A lot can change in 20 years. If you had a PC 20 years ago, you probably had a 386 or 486 running MS-DOS 5.0 and possibly Windows 3.0. No smart phones. No iPods or iTunes. No web browsers. No Google or Yahoo. No YouTube. No social media unless you liked BBSing.
As an increasing number of freelancers depend on the virtual workplace, how can they make themselves more attractive to potential employers?
Few people know the secret of Ford's success, and those who do know are too modest to speak of it, because of its simplicity.
Sometimes you need to become unbalanced in order to get things done. If you’re working on a book, launching a business or trying to overhaul some part of your life, you can probably relate.
It’s true that you don’t need to create a formal business plan in order to start a business. You can kickstart...
What truly inspires individuals to perform at their very best?
Writers who use long words needlessly and choose complicated font styles are seen as less intelligent than those who stick with basic vocabulary and plain text, according to research from Princeton University in New Jersey.
How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work?
The urgent desire for a successful business -- and the fear of losing business -- drives many a good person to do sleazy things.
Negotiation, like networking, is one of life’s necessities that you either love or hate. But if it's the latter, it doesn't have to be that way.
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
Here are 5 things that teens can do now to get ready for the right career - whatever that may be.
A researcher has found that the specific colors used in a company’s logo have a significant impact on how that logo, and the brand as a whole, is viewed by consumers.
Unconscious motivation plays a substantial role in how we respond to challenges. Find out how much.
It is a beautiful thing to create, to produce, to go out there in the world and make a contribution. But it is just as important that we teach others to create and produce, that we encourage them...
Everyone is essentially self-employed -- and that even if you're an employee, you should think of yourself as the President of your own personal services corporation.
The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
I've been a professional writer since I was 17, so nearly 24 years now. I’ve made my living with words, and have written a lot of them -- more than 10 million.
Let’s say you have an agenda, and every time one of you wandered off the agenda, you forced yourself to get back on it. Would the conversation be better or worse, with a set outcome?
In this video with Bryan Elliott for "Behind the Brand," best-selling entrepreneur, marketer and author Seth Godin shares his views on taking risks, challenging the status quo, and starting a business.
A reader recently asked, “How can an achievement-motivated workaholic learn to back off, relax, de-stress, and feel good about doing it? I am too driven!”
If you accept a job, a relationship, or a lifestyle that you merely tolerate -- but don't appreciate -- you’re putting other concerns ahead of your own happiness.
Naming your business is an important branding exercise, but if you choose to name your business as anything other than your own personal name, then you’ll need to register it with the appropriate authorities.
Life's greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail! The tragedy lies in the overwhelmingly large majority of people who fail, as compared to the few who succeed.
Creativity is often made out to be a nebulous, messy, complicated, difficult thing, and it can be. But it doesn't have to be.
When purchasing items online, reading customer reviews is a convenient way to get a real-world account of other people's opinions of the product.
Following your passion can be a tough thing... but figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.
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