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This morning I found this wonderful article from Time about traits that make a person successful.  Here is that article, reposted in full: ———- For their recent paper, published in the journal European Psychologist, scientists from the University of Bath in the U.K. reviewed a wide variety of research on what makes people thrive in all types of circumstances—physically, professionally, athletically, artistically and academically, to name a few. From those studies, they came u

Today I found this article from Inc. on Twitter about finding success–both personally and professionally. I really love it and I think you will too! Author: Jeff Haden. “Ask successful people how they achieved their success and you’ll hear words like “hard work,” “sacrifice,” and “persistence.” Dig a little deeper and you’ll find some other common attitudes and habits, like these: 1. They know their success was only inevitable in hindsight. Read stories of successful entrepre

This morning I found this article from Inc. about success.  The information is so good I have to share! “1. Successful people refuse to fit in a box. “Thinking outside the box” is a business cliché writ large. But truly successful people do more than that–they live outside the box. They don’t let other people define them, whether those other people are malicious or well-meaning. They don’t listen to the jealous boss who tells them that they’ll never be a leader. Perhaps more

Across 2015 we’ve been treated to a renewed and very vocal outcry of white power, anti-immigrant sentiment (let’s include Britain’s UKIP party here).  Trump’s obstinate rudeness in the name of not being “politically correct” has ended all pretenses of civility and human decency as thousands flock to hear and echo his race baiting and misogyny, messages that are designed to put the rest of us in our “proper” place. Respected journalist Jorge Ramos confronting Trump on his immi

Okay, you have your new year’s resolution all set!  Now you are ready to go make a splash professionally.  Before you look at site statistics and let yourself feel overwhelmed, please take a look at what Kristen Lamb has to say about the odds of your success and how much control you really have over it. I do not agree with everything in this article, but it is certainly worth thinking about. What Are the REAL Odds of Being a Successful Author? didn’t even consider becoming a

Blogging makes a difference!  After reporting on 4th October 2014 regarding Booklinker’s new plan to charge authors a monthly fee to use their links without intrusive advertisements before customers can reach Amazon.com, Booklinker has JUST REVERSED their decision, “Laurel A. Rockefeller, This is just a quick email to let you know that we at BookLinker have reversed our decision to use advertising as a means to fund our service. This means that all BookLinker links are now co

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140818190427-50578967-9-things-successful-people-won-t-do Some great advice for becoming more successful!  Here is Mr. Bradbury’s article in full: —————————– My last post, How Successful People Stay Calm, really struck a nerve (it’s already approaching 1.5 million reads here on LinkedIn). The trick is that managing your emotions is as much about what you won’t do as it is about what you will do. TalentSmart has tested more than a