely free. For the company to benefit, I must provide an honest review of the book I receive.
So I chose this particular book because the author, John Maxwell, is known as the leadership guru. As such, I’m interested to hear what he has to say about connecting with others. Here’s what I’ve learned.
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Filed under Books, Career, Life by on Jul 22nd, 2010. 4 Comments. 
Remember that WaMu commercial a few years ago, where the guy walks late into a meeting and says “Sorry I’m late, I had a job interview – nailed it!”? Hilarious!
But how many of us are actually that confident?
Having applied and interviewed for numerous jobs in my career, I know there’s a lot for me to learn to become a good interviewer. Why? Because I didn’t get most of those jobs!
If you’re anything like me, the interview can be a nerve-wracking experience. Nonetheless, if you want the job, you need to go through it.
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Filed under Career by on Jul 4th, 2010. 1 Comment.
According to the SBA, new businesses have a five-year success rate of just 50%.
Compare this with Amish businesses, which have a remarkable 95% success rate. In other words, their history of success is almost double the rate of the rest of the country.
I’m just fascinated by that statistic!
What’s their secret? What are they doing that the rest of America isn’t? Here are things about them that we can learn from, which I learned from Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits. Read more…
Filed under Business, Career by on Jun 6th, 2010. 9 Comments.
What would you do if you were asked to work overtime? Jump at the opportunity? Protest adamantly?
How do you decide if working overtime is worth it? It may not be an easy decision to make. Here are some factors to consider when arriving at a decision.
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Filed under Career, Life by on May 22nd, 2010. 9 Comments.
If you’re like most people, when you look for a job, you usually want the highest salary you can get. But when it comes to negotiating salary, you may be nervous, unprepared, and end up just accepting whatever salary is offered. I know that straight out of college, I took an offer from the first company that would hire me out of sheer desperation!
Fortunately, since then I’ve learned a few things about salary negotiation. And while I’m no expert at it, I was able to use some of the techniques in this book to get a higher salary in my current position than what was originally budgeted. So if you’re not an expert either, learning some of these techniques may help you too.
Filed under Books, Career by on Feb 26th, 2010. 4 Comments.
