Tag Archives: success

Sharing is caring – Harvey Mackay on career success

(NOTA:  Este post no es para promover o vender.  Buscando contribuir al maximo a tu desarollo profesional, decidi compartir la entrevista que muy gentilmente me concedio Harvey Mackay – un autor que cinco veces a formado parte de la lista best seller del New York Times.  Gracias a Dan Schawbel, el editor de Personal Branding - una revista en [...]

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¡Suelta el freno de mano!

Es un hecho – la indecisión es como el oxigeno. En el trabajo y en nuestra vidas en general, esta en todas partes. Mas que todo porque, tal cual como la hilera de cereales en el supermercado, las opciones simplemente abundan.
Entonces ¿que debemos hacer para no ahogarnos en un mar de opciones – y aprender [...]

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Free (power) lunch

Courtesy of McKinsey Quarterly
Invest today’s lunch time to demystify success.  Watch and learn from what a select group of female leaders have to say about success in life and at work.
My favorite piece of advice comes from Shelly Lazarus: “You cannot be afraid to be who you are…live your values. Don’t sneak..stand up, do [...]

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Failure – the new success?

Thomas Edison’s 10,000 failed attempts before inventing the light-bulb has been overused for good reason.  In this video, the car manufacturer Honda does a great job at showing how failure is an integral part of anyone’s path to success.  In essence, it’s when you’re not failing, that you’re a failure.  
Why? Because when you push [...]

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You either have it or you don’t

A few days ago, while I was at the hair salon, Debbie*, the twentysomething who was washing my hair, offered to give me a scalp massage.  Without even thinking about it I accepted her very generous offer.  Shortly after she started, it became obvious that she was not good at it.  Aside from missing all [...]

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