http://www.businessevolved.com en-us http://www.businessevolved.com N/A evolve@businessevolved.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:10:29 -0500 20 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/538/1/Your-Ticket-To-Landing-A-Job-Promotion Every single day thousands of job or job promotion seekers prepare their resumes or CVs on the hope of landing either that very first job they have been anxiously preparing for since college or of getting that work offering a much higher compensation as well as far better work benefits. On the other hand, thousands of job providers are on the look out for those job seekers with the right qualifications and the needed experience for them to employ in their companies. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/536/1/An-Easier-Learning-Curve-Through-Social Most people who have succeeded in business can probably tell you something about the importance of having a mentor who will be able to teach you the ropes in starting your own business. This is because the experience that these successful businessmen can impart is a very important factor in shortening your learning curve and in helping you avoid the mistakes start-up entrepreneurs usually make. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/535/1/Improve-Your-Physical-Fitness-Level Most of us could use some improvements in the area of our physical fitness. We have become a society hooked on sedentary activities and unhealthy diets that include fast food. Physical fitness is essential for having a body that is well cared for. Your level of physical fitness can affect your chances of developing health problems as you get older. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/531/1/The-Four-Step-Dance-to-Making-Dreams-Come-True. Recently, John and Diane went looking for the perfect new house. They had a clear picture of the home they wanted for their family... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/530/1/Desktop-Management For some of us, working from home might mean our own office or it might mean the kitchen table. Regardless of where you work it is important to consider several desktop strategies to make your day more productive. neen@neenjames.com (Neen James) Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/517/1/How-To-Have-Fun-With-Speeches While most people consider speaking in public worse than adeath sentence, it does not have to be so. In fact, publicspeaking can be a fun and fruitful endeavor in the hands of aspeaker with the right mindset. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/505/1/Success-Can-Be-Found-in-the-Company-You-Keep Everyone who comes my way has a different story. Some work long hours to provide for their family, but have little time left to spend with the family. Some work long and hard only to discover that they are struggling to pay the bills at the end of the month. Some simply despise the work that they do, or the people for whom they work. And, some people would just like to be making more money than they are making today. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/495/1/Become-a-Six-Figure-Professional-Speaker Have you ever dreamed of getting paid to speak? Not sure where to start? Wondering if you can make a living as a speaker? Have people told you what a wonderful presence you have in front of an audience? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/493/1/Two-Proven-Techniques-That-Successful-People-Do-To-Triple-Their-Time-In-A-Day They say that time is much more important than wealth. Mosteffective people think so. They know how to get more time in a day, and they have mastered the art of utilizing timeeffectively to do more productive things that contribute totheir advancement or success. So how do they do it? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/492/1/7-Habits-Of-Spectacularly-Unsuccessful-People WARNING! If you want to have a fantastic life, never engageyourself in these 7 deadly habits that incompetent people do. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/485/1/Outside-In-Confidence-for-Public-Speaking If you are speaking in front of a group, regardless of how or why you got there, you are an expert. The entire audience is looking at you as the person who knows enough about the topic to be asked to speak. As such, you must present yourself as an expert (not necessarily "the" expert, but "an" expert) There are two ways to present yourself as an expert: 1)know your material and 2)project confidence. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/482/1/The-Power-of-Thinking-Big It has often been said that bigger is not always better. That may be true when considering automobiles and the current price of gas, but it is never true when it comes to new ideas or personal dreams where thinking big is always better. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/478/1/Leadership-by-Persuasion---Four-Steps-to-Success As a leader, your success depends upon your ability to getthings done: up, down and across all lines. To survive andsucceed, you must learn four essential skills of persuadingpeople. You must convince others to take action on yourbehalf even when you have no formal authority. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/474/1/Eliminate-Boredom-In-Your-Career The truth is our careers can be boring. We wake up everyday at the same time, take the same route to work, eat the samebreakfast, see the same people, work on the same projects, and then we go home and get ready for the next day. All whilecounting the days to the weekend. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/460/1/We-Should-Remove-Words-Like-%26quot%3BCan%26%2339%3Bt%26quot%3B-From-Our-Vocabulary Start paying close attention to what you say, and you may bealarmed by how often you make negative statements, such as"I can't" or "That won't work." evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/458/1/Empathy-101%3A-Ten-Commandments-Of-Human-Relations These ten commandments of human relations aren't original to me, and I don't know the source. At the same time, they don't go out of style or out of date if you are in business. Everyone in your business must imbue their efforts with thesecommandments. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/453/1/Did-You-Check-Your-Confidence-Level%3F Just like everybody wants to do well in life and be rich butnot many ever realize this wish. This is because to actuallyget somewhere in life, you need to quantify your confidence.You need to define the task for which you need to be confident so that you can execute it successfully. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/449/1/8-Tips-For-Energising-Your-Office Art serves many purposes; in Feng Shui terms - it can bringpositive energy to a blocked entry, enliven a dead space, add the colour needed to balance energy and generally makes us feel better. Art can also have investment potential or as part of a room decoration Art provides soul and character to a space. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/448/1/Five-Questions-That-Help-You-Make-the-Most-of-Your-Time Questions have the power to instantly change your focus and put you into a productive frame of mind. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/443/1/Tuning-Out-For-Success It would be impossible to list all of the things people haveconsidered crucial to success in life. Honesty, energy,bonding, modeling, control of fear?all are important. For mywhole life, I?ve searched for the answers in this arena, andtreasured the gems that have been revealed. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/435/1/Being-First%2C-Being-Original%2C-Being-Innovative There is an often missed distinction between Being the First, Being Original, and Being Innovative. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/431/1/Are-You-a-%26%2339%3BYes-Dog%26%2339%3B%3F Too often we drift through life saying ?yes?, when what we  really need to do is stop pleasing people, set limits, and  focus on the work we?re meant to you. Here are tips and  a helpful questionnaire for anyone who finds themselves not living their purpose, and agreeing to do far too much. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/426/1/-Three-Key-Elements-To-Improving-Leadership Great leadership is the key to success. Great communication is the key to great leadership. Think of any great leader inmodern time: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr, and John F.Kennedy come to mind immediately. They were powerful leadersbecause.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/423/1/Little-Known-Stress-Management-Tips-%26-Techniques%3A-How-To-Relax-More-%26-Worry-Less To understand the need for stress management, we must firstunderstand stress. When a person is in danger, the body reacts, preparing to defend itself. The heart rate increases, blood pressure climbs higher, breathing becomes faster and blood flows to the muscles. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/415/1/Don%26%2339%3Bt-Let-Worry-Rule-Your-Career Many of us are worried about our career. We worry that we won?t find employment, keep the employment we have, or survive the demands of an increasing workload. Worrying is tough. It keeps us up at night questioning our future and ourselves. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/414/1/Assessing-Your-Skills%3A-What-Makes-You-Different-from-All-the-Others%3F Gina had recently been laid off after working as a marketingmanager in a high tech company for the past five years. She was distracted as she walked through the aisles of the supermarket. She was thinking about ways to market herself into a new job. She stood in front of the cereal selection, overwhelmed by the number of brands to choose from -- more than 100 varieties. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/406/1/5-Questions-to-Catapult-out-of-%3FStuckville%3F-and-Into-Massive%2C-Focused-Action If you were already a millionaire, what would you be doingdifferently? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/399/1/Had-A-Good-I.D.E.A.-Lately%3F The most elusive quality of excellence, of peak performersworldwide and throughout history is that thing called?Mastery.? What is this thing, and is it possible for ordinarypeople, however committed, to touch this exalted state? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/397/1/Six-Steps-To-Becoming-A-Powerful-Public-Speaker Public speaking ranks right up there in terms of the things weare afraid to do. Whether it?s the fear of being watchedclosely by others, or the insecurity and self-conscious feelingof slipping up during the presentation, these six tips will helpyou give a polished, professional speech that you (and youraudience) can be proud of! evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/395/1/The-Difference-Between-Good-and-Great What makes some people perform brilliantly and attract excellent results - and others 'just get along'. The key is passion. This article helps you find what you can do to ignite your own passion and success. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/391/1/WHAT-TO-DO-ABOUT-STRESS%3A-%26quot%3BThe-Thirty-Point-Plan%26quot%3B The "Thirty Point Plan" for the "small and big business person"...and everyone else. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/390/1/Powertalk%3A-10-Timeless-Tips-for-Becoming-a-More-Powerful-Communicator Part of our evolutionary process is learning how to communicate more effectively and efficiently. Powertalk involves asking yourself 10 simple questions about your own communication style. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/370/1/The-Inner-Winner-Secret How to use the power of emotion to ignite yourself motivation and passion to win. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/363/1/Success-Blind-Spots%3A-Get-Out-Of-Your-Own-Way Why is it that some people appear to achieve exactly whatthey want in their careers and life almost effortlessly?While others are stuck? We all have them - BLIND SPOTS,says Shary Hauer. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/358/1/%26%2339%3BThe-9-Pillars-of-Gesture-for-Public-Speaking%26%2339%3B Gesture, embracing movements of the head, body, arms, hands, legs and feet, is a natural and necessary part of publicspeaking. Mastering this art and making it appear naturaltake much practice, but can not be mastered any other way.So here are the top tips to help speed you along your way. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/347/1/Top-Tips-For-Effective-Time-Management Time is a precious, nonrenewable resource. That's why you should value every moment, hour and day that you have. And just as a well-run business should carefully develop a strategy for spending money, an effective business person should carefully develop a plan for spending time. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/340/1/Getting-People-to-Like-You Making friends and influencing people can sometimesseem like a game you cannot win. You want to be liked andsomehow this gets in the way. The harder you try the moretense you get until it seems much easier to simply give up. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/317/1/10-Sure-Fire-Steps-to-take-the-Fear-out-of-Public-Speaking Public Speaking is still one of our greatest fears and itturns grown men and women into nervous wrecks. The merethought of it turns our tongue to cotton wool, causes ourinternal plumbing to act up and turns our knees to jelly.Well, there's no need for all of this because help is athand. All you need to remember are your P's and Q's. Let'sstart with the P's evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/315/1/Leveraging-Your-Internal-Assets%3A-Discover-Your-Strengths%21 Last month, while sitting with a client discussing her r?sum?, I realized she forgot one extremely important piece of information: her strengths. She focused on the work that she did and how her experiences could assist her in the future, but she forgot to describe those tasks and projects she couldeffortlessly handle and enjoy the most. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/301/1/Ten-Top-Tips-For-Successfully-Setting-Goals Would you like to achieve positive results in your life and getwhat you really want? This tried and tested goal settingstrategy is an effective way to set and achieve your goals. MyTen Top Tips are as follows: evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/297/1/Why-Success-May-Be-Killing-You----And-What-To-Do-About-It You have probably worked long hours and many years to get where you are professionally. It took hard work and real dedication to achieve the success you enjoy now. Reaching professional goals is something to be proud of, but few stop to consider the physical tradeoffs this success often requires. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/294/1/%26%2339%3BHow-to-Spot-Creative-Potential-in-Others%26%2339%3B One of the most important responsibilities any executivemust handle is seeing that his company gets "the most" fromits workers. This is particularly so when it comes tocreativeness- the production of the ideas upon which thecompany is dependent to make money, or to operateefficiently and at a profit. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/291/1/Achieving-Your-Personal-Best%3A-Making-The-Leap-From-Good-To-Great Jim Collins opened his book Good to Great with the statement, ?Good is the enemy of great.? He explained that when we have good schools, good businesses and good government, we are prone to accept that level of quality as sufficient. Collins observed: ?Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is so easy to settle for a good life.? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/286/1/Are-Your-Goals-Exciting%3F Having written goals will change your life. Spend some timethinking about what you'd like your life to be like. For thesake of this exercise, let's set goals you'd like to haveaccomplished one year from now. Of course, you can set shorter and longer goals as well. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/284/1/Seven-Tips-for-Boosting-Your-Self-Confidence Self confidence drives your entire professional and personallife. It can shape your ability to overcome obstacles andachieve success. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/280/1/Abundance%3A-Five-Steps-to-Health%2C-Wealth-and-Happiness Most people struggle just to get by in this world and spend much of their time fighting with others for their share of the world's pie. If you want to get out of this trap and realize abundance, or true health and happiness, then you need to adopt another philosophy of life and put your principles into practice. Here is a step by step approach to living a life of abundance. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/276/1/Facing-Your-Fears-As-An-Entrepreneur Everyone I have ever talked to that is an entrepreneur has hadto come face to face with their fears. I have had to as well. Iwant to share with you some of the techniques that I have used to face them. The first step is not to be in denial. You have fears even if you don?t readily acknowledge them. Theysometimes take the form of that chatter in the back of yourhead that says you can?t do it. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/271/1/Improve-Your-Memory%21 Do you have a list you have to remember quickly? Take the first letters and form an acronym. For example - you have to remember to send Fred, Lisa, Ethel and Andrew cards. Yes, their first initials form the word FLEA. Imagine itching (your head?) because you have a flea - you know the first letters of their names. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/258/1/How-to-Motivate-Yourself-and-Stay-Motivated What motivates us to do the things that we do? Why do we think and behave as we do? What influences people to do what they do? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/248/1/Do-You-Make-These-Common-Mistakes-When-Meeting-New-People%3F The ability to make a great first impression is a valuablelife skill that can help you to have all you want in life -in business and socially. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/238/1/8-Quick-Ways-to-Nurture-Your-Creativity Feeling slightly burned out by simply being too busy? Nothingkills your ability to create faster than stress and burnout.This article outlines 8 key ways to refresh your soul and stokeyour creativity so you can keep up your active pace ? ANDproduce the creative output you need to. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/236/1/7-Tips-to-Manage-Time-During-a-Life-Transition Whether you move, start a new job, add a new family member, or go back to school, your sense of time changes. You used to be a hyper-organized, fast-track professional. Now time disappears. Your careful scheduling keeps getting derailed. Maybe you can't even find your appointment book. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/234/1/Sticktoitivity%21-%3A-Lessons-Learned Walt Disney coined a special phrase for persistence anddetermination, he referred to it as sticktoitivity. I reflectedupon this recently, because I stumbled across 20 old business cards from previous business ventures and jobs I had been associated with over the last twenty five years. Those old business cards , certainly brought back a museum full of memories and mixed feelings. I had forgotten about some of those jobs that shaped my outlook as I pushed onward and upward. As I look back on all of those opportunities... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/231/1/10-Dynamic-Traits-of-Over-Achievers Are you a successful over-achiever? Considerableresearch has been done about the characteristics thattypify the successful business owner. Most expertswho have studied the subject tend to agree that themost important single factor is an overpowering needto achieve. In other words, a person??s attitude seemsto be the main determinant of success in business,more so than education, intelligence, physicalattributes, or having a pleasing personality. The keycharacteristics that have been found to be part of themakeup of all successful over-achievers are: evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/229/1/The-Leadership-Development-Plan Many people are born leaders, yet the ability to lead is actually an art and an amazing collection of skills, which can be learned and sharpened through a series of daily habits and activities. The following ten keys will provide the foundation for a powerful leadership development plan and can be your guide in expanding what is possible in your life personally, professionally, and spiritually. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/217/1/A-VISION-FOR-SUCCESS Knowing what you want and holding that vision in your mind helps to pull you forward, toward it. Without vision or a destination in mind, you float. A vision is like having a spot on the horizon that keeps your focus so while you are sailing your boat you have a direction for where you want to go. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/209/1/Elements-of-Timeless-Leadership Great leadership is timeless, always in vogue. The worldhas been hungry for great leaders from time immemorial. Intimes of chaos and war, environmental and social upheaval,great leaders often emerge pointing the way toward peace.In times of tranquility, calm and prosperity, great leadershave emerged to maintain the systems of order and tochallenge apathy. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/201/1/HOME-OFFICE-STRESS-BUSTERS Quick ways to renew your energy and reduce stress evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/174/1/Being-Your-Own-Boss As far as being your own boss--do you have what it takes?The best bosses, they say, are tough, only in being yourown boss, you know who you have to be tough on. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/172/1/How-does-Personal-Development-Help-in-Business%3F Business is all about work and making money, so why develop the individual who does the work and creates the money? Teams run most businesses and teams work best if each member is aligned with the whole group and works in a happy friendly way. Team building has been very popular over the last ten years or so, but wouldn't it be so much easier if we naturally lived a life in synchrony with your teammates and your customers. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/150/1/Brand-YOU%28r%29---7-Steps-to-Cultivate-Your-Brand-and-Bring-Out-the-Best-in-YOU Have you ever noticed that some people exhibit a special orunusual quality, trait, or characteristic? And this feature ormark identifies the person and draws you to those people?This is a ?brand.? And it is instrumental in helping you buildyour business and advance your career. Here are seven (7) secret ingredients to help you develop your own personal brand. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/146/1/5-Steps-to-Maintaining-the-Rhythm-of-Life-%3F-The-Juggling-Act The bad news is if you?ve been trying to multi-task, you?veprobably discovered what organizational psychologists haveobserved to be decreasing accuracy and productivity in postlayoff climates. Multi-tasking is not a sustainable answerto the" too much to do and too few to do it" problem! Thebrain?s executive control processes... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/145/1/Power-Of-Positive-Thinking I?m starting to think that these self improvement E-booksare an integral part of being in business. I know a lot ofnewbies limit their marketing efforts because certainthings intimidate them. They may have no experience of athing, but just the sound of it intimidates them. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/139/1/7-Unique-Stress-Relievers Too much driving, too much shopping, too much rushingaround, running the kids around--family and workdemands have you stressed out. There are many ways to help you control stress. Here are some unique methods I've collected. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/132/1/Coping-with-Chronic-Stress There are some people who only get stress from time to timeand there are others who suffer from chronic stress.Obviously, it is easier to deal with stress that onlyarises occasionally, while it is almost impossible to getaway from chronic stress. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/130/1/%26quot%3BDo-You-Know-Why-Accreditation-Is-Important-In-E-Learning%3F%26quot%3B Accreditation is a system or process for providing publicconfidence and a tool for improvement used by educationalinstitutions. It promises a basic level of quality in an educational institution through a process that examines a school's faculty, course content, recruiting practices, admissions procedures, and more. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/124/1/Discovering-Your-Strengths Many people never fully utilize their natural gifts becausethey don't find the proper way to express them in theworld, or perhaps they don't even recognize the talentsthey have. Realized or not, we all have natural talentsthat we feel passionate about. These talents may feel sonatural that.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/123/1/Have-Fun%2C-Make-Friends%2C-Be-Happy I always marvel at the way people shine when they breakthrough a roadblock in their lives. It?s brilliant andit?s also incredibly attracting. There?s a sense of joyand freedom that is almost palpable. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/116/1/Who-Wants-To-Be-Rich%3F Well you may not become a billionaire or even a millionaire,but research shows that marriage helps couples and individuals generate more income and wealth than singles, and even cohabitating couples. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/115/1/Are-You-Running-Your-Life-or-is-it-Running-You%3F-How-are-you-spending-your-time-and-energy%3F There has been a great deal written on the concept of timemanagement. The simple fact is that each of us has the same 24 hours a day. We cannot create more time. What we can do is manage our energy and our thoughts to change how we experience time and make considered choices on how we are spending our time. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/106/1/Managing-Loneliness My experience from 37 years of counseling individuals andcouples is that most of the problems from which peoplesuffer stem from how they handle the events of life, ratherthan the events themselves. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/105/1/How-to-spend-the-first-60-minutes-of-every-day The first 60 minutes of the day is going to set up the remainder of your time in the office, at store or on location so wise use of this time will pay dividends at the end of the day. Here are some tips to increase your productivity in the first 60 minutes of your day. neen@neenjames.com (Neen James) Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/96/1/Organizing-Your-Home-Office When organizing your office, you?ve got a couple choices. Write a list of all the little things that need to be done and work on them a few minutes each day, or dive straight into the deep end and do it all in one fell swoop. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/91/1/Why-Failure-is-Good-for-You How do you view failure? Do you see it as something negativethat you don't want to be associated with or do you see it assomething positive? Most people in the world don't like failure. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/90/1/Productivity%3A-So-Many-Small-Things You won't hear much about productivity on the newsbecause it usually comes from small improvements. But millions and millions of small improvements occur every year. And collectively they have revolutionized the way we work andlive. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/89/1/Countering-Your-Inner-Critic In order to be fully who you are and to experience your fullpotential, it is essential that you have a loving relationshipwith yourself. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/84/1/It%26%2339%3Bs-Your-Dream---Are-You-Using-The-One-Two-Punch%3F Have you ever noticed? There are some people who seem toknow exactly what they want and how to get it. They movetoward their targets with precision, and appear to achieveeasily without goals or planning. They have a narrowed focusand motivation, reasons for doing what they do. They don'teven have a set of written goals, yet they move through lifeattaining what they go after. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/78/1/5-Top-Tips-To-Boost-Your-Spirits If you're feeling like everything is getting on top of you,or you're finding it difficult to cope or function, oryou're feeling down in the dumps, then try these 5 easy-to-do tips to relieve tension and stress and boost yourspirits: evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/74/1/You%3Fre-In-Charge.-Now-What%3F For years now, you have been waiting patiently for thatfirst opportunity to be put in charge of a group and showwhat you can do. It has finally happened. You are giddywith excitement and.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/67/1/Are-You-Taking-Responsibility%3F It is time to take responsibility for our actions and theresults we create in our lives. It?s time to stopexpecting someone else to do for us what we are unwillingto do for ourselves. It?s time to..... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/66/1/Small-Steps-Lead-to-Big-Results Procrastination is the single habit at the root of so manyproblems that plague all of us at one time or another -challenges with managing our time, relationships, projects,and information. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/64/1/7-Tips-To-Recapture-Time Time management is a universal concern and taking thenecessary steps to conquer the issue is often avoided. Butsince the only way to eat an elephant is one bite at atime, begin today to win time back into your service - it'sbeen your enemy long enough! evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/63/1/Getting-Started%3A-Creating-a-Great-Business-Plan Your excited. You have a great idea for a profitable onlinebusiness. Maybe it is an original idea that has not beenmarketed online before. Maybe you have come up with a newspin on the ordinary. Whatever it is.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/52/1/Tips-on-How-to-meet-%26-greet-at-functions When you have decided to attend an event or join a network, another important skill is knowing how to engage people when you first meet them. Meeting new people and making conversation can be daunting, but with a few simple techniques you?ll become more and more comfortable with each new event. neen@neenjames.com (Neen James) Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/50/1/What-Kind-Of-Leader-Are-You%3F You are a leader if someone is following you. This could be assimple as one person watching you and following your example and encouragement, to being a leader in your home, your community, your workplace or even your nation. Leadership can take many forms, but typically it often involves managing people- one of the most difficult of all tasks... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/47/1/Tips-for-job-hunters%3A-Do-you-have-a-brand%3F-YES%21%21 When you talk about brands, what comes to mind? Probably Levi jeans, Sony televisions or Starbucks Coffee, names that instantly bring a picture to mind--a picture of certain products, price, and reputation of the company. Although you are one person and certainly don't have the name recognition of Wal-Mart, you do have a brand. In short, your brand is what potential employers think you are. Your brand is their perceptions, for the good or bad. So, how do you makeyour brand the one they want? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/42/1/How-Leaders-Solve-Problems Are you a leader or a follower? When faced with a difficultproblem, how do you react? How you face problems is one of the critical factors that helps determine how successful you will be in life. Its also one of the key qualities of a leader! Leaders solve problems- followers go to leaders to get their problems solved. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/41/1/6-Easy-Steps-to-Separating-Your-Personal-Life-from-your-Business One of the hardest parts of running a home business is separating your work from your family and social life. Here are six proven ways to keep your home life running smoothly while keeping your business on track. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/37/1/First-Step-to-Success%2C-eliminate-your-inner-obstacles Think back to a time in your life when you felt inspired and excited to make a significant change. Did you go for it or did your inner obstacles get in the way? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/31/1/5-Tips-to-Get-a-6-Figure-Book-Advance It's the dream of 81% of the population to write a book. Nomatter how many times people tell you how difficult it is todo, nearly everyone wants to do it... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/27/1/How-to-Save-Money-for-Retirement Saving money for retirement can be easy or difficultdepending on your current salary. If you are like 75percent of the American population, earning just enoughmoney in your current job to meet your monthly bills, thenit's time to do some serious thinking on how you are goingto live when you retire. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/26/1/Does-Money-Buy-Happiness%3F According to researchers (footnote, E.g., Martin Seligman,Daniel Kahneman, Ed Deiner), money buys happiness only to a very limited extent. Not having money- that is, a familyincome of less than 30,000- is related to less happiness,but once your basic needs are being met, the increase inhappiness from say, $31,000 to $131,000 is really not thatgreat... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/22/1/Become-A-Mentor%21 Can you imagine how different your life would be if you?dpossessed all the knowledge you have today at an earlier time? Perhaps it?s impossible to turn back the hands of time, but it?s not impossible to pass along the wisdom you?ve gained so others can benefit from it. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/18/1/Handle-Stage-Fright%3A-Make-the-Right-Choice Every time I direct a seminar on Presentation Skills forcorporations, government agencies, banks, hospitals and other groups, I begin by talking about Stage Fright?because I know that?s the number one concern speakers feel. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/15/1/%26quot%3BWe-Belong-Together%26quot%3B%3A-We-dentity Have there not been times in your life when you felt separatefrom much of the rest of the world? Many people report havingfelt very much like an outsider during various portions of theirhigh school career... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/13/1/Telecommuting-Jobs-are-Prevalent Over 24 million Americans worked from home as an employeefor at least 1 day per week in 2004 according to theInternational Telework Association and Council (ITAC). Sowhy is it that thousands of people waste millions of dollarseach year on work-at-home scams? The reason is becausepeople don't understand telecommuting. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/12/1/Identity-Theft%3A-Count-the-Ways Why does identity theft keep growing like wildfire? Because the methods of stealing an identity keep growing. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500