Archive for 'Personal Development'
Do You Have a Business Plan? What About a Life Plan?
Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Matthew Toren.
We talk a lot about business plans. What should they include? Should they be 50 pages or just 1 page? Should you pay someone to create it, use a template, or do it yourself? One thing you don’t see as much discussion about is what you need to do before creating a business plan. Unfortunately [...]
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How to be Successful at All You Do – 7 Crucial Personality Traits
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Matthew Toren.
Judging from the number of self-help and business books sold every year, millions of people want to know what it takes to be successful in business and in life. Of course we do. Especially if you define success as abundance in all areas – not just money – then being “successful” is what life’s all [...]
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Avoid Burnout – 5 Tips for Busy Entrepreneurs
Posted on 11. May, 2010 by Matthew Toren.
We entrepreneurs are a hard working lot. If we want success, we have to be. And a lot of times that means long hours, deadlines, and pressures that can add up over time. Studies have shown that if you don’t take steps to care for yourself while you’re working to build your dreams, you can [...]
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The 3 Words That Can KILL Your Potential
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Matthew Toren.
We hear them all the time. They’re common words, and many have their usefulness when used right. On the other hand, most are used in a disempowering, negative way most often, and some should never be used at all. If you want to boost your potential and change your life for the better, work to [...]
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Which Excuses Are Keeping You From Starting or Growing Your Business?
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Matthew Toren.
Are you doing the work you want to do? Have you started that business you’ve been wanting to launch? If you have a business, is it as successful as you’d like? If you answered ‘no’ to any of those questions, what’s holding you back? What’s keeping you from starting your business or taking your existing [...]
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How to Import Your Blog to Your Facebook Page
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by Adam.
There’s little doubt that social media is important to most businesses’ marketing efforts these days. But the time it takes to maintain your social media presence is sometimes hard to find, so anything you can automate makes life much easier. Facebook is of course right at the top of the list of social media sites [...]
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How To Live The 4 Hour Work Week
Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Adam.
Still Doing It All Yourself When it Comes To Blogging? You Need To Read This – And It’s FREE I recently stumbled across this great little report called Secrets of Outsourcing Experts Revealed – and I had to let you know about it straight away. You see, I come across SO MANY bloggers who are [...]
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How to Earn Respect from your Employees
Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
Whether you are brand-new to your position or have been experiencing a difficult time interacting with your employees, you must realize that respect is not something that automatically comes with the position, but it must be earned. This is a mistake that many new managers or bosses make as they think that merely being in [...]
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The Top 3 Dating Sites
Posted on 03. Jul, 2009 by Adam.
Nobody likes to be single. Every human being craves a certain amount of attention and affection and we all go through life believing that there is somebody “special” out there for us. Some of us find that special person rather easily, whilst many of us do not. For those who lead a very full life [...]
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Tips for setting up your Accounting System
Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
One of the most daunting tasks you can face when setting up a new business involves the process of establishing an accounting system. The dictionary defines accounting as “a precise list or enumeration of financial transactions”, which is a mouthful and can be translated into “a way to track money coming into and out of [...]
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The Pros and Cons of Making Money With Twitter
Posted on 08. Jun, 2009 by Adam.
It’s refreshing to see the entrepreneurial spirit alive and well, especially with new enhancements to technology. Take Twitter for example. It is, in and of itself, a fantastic technological advancement, but so are the income producing programs that have been created. We’ve seen many innovative applications branch off from an existing service, but as with [...]
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Me 2.0
Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Adam.
This week saw the release of the new book by Dan Schawbel entitled Me 2.0; a comprehensive guide for young people (although anyone can benefit from it) as they enter the workforce and plot their careers and entrepreneurial endeavors. Personal branding is a relatively new concept—at least for the masses. But as the economy and [...]
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Ten Books on Blogging You Must Read This Year
Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Adam.
Blogging amounts to a revolution in media and communications. For serious bloggers it is much more than just an online diary or a place to post pictures of our kids. If you’re a serious blogger, and you’ve already gone through all those “Blogging for Beginners” books, here’s a list of ten must-read books for you [...]
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Ambition
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Adam.
am?bi?tion [am-bish-uh n] –noun An earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment. Ambition is at the heart of all true success stories. That’s because success is based on one thing: achievement. Sure there are plenty of people with fame [...]










