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    Have You Thought About Switching Careers?
    Each one of us is unique, yet all of us have had to make decisions about career education and our futures. If you are reading this, you have probably already made that decision at least once in your life. Maybe you made the right decision, but feel you should now have a management position. Maybe you feel you made the wrong decision, but you are concerned about a career ch
    f a light switch. When the switch is on, you are on purpose. This analogy can be used within your business to ensure that you are working on your business and not in your business.

    Possibly, you are unsure if you are working in or on your business, the following four questions may help to ease that confusion. NOTE: Any yes response suggests that you are working in not on your bu

    Your Job Search - Focus On The Hiring Manager
    I find there is much confusion, especially among people conducing a job search, about what exactly is the role of Human Resources in the hiring process.Many years ago, the Human Resource (HR) department had a more active role in the hiring process and would sometime actually do the hiring for lower level positions.In recent years, however, the role of HR has
    This second article in the series on Coaching Your Business to The Next Level Series explores how many business owners and executives are consumed with working in their business and not on their business. (NOTE: Article 1 was the Top 7 Tips to Avoid the Top 7 Mistakes Small Business Owners Make. See link at bottom of to previous article.)

    Work on Your Business Not in Your Business

    Mistake: Most new business owners and many experienced business owners are so busy working in their business, they fail to work on their business and demonstrate the leadership that the business demands. In the book, It's Not the Big that Eat the Small, But It's the Fast that Eat the Slow, the authors revealed that executives spent less than 15 minutes each day thinking about the future of their business because they were so busy dealing with yesterday and today's events.

    Think about that incredible statement. Business owners spend more time in the past and the present than in the future. Talk about being consumed by working in the business instead of working on the business.

    Here are two quick questions to determine if you are an On Business Person or an In Business Person.

    • Where is your business coming from: the past, the present or the future?
    • If you answered, the future, then how much time are you spending on your business? Be honest! If you answered less than 4 hours per week, then you are indeed working in your business and not on your business.

    In the book, The On-Purpose Person, author Kevin W. McCarthy uses the analogy of a light switch. When the switch is on, you are on purpose. This analogy can be used within your business to ensure that you are working on your business and not in your business.

    Possibly, you are unsure if you are working in or on your business, the following four questions may help to ease that confusion. NOTE: Any yes response suggests that you are working in not on your bus

    Elements of a Professional Business Letterhead
    If you are a small business owner and have finally come to the decision that you company needs a letterhead then you are definitely going in the right direction. However, there are some things to consider before you make your letterhead. After all first impressions are important and you don’t want to send the wrong one. So what are some technique and design consideratio
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    Mistake: Most new business owners and many experienced business owners are so busy working in their business, they fail to work on their business and demonstrate the leadership that the business demands. In the book, It's Not the Big that Eat the Small, But It's the Fast that Eat the Slow, the authors revealed that executives spent less than 15 minutes each day thinking about the future of their business because they were so busy dealing with yesterday and today's events.

    Think about that incredible statement. Business owners spend more time in the past and the present than in the future. Talk about being consumed by working in the business instead of working on the business.

    Here are two quick questions to determine if you are an On Business Person or an In Business Person.

    • Where is your business coming from: the past, the present or the future?
    • If you answered, the future, then how much time are you spending on your business? Be honest! If you answered less than 4 hours per week, then you are indeed working in your business and not on your business.

    In the book, The On-Purpose Person, author Kevin W. McCarthy uses the analogy of a light switch. When the switch is on, you are on purpose. This analogy can be used within your business to ensure that you are working on your business and not in your business.

    Possibly, you are unsure if you are working in or on your business, the following four questions may help to ease that confusion. NOTE: Any yes response suggests that you are working in not on your bu

    Career Choices for Consulting Super Stars
    The consulting world has changed dramatically over the last 20 years and with it have the career options open to the best consultants.In the 1980s and early 1990s, the brightest consultants joined one of a handful of elite strategy firms. They stayed loyal to the firm, were sponsored to do an MBA at an Ivy league business school, and if they stuck at it and made the
    siness because they were so busy dealing with yesterday and today's events.

    Think about that incredible statement. Business owners spend more time in the past and the present than in the future. Talk about being consumed by working in the business instead of working on the business.

    Here are two quick questions to determine if you are an On Business Person or an In Business Person.

    • Where is your business coming from: the past, the present or the future?
    • If you answered, the future, then how much time are you spending on your business? Be honest! If you answered less than 4 hours per week, then you are indeed working in your business and not on your business.

    In the book, The On-Purpose Person, author Kevin W. McCarthy uses the analogy of a light switch. When the switch is on, you are on purpose. This analogy can be used within your business to ensure that you are working on your business and not in your business.

    Possibly, you are unsure if you are working in or on your business, the following four questions may help to ease that confusion. NOTE: Any yes response suggests that you are working in not on your bu

    Choosing A Job Site That Fits You
    In a few years time, it will not be surprising if people use the Internet for everything that they need to do. Even now, the virtual world is rapidly providing consumers with every kind of service, from shopping to news, from getting our degrees to landing a job. Yes. The Internet can serve as our one-stop job application shop with less the stress and the walking!Go
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    • Where is your business coming from: the past, the present or the future?
    • If you answered, the future, then how much time are you spending on your business? Be honest! If you answered less than 4 hours per week, then you are indeed working in your business and not on your business.

    In the book, The On-Purpose Person, author Kevin W. McCarthy uses the analogy of a light switch. When the switch is on, you are on purpose. This analogy can be used within your business to ensure that you are working on your business and not in your business.

    Possibly, you are unsure if you are working in or on your business, the following four questions may help to ease that confusion. NOTE: Any yes response suggests that you are working in not on your bu

    Business Plan Basics - Part 1
    Online or offline, when you want to start a business you need a business plan. Writing a business plan helps when pursuing investment capital, but it also helps you set some clear goals. A business plan is a living document, so you can first create it as an outline and develop it later, as your business grows.Executive Summary:This is the most important sec
    f a light switch. When the switch is on, you are on purpose. This analogy can be used within your business to ensure that you are working on your business and not in your business.

    Possibly, you are unsure if you are working in or on your business, the following four questions may help to ease that confusion. NOTE: Any yes response suggests that you are working in not on your business.

    1. Do you invest your time in daily routines from mail pick-up to payroll?
    2. Do you invest your time in going to the same networking or business events?
    3. Do you invest your time and dollars in using the same marketing tools?
    4. Are you more concerned about doing what you have been doing and not looking at doing things differently?

    Changing from working in your business to on your business will require a change in attitude and more importantly a change in beliefs. However, once that you recognize that you need to work on your business instead of in your business, you have taken the first step. Look for series 3 and 4 to further help you to make those changes necessary for business success.

    If you missed the first article, click here to read it.

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