Daily Business Zen: The Recession that Isn’t
There may still be a recession in our future but, all too often, we fall for the doomsaying in the media before we actually look at the numbers (Keep Your Head Despite Recession Fears). As young professionals looking to lead in the workforce or start our own companies, we cannot afford to fall for [...]
Daily Business Zen: Is there such thing as too much social media?
I ran across an interesting book review about the younger generations and social media. An article by David Robinson of the Wall Street Journal reviewing The Dumbest Generation, by Mark Bauerlein, says:
Mr. Bauerlein presents a wealth of data to show that young people, with the aid of digital media, are intensely focusing on themselves, [...]
Daily Business Zen: Tax Advice
A quote to remember as April 15th nears: “The trick is to stop thinking of it as ‘your’ money.” - An anonymous IRS auditor
Daily Business Zen: The Wealthy Amoung Us
For today’s business zen, checkout this article at Foxbusiness today about how the wealthy surf and use the social pages much like us Gen-Y’ers do. Stacey Haefele, President of HNW says:
We used to hear, ‘My customers aren’t really online. They are high-touch people; they value face-to-face interactions…Although high-net-worth clients continue to value in-person contact, they are more comfortable [...]
Daily Business Zen: Market Predictions
“With large numbers of technicians predicting the market, there will always be some who will have called the last turn or even the last few turns, but none will be consistently accurate. To paraphrase the biblical warning, ” He who looks back at the predictions of market gurus dies of remorse.” - Burton [...]
Daily Business Zen: 8 Secrets of Success in a 3 Minute Video
This a great simplified view of achieving success from Richard St.John.
1. Passion
2. Work
3. Good
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(HT: CEO time leadership )
Daily Business Zen: Vision Comes from Experience, not Genetics
Susan St. Ledger, Senior Vice President, Salesforce.com, Started at the NSA, moved on to Sun Microsystems and ended at Salesforce.com. She prides herself on having vision to hire the right people and make the right moves to making her successful career:
“Vision really comes from a depth of understanding of a lot of different areas,” [...]
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