Mistakes are a fact of life. They help us learn and improve. However, they can also be painful, embarrassing, and even harmful to your career, depending on the context. So, how can you acquire the hard-won knowledge without the consequences? As author and speaker Jim Rohn said, “It’s important to learn from mistakes, but it’s […]
Organization
The Easy Way to Find Any Email (and Improve Your Inbox Organization)
We’ve all had the experience of losing an important email. You can’t find it in your inbox, in any of the folders you might have put it in, and it doesn’t appear to be in your deleted items. In some cases, you might be able to retrieve the information by simply asking for it, but […]
The Decline of the 9 to 5: Keep Up with the Changing Workday
As the year draws to a close, now is an opportune time to examine your business model and see what’s working and what isn’t moving into the New Year. In 2018, you might want to consider making a big change that many other companies have already embraced: abandoning the 9-to-5 workday. The Future is Remote […]
Getting Your Finances in Order for Year-End
To run a successful business, getting your finances organized is absolutely essential, not least when preparing for year-end. By keeping track of your profits and losses, you’ll be able to meet your legal responsibilities and ensure every required statement is in the right place. But, unless you’re clued up about accounting systems and tax forms, […]
6 Tips for a Smooth Office Move
Moving your office to a new location can be a big business decision. Whether you’re expanding, downsizing or seeking a fresh scenery, you want the move to go as smoothly as possible. Office moves that aren’t properly planed can end up doing more harm than good, if not done tactfully. Poorly organized office moves puts […]
Company Design: How to Style Your Office to Impress
Your interest in this topic shows you care about your corporate image. You know that office design impacts how your business is perceived. Taking steps to polish your workplace is fun! Here are five ways to make your office shine. 1. Extend a Warm Welcome to Visitors When a client arrives at your building, the […]
5 Things to Avoid When Working from Home
The amount of people deciding to work from home is increasing each year. Although there are many amazing benefits to that type of work, you need to be aware of the disadvantages. One of the most difficult things for people working from home is that your productivity and focus naturally begins to decrease. After all, […]
Learn How to Get Organized
Say: I am an organizational genius!! The power of positive thought does work but if you said that your conscious mind would say: No you are not!! The first step in learning how to get organized is to make a decision to do so and start changing your thought processes around the topic using positive mantras that […]
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Home-Based Business
Entrepreneurs who work from a home office are caught in a funny place between personal and professional responsibility. On one hand, you are at home—so you can see that there is housework to be done and errands to run and a leaky faucet to fix and appointments that need to be made during “business hours.” […]
Startup and Organization Costs
When starting a business, the owners are likely to incur two classes of costs that are not normally encountered in the ongoing operations of the business and should not be included as operating expenses. These are startup expenditures and organization costs. Each of these are specifically defined and receive special tax treatment. Startup expenditures are […]
