October 31, 2016
6 Essential Casual Pieces You Need This Fall
October 27, 2016
By Brian Maynor As we move deeper into fall, the cooler mornings and evenings are hopefully going to extend longer into the days so it’s time to start…
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6 Essential Casual Pieces You Need This Fall
October 27, 2016
By Brian Maynor As we move deeper into fall, the cooler mornings and evenings are hopefully going to extend longer into the days so it’s time to start…
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Are Your Apologies Manipulative?
October 26, 2016
By Brian Maynor Specific causality aside, when you’re in the position of apologizing where is your focus, and is that the right place? There are two prongs to an…
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Are Your Apologies Manipulative?
October 26, 2016
By Brian Maynor Specific causality aside, when you’re in the position of apologizing where is your focus, and is that the right place? There are two prongs to an…
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Entrepreneur Secrets: The value of aiming high
October 24, 2016
By Jerry Bellune . The value of aiming high You may not know who Fred Hamilton was. Fred and his brother made a fortune in oil. They aimed for big…
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The Rules of Email Introductions
October 21, 2016
By Brian Maynor Networking is all about making connections, and a key component in a connection is the introduction. In today’s constant-contact world email is often the quickest, easiest…
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The Rules of Email Introductions
October 21, 2016
By Brian Maynor Networking is all about making connections, and a key component in a connection is the introduction. In today’s constant-contact world email is often the quickest, easiest…
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Ambition is Great, But it’s Very Different from Potential and Talent
October 19, 2016
By Brian Maynor For most people, the first job you’re hired for is not your ideal job. New hires are often eager and ambitious to advance, viewing their first…
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Ambition is Great, But it’s Very Different from Potential and Talent
October 19, 2016
By Brian Maynor For most people, the first job you’re hired for is not your ideal job. New hires are often eager and ambitious to advance, viewing their first…
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Entrepreneur Secrets: What we can learn from Amazon’s latest
October 17, 2016
By Jerry Bellune What we can learn from Amazon’s latest The giant internet retailer hasn’t confirmed this yet. But you can bet it’s going to happen. Amazon insiders have told…
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Broaden Your Perameters of Success
October 12, 2016
By Brian Maynor It’s fall and while the weather is perfect and outdoor activities abound the end-of-the-year looms ahead pushing you to reach all of your annual goals. This…
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Broaden Your Perameters of Success
October 12, 2016
By Brian Maynor It’s fall and while the weather is perfect and outdoor activities abound the end-of-the-year looms ahead pushing you to reach all of your annual goals. This…
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Understanding the Difference Between Mistakes and Failures
October 12, 2016
By Brian Maynor If you read any professional blogs, newsfeeds or journals you’ve undoubtedly noticed a lot of focus is being placed on failure. Whether it’s ‘how to fail…
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Understanding the Difference Between Mistakes and Failures
October 12, 2016
By Brian Maynor If you read any professional blogs, newsfeeds or journals you’ve undoubtedly noticed a lot of focus is being placed on failure. Whether it’s ‘how to fail…
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Why should I want to brand?
October 10, 2016
By Ken Gasque There are several reasons for developing a brand: greater ROI, build equity in the business, create new opportunities, competitive advantage, and survival to name a few.…
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Entrepreneur Secrets – A sports agent’s expensive mistake
October 10, 2016
By Jerry Bellune A sports agent’s expensive mistake Have you ever been betrayed in a negotiation? You negotiated in good faith, the other party didn’t? If so, you will identify…
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How To Wear Primary Colors After Primary School
October 7, 2016
By Brian Maynor Red, green, blue, yellow, learning the basic colors is part of childhood and they make up a large part of a child’s visual experience. Between…
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How To Wear Primary Colors After Primary School
October 7, 2016
By Brian Maynor Red, green, blue, yellow, learning the basic colors is part of childhood and they make up a large part of a child’s visual experience. Between…
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Tips On Talking (Or Not Talking) Politics At Work
October 5, 2016
By Brian Maynor In case you weren’t aware, we are in the middle of a presidential political campaign season. While most elections tend to bring out strong opinions and…
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Tips On Talking (Or Not Talking) Politics At Work
October 5, 2016
By Brian Maynor In case you weren’t aware, we are in the middle of a presidential political campaign season. While most elections tend to bring out strong opinions and…
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Entrepreneur Secrets – What we can learn from Arnold Palmer
October 3, 2016
By Jerry Bellune The golfing legend left a legacy for all of us. Palmer turned golf into a million-dollar business. We can learn important lessons from his example. It started…
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Why a Degree is no Longer Enough
September 27, 2016
By Brian Maynor Just a couple of decades ago, when I was matriculating, earning a college degree carried a lot more weight when it came to setting yourself up…
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Why a Degree is no Longer Enough
September 27, 2016
By Brian Maynor Just a couple of decades ago, when I was matriculating, earning a college degree carried a lot more weight when it came to setting yourself up…
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Entrepreneur Secrets: How to lower sales resistance
September 26, 2016
By Jerry Bellune Has a friend recommended a good restaurant to you? Raved about a book, movie or another product? Told you how much they liked it? What great…
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Are You Prepped to Prevent a Cold
September 23, 2016
By Brian Maynor Fall may have just officially started yesterday, but as I sit here feeling clammy, sniffling and just a bit under the weather I thought it would…
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Are You Prepped to Prevent a Cold
September 23, 2016
By Brian Maynor Fall may have just officially started yesterday, but as I sit here feeling clammy, sniffling and just a bit under the weather I thought it would…
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How to Graciously Decline a Networking Invitation
September 21, 2016
By Brian Maynor “Can we meet for coffee?” I bet you can’t even count the number of invitations to coffee or lunch you receive a month, especially if you…
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How to Graciously Decline a Networking Invitation
September 21, 2016
By Brian Maynor “Can we meet for coffee?” I bet you can’t even count the number of invitations to coffee or lunch you receive a month, especially if you…
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Entrepreneur Secrets – Learning from a big bank’s stupidity
September 18, 2016
By Jerry Bellune I planned to write about lowering sales resistance. But along came Wells Fargo with a great lesson. Wells Fargo is one of our biggest banks. It…
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Does Your Bag Match Your Career?
September 15, 2016
By Brian Maynor A while ago I wrote an article about how your bag reflects your personality, but today I want to look at how to make sure your…
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The Stress of Professionalism
September 14, 2016
By Brian Maynor Maintaining a professional image is important to a successful career, but did you know it was also a huge creator of stress? In fact, psychologists call…
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The Stress of Professionalism
September 14, 2016
By Brian Maynor Maintaining a professional image is important to a successful career, but did you know it was also a huge creator of stress? In fact, psychologists call…
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Entrepreneur Secrets – Expand your circle of influence
September 11, 2016
By Jerry Bellune Are you familiar with the work of Robert Cialdini? He teaches psychology at Arizona State University. He spent 30 years studying how people are influenced. He…
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Five Ways To Dress Down Your Workday Suiting For The Weekend
September 8, 2016
By Brian Maynor Suiting and tailoring are expensive, so you definitely want to get your money’s worth in wear, but sometimes finding the right balance is hard. When we…
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Five Ways To Dress Down Your Workday Suiting For The Weekend
September 8, 2016
By Brian Maynor Suiting and tailoring are expensive, so you definitely want to get your money’s worth in wear, but sometimes finding the right balance is hard. When we…
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What Do You Want?
September 7, 2016
By Brian Maynor It’s a question we ask and answer a hundred times a day, but do you really stop and think about your answer? For such a common…
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What Do You Want?
September 7, 2016
By Brian Maynor It’s a question we ask and answer a hundred times a day, but do you really stop and think about your answer? For such a common…
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A brand is a promise, an experience and a trusted friend
September 7, 2016
By Ken Gasque A brand is an experience we keep going back to because it makes us feel good. It says something about who we are. It is a…
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New Accounting Standards May Affect Whether or Not to Lease
September 4, 2016
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued new Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842)”. The standard requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance…
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Entrepreneur Secrets – 3 steps to higher productivity and profit
September 3, 2016
By Jerry Bellune American productivity is in the toilet – maybe. That’s the bad news from Andrew Marder. Marder tracks small business financial trends. We’re in the longest productivity…
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Summer’s Over – Time to Get Serious
August 30, 2016
By Brian Maynor Since it’s already Labor Day weekend, now is the time to regain focus on work and buckle down on some personal habits that may have loosened…
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Summer’s Over – Time to Get Serious
August 30, 2016
By Brian Maynor Since it’s already Labor Day weekend, now is the time to regain focus on work and buckle down on some personal habits that may have loosened…
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Choosing the Right Charity: How Businesses and Families Can Avoid Scammers and Help the Right Causes
August 29, 2016
By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose One day, our family of companies received a persuasive telephone call soliciting money for children with cancer. Per our protocol, we told the…
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Fall Prep – Feeling Confident Discarding Common ‘Essential Pieces’
August 26, 2016
By Brian Maynor As anticipation for cooler weather starts to build, now is a great time to take stock of your wardrobe. Not only should you pull out any…
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Fall Prep – Feeling Confident Discarding Common ‘Essential Pieces’
August 26, 2016
By Brian Maynor As anticipation for cooler weather starts to build, now is a great time to take stock of your wardrobe. Not only should you pull out any…
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Do you need Brand-Aid?
August 25, 2016
By Ken Gasque I am sure you have heard the phrase ‘What gets measured gets done.’ I think it’s true because it focuses attention on the thing that is…
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Is There a Cost for Being Too Engaged at Work?
August 24, 2016
By Brian Maynor Cultivating engaged employees has been a trend and ‘buzz phrase’ around offices for the past few years, and while there are measurable benefits like employee wellbeing…
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Is There a Cost for Being Too Engaged at Work?
August 24, 2016
By Brian Maynor Cultivating engaged employees has been a trend and ‘buzz phrase’ around offices for the past few years, and while there are measurable benefits like employee wellbeing…
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Simple Steps to Regain Your Focus at Work
August 16, 2016
By Brian Maynor School is starting back and summer vacations are ending, which means it’s time to buckle down and regain focus at the office. Summers are slow and…
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