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Respect. Everybody wants it. Here's how to get it Respect. It's something everyone (and not just Aretha Franklin) craves.  After all, it's human nature to want to be viewed as intelligent and accomplished. But most of us don't want to demand that high opinion in a way that's aggressive and authoritative. Admittedly, commanding respect from others--particularly older and more experienced industry leaders--is something I've struggled with. As a female business owner in my mid-20s, I've come across my fair share of esteemed professionals at networking events who have legitimately referred to my work as "cute." Yes, it's enough to make me want to roll my eyes and make a gagging sound. But instead of getting bent out of shape about those uneducated opinions, I quickly realized something important: Eliciting respect from others is a responsibility that lies solely on my shoulders. As cheesy as it sounds, you truly teach people how to trea...

3 REASONS TO BE A MORE PREDICTABLE LEADER “As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around.” ~Patrick Lencioni "When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier." ~Roy E. Disney One of the best things you can do for your team and your entire career is to get clear on what you do, how you do it, why you do it and why you want them to do their jobs a certain way. Then drive those points home through constant and consistent application. Inconsistent leadership and application of policies and procedures would be at or near the top of any survey regarding employee dissatisfaction. Should there be exceptions to the rule? Maybe, but they certainly should be few and far between. When you have demonstrated to your team how you do things and what your expectations are, and have consistently applied them you can reach a whole host of benefits: Makes everything quicker...

7 Daily Rituals Successful People Use to De-Stress and Stay Productive. If you feel that stress is affecting your work, health and well-being, you are not alone. Here are some tips on how to de-stress that actually work. Today most of us are expected to do more with less. We lead lives that are more demanding on every front--work, family, social, health--with little time left over to unwind. Stress affects our mental health, our well-being and our performance at work. But there are ways you can help yourself. Here are seven rituals successful people use to decrease stress and find relaxation.   1. Set up your boundaries.  In today's frantic world it's easy to feel pressure to be available 24 hours a day, but no reasonable person can maintain that as a way to live. The answer is to develop a work-life boundary ritual. Your boundary can take a lot of forms: It might mean never checking your phone after 8pm, not emailing after hours, not inte...

How Steve Jobs Made Incredibly Strong Decisions. The aggressive Apple founder actually recommended patience and strategy over rash actions. Steve Jobs was the most quotable entrepreneur of our time, but his most remarkable speech was the 2005 Stanford University commencement address. And within this often-discussed address, Jobs's most important lines for entrepreneurs were these:   You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. Sure, entrepreneurs build their company with incomplete ideas, unproven arguments, and risky planning, but I like the bigger lesson he is arguing: patience and faith. Patience in that you won't see the answer right away, and faith that the answer will come to you ...

Ambition is that ignitable energy within you waiting to be touched upon and utilized. I have always experienced ambition as a fuel. All I have to do is gently touch upon it and a Ferrari of passion , desire, drive and conviction within me are ready to go at full speed. Ambition is the strong desire to be, have, do and experience something greater in your life. I believe it to be the most important tool for achieving success, as it overrides both talent and resources. Ambition, can lead anyone to triumph, regardless of what is put in front of them. Having a dream, coupled with the will, courage and ambition to be on top of the world, will get you further in life than you can imagine. To follow are some of the internal motivators which drive ambition. 1. Passion. Success of all types begins with passion. Passion originates from the simple love of doing something, whereas ambition drives your passion towards the destinations you aspire to reach. Ambition transforms your passion...