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Is it Time for a Career Change?
Are you finding yourself smack-dab in the middle of a corporate downsizing? Are you fed up with your current job and just want to try something different? Or have you simply decided to get involved in an industry that really excites you?Whatever the case, there is a tool you'

ds in their business. This thinking may have some truth however it can cloud the judgement of entrepreneurs and lead them to believe that all their decisions should have a degree of “gut” or risk to them. Beware of this pitfall. Some decisions involve risk, at times a great deal of it but there are a greater number of decisions that can be thought through and analyzed to determine on some basic facts, whether or not they are good or

Top Speaker Asks: How Has McDonald’s Been Able To Sell Billions of Mediocre Hamburgers?
In a recent article, I commented that in business we don’t seek perfection, but rather profits.So, what would be unthinkably poor quality to a chef in a four star restaurant is perfectly acceptable to a fry cook in a typical roadside cafe. The chef delicately “paints the plate” with

There are a handful of characteristics successful entrepreneurs possess. The degree to which you have these skills will certainly influence your ability to succeed in a business of your own. Of all the characteristics entrepreneurs have, one that certainly stands tall is the ability to make decisions including those that involve risk. After all the very nature of a true entrepreneur is one that embraces risk.

If you are someone that researches a purchase prior to making it. You are most likely not one to rush into decisions either. This type of decision making, careful and cautious, is certainly a great attribute to have as a business person. However you have to realize that much of what an entrepreneur does is defined by a degree of risk. The very definition of entrepreneur is one that “enters new”. If you are a cautious person you need to be aware that there is risk inherent in starting your venture and despite all your planning, you will be faced with a handful of decisions almost daily that will involve at least some gamble. As your business grows so will the impact of your decisions. The larger decisions will have an increasing degree of risk. This increasing degree of risk however has an upside – an increasing degree of reward if your decision turns out to be right.

If you tend to be a little more fly by the seat of your pants in your decision making, then by a very small margin you will actually rank with the majority of entrepreneurs in your response when looking at a study conducted by the Institute of Small Business Empowerment of 100 entrepreneurs. "We have risk taking in our blood", says entrepreneur Kevin Pearce. Often this risk taking is mistaken in part to be “the reason” the entrepreneur succeeds in their business. This thinking may have some truth however it can cloud the judgement of entrepreneurs and lead them to believe that all their decisions should have a degree of “gut” or risk to them. Beware of this pitfall. Some decisions involve risk, at times a great deal of it but there are a greater number of decisions that can be thought through and analyzed to determine on some basic facts, whether or not they are good or b

Success Can Be as Simple as Making Lemons into Lemonade!!
In my early twenties I landed a job with an electronic importer who specialized in low end car radios, speakers, and equalizers etc... I became their exclusive distributor for all of the province of Quebec. I will explain in anther article how this actually happened for me.I had ver

that researches a purchase prior to making it. You are most likely not one to rush into decisions either. This type of decision making, careful and cautious, is certainly a great attribute to have as a business person. However you have to realize that much of what an entrepreneur does is defined by a degree of risk. The very definition of entrepreneur is one that “enters new”. If you are a cautious person you need to be aware that there is risk inherent in starting your venture and despite all your planning, you will be faced with a handful of decisions almost daily that will involve at least some gamble. As your business grows so will the impact of your decisions. The larger decisions will have an increasing degree of risk. This increasing degree of risk however has an upside – an increasing degree of reward if your decision turns out to be right.

Project Management - Reviewing the Invitation to Tender
The team members are in place, many of whom will have been pillaged from other projects and you need to set them to work. The first priority when managing a bid is to have the customer's bid documentation reviewed. No one person is an expert on all aspects, which is why you have a team c

ere is risk inherent in starting your venture and despite all your planning, you will be faced with a handful of decisions almost daily that will involve at least some gamble. As your business grows so will the impact of your decisions. The larger decisions will have an increasing degree of risk. This increasing degree of risk however has an upside – an increasing degree of reward if your decision turns out to be right.

Train to Maintain and Develop Your Career
“People will go to a lot of trouble to learn French or physics or scuba diving. They have the patience to learn to operate a car, but they won’t be bothered learning how to operate themselves”Newman & BerkowitzWhen I first saw this it struck my how true this was for s

end to be a little more fly by the seat of your pants in your decision making, then by a very small margin you will actually rank with the majority of entrepreneurs in your response when looking at a study conducted by the Institute of Small Business Empowerment of 100 entrepreneurs. "We have risk taking in our blood", says entrepreneur Kevin Pearce. Often this risk taking is mistaken in part to be “the reason” the entrepreneur succeeds in their business. This thinking may have some truth however it can cloud the judgement of entrepreneurs and lead them to believe that all their decisions should have a degree of “gut” or risk to them. Beware of this pitfall. Some decisions involve risk, at times a great deal of it but there are a greater number of decisions that can be thought through and analyzed to determine on some basic facts, whether or not they are good or

Is A Second Hand Copier A Viable Option For A Business
Due to the high cost that new copiers are now commanding more and more businesses are considering purchasing a used copier instead. In fact this may be the best idea that any business as a properly refurbished one can be a dependable part of any business for a long time to come. However,

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People will ask you for employment references, and it's hard to turn them down! But what do you do when you don't feel comfortable recommending a former co-worker?

Many salespeople believe that between Thanksgiving and January 2nd people stop buying and become preoccupied with celebrating and eating. Quite the contrary!

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