Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 6, 2010

We went to Jacqueline Whitmore, founder of etiquetteexpert.com , who went over some gifting guidelines. First, you should know your company's gifting policies. Jacqueline Whitmore, CSP, has helped thousands of people around the world learn to be more confident and courteous in business and social situations.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 25, 2010

Here are some Guidelines for you to consider when Making Your Words Count: 1. Adapt Your Style to Your Audience : Prepare beforehand and learn what the audience wants to hear or not hear, and how to adapt your style so your message and how you say it connects with them.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Putting confidence into your copy almost to the point of arrogance is pretty powerful stuff, and it works out great for a lot of people. However, all too often this confidence turns to cockiness. If you’re still not sure, I’ll be honest – I’m probably not going to be able to help you yet, because this takes confidence on both sides.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2010

Here’s a tip: make a 48-hour waiting period the standard policy in your business for all incoming requests. The bonus of a 48-hour policy is that your schedule is smoothly planned out in a way that lets you pay attention to all your clients so that each person gets the best of you. No more dropping work to put out fires.

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Men With Pens

JULY 18, 2010

While training for competition, I learned many valuable lessons (beyond the kind that made sure you didn’t canter off to your death). That’s a good way to build confident success so that you’re always ready for what’s coming at you – before you get there. We can only learn from our mistakes, and move ahead.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

Competition makes you confident. Being able to say that you’re better for whatever reason gives you confidence in your business and in your product. And it’s going to translate into a confidence that affects your sales, your demeanor, and ultimately the success of your business. Excitement instead of indifference?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Ask the client for enough time that you feel confident you can meet the new deadline. I guess they’re still learning or I need to keep looking for super high-quality. CondoFinder – I think you should read our comment policy. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

James pointed them out, sounding more confident than Kelly felt. Confidence. At many sites readers may browse around and look over their options or want to learn about the subject matter. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. This is it. It’s full of signs.&# It’s okay.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

But having the self-esteem, confidence, and finding the balance is hard. Mary – But having the self-esteem, confidence, and finding the balance is hard. I’m new to the freelance/entrepreneur game and I’m quickly learning all of these lessons. No Small Ambitions (Forbes) Reply Mary E. Want to know a secret?

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

The fast and snappy, the confidence and cockiness. The Artists Way by renowned author Julia Cameron gives you a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from blocks like limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

But what I tell people are four scenes from the last six months that sum up what I’ve learned better than I can spell it out: Exhibit A: The High Style The man I was listening to spoke with a strong British accent. People listen now…’ Definitely confidence issues for me. Live and learn. Exhibit C: Too Smart Mike T.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Maquis June 28, 2010 at 1:16 am I’ll admit that I’ve definitely learned the hard way that sleep deprivation can be physically painful. Sleep is *extremely* important – I learned that the hard way indeed! Lesson learned. If anyone can get you sleeping your way to success, they can. hours of sleep is achieved.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Especially if you’ve learned something along the way. But if your goal was to use the month to create something upon which you can build, both in terms of learning curve and raw material, then perhaps it’s better to stop right where you are. Learn something from the process. Boo on the stress but yay for the fun and learning!

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive social contract, trust, or confidence, says Wikipedia. I give them time and attention because I do learn things that I can make valuable for my situation, but I wouldn’t pay (for instance) for advice on being a professional blogger when I have no ambitions in that direction.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

We’re not confident enough. We’re not confident in our writing, in our own products, and in our own value. The Secret Marketing Skill that Packs a Punch That’s the secret – confidence. When I see good marketing, I see confidence. So how do you get the confidence to market well? They’ll love you for it.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

The guy writes with confidence and authority. Unlike the person who seems mentally permalinked to 1994, I’m constantly learning new things at a tremendous pace, mostly just because I love it. Too many want to turn this critical aspect of their business over to others, without learning even the slightest part of it.

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

Look for a writer’s guidelines page. But, when a guidelines page is there make sure that you follow it to the letter. If the blog is missing a writer’s guideline page, that doesn’t necessarily mean that a blog doesn’t accept guest posts–but, it could. What guidelines do you have?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Most writers aren’t brimming over with confidence, either. Has your style become more confident? Let’s face it, you’re always going to be learning, just by being engaged with words. Learning to craft a compelling opening to a blog post might teach you something about the first few pages of your novel.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

The fine line between great work and exceptional work often lies in the execution and feeling confident and relaxed. I know many people look down on them, but the truth is that they usually haven’t put in the time to make it work right or learned how to make the system work for them. Let freelancers do their job. 6) Thank them.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

We like authority and people who have conviction, who stand up and speak their mind with confidence. To avoid the hypocrisy, whatever a person’s talk is, they should also be walking it or learning to walk it. Most of us teach what we needed or still need to learn ourselves. We pay attention to these people, too.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 2, 2010

These past customers might come back to you after having learned your true value to them. Avoid rubbing salt in the wound; these customers just learned a hard lesson. Nobody else knows if you feel a bit lacking in confidence, nor should they. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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Men With Pens

MAY 30, 2010

As for listening to parents, mine learned this weekend that a wise parent can actually prevent theft. Or with as much confidence. Do we appreciate it because we’ve learned how to make it interesting to us, or because we can choose to work on what interests us most? What are you going to tell them?&# Kind of sad.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

A website like that conveys confidence, pride and prowess. I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. I quickly learned that I was, to paraphrase your client, doing OK, I guess. Thanks for sharing.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

That means they’ll grasp your razor-sharp message perfectly, learn from it quickly and understand it clearly. You’ll learn more, understand it better and remember it longer. Once I learned that I was better at conversational writing I relaxed and found my voice. They might even tell their friends about it.

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2010

Best of luck with the blog … I found myself heading up a pretty steep learning curve when I got into blogging, but it was totally worthwhile. I see myself here, young and inexperienced, and wish I had the confidence and ability to push farther. I want to learn and I want to succeed, but I’m not sure how to do that just yet.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

We listened, asked questions, and learned more every time we did. Solomon – I feel that being able to discuss, talk and look at all sides of the coin is a gift, and yet so many people ignore the opportunity to ask questions, go deeper and learn more. I learned something new today. Your Questions: Amy, how do you learn?

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

How to Write a Corporate Brochure Reply Nancy Hutchins May 10, 2010 at 9:27 pm The questionaire…aka asking questions is the foundation of listening and learning. In a perfect world, our customer would ideally be Gen Y, AB, those who are confident and successful, tend to lead not follow ‘tho not necessarily aspirational.

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