The Winning Mindset That You Need for Success

I was devastated. I had just completed a test and the results were in. And they weren’t good. Not what I wanted or expected. But it wasn’t an ordinary test. It was the standardized “IQ” test developed by Alfred Binet in the early 1900’s that many of us have had to endure. The findings had…

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How to Build and Promote a Culture of Learning

Creating a culture of learning is stressed as important at the start of childhood development, but continued education is also vital to professionals — especially on a personal level. A culture of learning provides a rich and dynamic environment that affects employee happiness and productivity — how they innovate, create and why. When employees feel…

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The 4 Keys to Developing Core Competencies in Your Leadership

When we talk about leadership in business, we’re not just focused on those at the top of the chain of command. No, for a company to be successful, everyone needs to take a leadership role. That means fostering each person’s skills and interests and helping develop those baseline abilities within the framework of professional core…

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5 Inspiring Books That Are Transforming My Life and Business

The news was horrifying. There had been a mass shooting. Then another story broke. Some madman with his fingers on a big red button with megalomania syndrome was testing nuclear weapons. It’s not a good way to start the day. If we listened all day to the 24/7 news cycle we would all be clinically…

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3 Life Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

Some of us discover our purpose in life at an early age. It might be writing, playing the violin or the driven and passionate artist. That is unusual and rare. And they are the lucky few. The rest of us have to stumble through life trying to find our “why”. Some of us don’t bother.…

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5 Lessons for Climbing the Life Science Ladder

The life science industry is as large as it is varied: encompassing fields such as pharmaceutical, biomedical technologies, biomedical devices, biotechnology and more and, as such, there are a number of roles and business opportunities you might want to explore. For example, you might want to make a name for yourself as a medical imaging…

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Leveraging Your Information Advantage

In the “good old days” of selling (if there ever were any), a lot of sales people reveled in their “information advantage.” Prospects and customers relied on sales people to educate them on products and solutions. Those days are long gone, customers are self-educating on the web. They no longer have to rely on sales people…

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6 Clear-Cut Reasons to Learn Chinese

China has one of the biggest world economies and it has continued to grow in recent years. This makes China a crucial player in the business world. For example, Mark Zuckerberg has recently showed off his language skills because he knows how important it is to be able to speak Chinese when you are doing…

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What You Didn’t Know You Can Learn from Working in a Factory

The manufacturing industry’s evolution can be traced along the same lines as that of the tech industry. One of the most basic and common factors in the evolution cycle in both industries is the reduction of the human interface. From the manual manufacturing of yesteryears, the industry is making a shift towards digital manufacturing and…

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