My last blog on this subject titled “What is Success? Concept Re-defined!” talked about how people perceive success. I continued reading stuff on this topic and found that Anthony Robbins in his book “Awaken the Giant Within” provided an excellent set of 10 Emotions that could lead to a successful life. These Emotions are: Love [...]

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Buzz word is Entrepreneurship! Does this concept vary from country to country? A million Dollar Question! Research tells that entrepreneurs work on the similar philosophy and their culture, location or environment does not make any difference. They turn the crazy ideas into profits, taking risk, engaging resources, creating wealth and generating employment. The only difference [...]

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Effective Presentation! Giving an effective presentation is fun and enriches a sense of personal power; a quality presentation can help you win contacts, contracts and fortune! This is one of the key ingredients that will take your business to the next level. I generally advise presenters to consider the 5P rule. This rule is explained [...]

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Are you Depressed? One of the biggest causes of failure in achieving high growth in your career is “depression”. This blog post is written for depressed people and there are many. Some will accept it, some will not. Let’s do a bit of self diagnostic of environment in which we wake-up every morning, drag ourselves [...]

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Remember those days when we used to wait for postman to deliver our mail? Things have changed; we now receive most of our bills, invoices and notices via email. Marketing and promotional material that used to flood our post box, now being sent to us in our spam box! I recently conducted a random survey [...]

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We all are stuck in the whirlpool of happenings around us. Most of us remain in the “struggle mode” throughout our life! Fame, fortune, and family – we all need these three things and these either link us to happiness or depression. Looking around, we now see people walking like emotionless zombies. Worried and depressed! [...]

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Assertive Behavior A lot of people mix-up the meanings of being assertive and being aggressive. These are two distinctive behaviors. In simple words, assertiveness is related to open dialogue, exchange of views and situational analysis to come-up with a win-win conclusion, a truly positive action. Whereas being aggressive is a negative behavior. Observe communication style [...]

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Social Media can help you find a suitable job. Click on the link and watch my video on finding job via social media Job Finding Tips Via Social Media   Syndicated from: Hammad Siddiqui Blog

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Spying on competitors can help businesses align marketing and pricing strategy. While identifying competition, it is necessary not to keep your vision too narrow. A wider angle and more thorough approach will bring more competitors on your radar. Companies that fail to adapt this wider approach and identify their competitors narrowly are endangered by smooth [...]

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Today is the first of January 2012, a new year has begun. It will bring joy and happiness for many, some will suffer and some will struggle. That is the reality of life. 2012 will be a challenging year for small businesses across the globe. With deepening economic crisis in Europe, threat of Euro zone [...]

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PTIJALSA in Karachi Last two events of PTIJALSA both in Lahore and Karachi presented a new, and for many an unexpected support to this relatively new political force in Pakistan. Tahreek-e-Insaf was formed in 1997 as a movement for justice. There were handful supporters who continued their loyalties for a party that did not have [...]

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Let me start this post by asking a simple question: What is the first thing an entrepreneur creates before starting a business? Answer: A business logo. The reason is simple. Logo is created to build brand identity and it is also a visual representation of your business that helps in building brand equity and ensuring [...]

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Micro Manager The term Micro Management means keeping close control on happenings within an organization. The term has a negative connotation and rightly so. Manager’s role is to facilitate, but a micro manager generally creates roadblocks for other coworkers. Small business owners tend to micromanage, but once the business grows, the scope of an owner [...]

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Social Media Marketing My recent posts focused on business opportunities available through social media. There is no doubt that social media is an extension of online businesses, but the same also provides business promotion opportunities for non-online business too. This post is about some examples of how businesses in Pakistan are using social media to [...]

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