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Learn to Adapt In The Face of Adversity
When something doesn’t work, don’t run away. Overcome obstacles to achieve your goal.
A Brand-New Day
Create a successful day from the start by taking these four positive steps to get motivated
A Handy Checklist for Public Speaking
Most presenters live in fear of those moments when they have to address an audience. And yet, it’s typically the peripheral stuff that tends to go wrong – not the presentation itself.
Any questions?
You don’t mind the presentation – At least that part you get to rehearse. But when it comes to Questions and Answers, you’re scared stiff.
Avoiding Burnout
Take time out. Have a life outside your business. Here's what to do if you're headed toward workaholism.
Be Audience-Relevant
Learn to speak directly to the interests of your audience
Become An Expert On Anything
Don’t let the fact that you’re not a specialist in a particular topic deter you from becoming one
Being Health Conscious
Taking care of your brain is just as important as taking care of your portfolio
Bold, Competitive, Self-Assured
Like her or not, Hillary Clinton is ambitious and easily assumes leadership roles.
Bounce Back
Overcome any challenge through the power of positive thinking
Break nervous habits – and present like a professional
When you are presenting, any repetitive movement is visually distracting
Break The Ice
Speakers are often encouraged to begin with humour. It’s a good idea, but one that can backfire if you don’t know what you’re doing.
By Reputation Only
Five ways to be the entrepreneur everyone wants to do business with
Check Your Head
Don't let arrogance get the better of you if you want continued success
Deprived of Sleep and Productivity
You probably aren't getting enough sleep. That could be detrimental to your health and your business.
Don’t Let Slides Get In The Way
Contrary to a strange and enduring belief, the phrase ‘thou shalt use powerpoint’ does not appear in the bible
Easy Does It
Achieve real results in your business by following these practical steps
Fight Like Hell
World champion cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong has won the punishing Tour de France seven times – consecutively. So, if there is anyone who knows about winning, it’s him.
Four Ways to Expand Your Confidence
Confidence is a trait that must be nurtured by confronting fear.
Handling Hecklers in Your Presentation
The easiest presentations are the ones when they nod and smile, the kind when everyone endorses your every word, wish and whimsy
High Anxiety
If counting to 10 doesn’t work, here are some tips to help you get rid of stress
How Do You Spell Relief?
These tips and tricks can help make the hectic life of an entrepreneur much easier.
How Efficient Is Your Workspace?
Your office may look neat and uncluttered, but that doesn't mean it's organised. Here's how to know if you have a hidden problem.
It’s The Pause That Packs The punch!
If I’m ever asked what the single most effective speaking technique is, I unhesitatingly answer: ‘Pausing.’
Keep Your Head
How to keep your home-based business running strong in the middle of a personal crisis it can happen in an instant
Learning At Your Leisure
Today, thousands of working professionals have been able to increase their knowledge and jobs skills without having to enter a classroom.
Make Promises You Can Keep
If people can’t take you at your word, you have a serious problem.
Make The Most Of Each Day
Each day brings new opportunity for your business. Here are five ways to make the most of it
Make Yourself Smarter
Take your head to new intellectual heights with a two-day brain building programme.
Manage Your Energy
When it comes to managing your time in the business ocean, are you a shark, a dolphin, a whale or a jellyfish?
Manifest Your Destiny
You may have it all planned out, but little surprises can bring big successes.
Master The Non-Verbal Language of Business
The success of any encounter begins the moment someone lays eyes on you.
Master the Non-Verbal Language of Business
The success of any encounter begins the moment someone lays eyes on you. You create an aura and you are responsible for what it says about you.
Me First
Don’t let work and other obligations consume you; make yourself your number one priority
Mind Mapping The World
Tony Buzan is a mind mapping expert, and an authority on the brain and learning. He tells Entrepreneur about his new book ‘Mind Maps for Business’.
Mind Over Matter
John Kehoe demonstrates how to harness the power of positive thought.
Mind Your Manners
These eight tips prove that courtesy does count for growing businesses
Modern Day Mystic
Balance and order light the way to synchronicity and magnificence according to Dr John Demartini
New Year, New Resolutions
Get the update on the writer’s 2006 resolution to get organised, plus tips on making your 2007 promises a success
No Worries! How to Neutralise Your Fears
Your job is to organise your life and work to minimise surprises and problems. However, this is not always possible, in spite of your best efforts.
One Step to a Better Life
Kim Kiyosaki shares her NUMBER ONE secret to success and happiness, and it's simpler than you may think
Onsite Massage
Work–and feel fabulous
Onward, Upward
Take the high road to success with these tips for positive progression
Overcome Nerves For a Successful Presentation
If you can conquer your fear of speaking, you can be a more effective presenter
Overcoming Personal Challenge
Richard Branson proved that most things are achievable if you make the effort.
Personal Branding: You, Only Better
In her new book 'Raise Your Profile', brand strategist and public speaker Jenny Handley suggests that because people cannot afford to take risks in a soft economy it’s the prominent brands that survive and thrive. That’s why you cannot afford to be anything other than well known.
Positive Change
It's time to make some changes that'll set you up for success
Present For Success
Five ways to pre-plan a successful presentation
Public-Speaking Pointers
A successful speech should always end with a standing ovation – here's how to get yours
Purging Those Painful Pause Fillers
Avoid sounding like a stuck record
Reach for the Stars
For entrepreneurs who want to grow profits, here's some insight on what it takes to be the "-aire" up there.
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Robert Kiyosaki on Using Challenges to Improve Your Game
Look to the brighter side of increasing oil prices: It can actually fuel you to become a better entrepreneur
Send Your Imagination Soaring
A creative thinking workshop in one book.
Set and Achieve Your Goals
You can build a solid foundation for achieving your goals. Use these four tips to kickstart your momentum
Sharpen Your Communication Skills
Entrepreneurial leaders need communication skills from day one. Do you have them?
Star Performers
Three top MBA graduates are making their mark on society and the economy.
Steps to Becoming a High Achiever
Understand your threshold and exceed your goals.
Stop Avoiding, Start Doing
Practical ways to overcome avoidance behaviour.
Stop the Madness
You can't stop the chaos around you, but you can rein in its power
Straight talk hits home
Language can make or break a speech, but most speakers don’t know how to wield it
Success is Earned
If you want to be successful, you have to make some tough choices and change your behaviour
Take Control of Stress
Feeling tired and uninspired? These tips can help revamp your health and your business
Taking Control
Stress management requires that you take complete control of the activities in your daily life.
The Best Speakers Are Good Listeners
Be aware of the signals your audience sends you
The MBA & the Entrepreneur
The field work, case studies and assignments that put paid to the MBA student’s social life lead to greater self-confidence, critical reasoning and better analysis and interpretation.
The Path to Action Through Inaction
Incorporate the lessons of Tai Chi and Qigong into your daily life as an entrepreneur
The Perfect Presentation
Make sure your message is loud and clear by following the 10/20/30 rule of Powerpoint when presenting to Venture Capitalists.
The Realm Of Possibility
Understanding how the brain works can help you and your team turn negativity to optimism and boost your competitive edge.
The Rhythm of Persuasion
The right rhythms can win an audience over. The wrong rhythms can lull them to sleep. Do you know how to use rhythm effectively?
The Secret to Changing Your Outlook
Instead of buying in to the gloom and doom, ask yourself: What's not wrong?
The Secrets to Successful Telephone Meetings
Cut costs and increase productivity by using the telephone, but do it right.
The Superhero's Journey
Get your business flying with a little inspiration and watch as impossible feats seem more and more possible.
Thou Shalt Not Put The Room Before Thy Message!
‘Oh no! The room is all wrong for my presentation!’ ‘So what? Change it!’
Time Tunnel
Not enough hours in your day? Learn how to manage your time before it manages you
Tips for Getting Organised
Don't let the new year get away from you before you have a chance to implement these office-organising tips
Tips for Handling Stress
Pulling your hair out won’t help you deal with the stress of running your business. Try these tactics instead
Tips To Help Reignite Your Passion
We all get discouraged at some point. Follow this advice and break out of your slump.
To Your Health
Is your business killing you? How to break your bad habits and pick up better ones.
Tool To Help You Learn How to Negotiate
Negotiation is about working together. Learn to master the art.
Top Speakers Know They Are Always On Show
An audience will evaluate you before and after you speak
Top Tips For Making The Most Of Meetings
Meetings are not a substitute for real work. Here’s how to make sure yours are productive
Turn Your Points Into Stories
Stories are the medium of human communication. We remember a point more effectively when it is ‘anchored’ by a good illustration, and the savvy speaker uses this to his advantage.
What Do You Know?
The unknown is full of opportunity – here's how to cash in on it
What’s Worth More: Time or Money?
If you’re spending time to save money, you may be spending more than you bargained for
Why an MBA for an Entrepreneur?
Experience and education are good predictors of entrepreneurial success. Here's how you can develop the knowledge and skills to launch your own successful new enterprise.
Why Select An MBA?
The MBA remains a highly sought-after and popular business qualification
Work Less And Live More
How to live the life you want right now.
Write For The Ear, Not The Eye
Have you ever received a telesales call from some poor call centre employee who read a script at you? Could you tell that he was reading? The ear quickly picks up on the difference between written and spoken English
Yin & Yang
The secrets behind achieving a balance between work and home
Your Changing Path
Though your route may curve, you can still make your way to your goal
Your Health Capital
Treat your well-being as an asset and all of your assets will benefit.
Your Organisation Process
Before you get buried under piles of files, create a system to help you stay organised.
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