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Airial Dandridge
Hire a coach!
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Aisha DaCosta
Your purpose is divine. Let compassion run through the fibers of your business. Lead with your heart and leave your mark on the world. The money will chase you when you step into your greatness.
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Alison Spitzer
Luck is hard work paying off. You're the only that can and will drive your career.
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Alyssa Burkus
I always encourage people to remember to really LIVE their life. It can't always be about goal-setting and progress. Find your passions, spend time with people who matter, and live without regrets.
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Amanda Zwier
Before I go to a networking event, I always tell myself “It never hurts to know people”. You never know who you are going to meet - and you can't meet them if you don't go outside your comfort zone.
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Amy Bontrager
Throughout your career build your own personal Board of Directors. Surround yourself with people who have skill sets that are different than yours. Do not underestimate the impact of a great mentor.
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Amy Graver
This quote is actually by Steve Martin (who also happens to be my favorite actor): 'Be so good they can't ignore you.' That is my daily mantra … only I would add - and never, ever stop learning.
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Anand Thaker
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." - Pericles
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Anastasia Crosson
Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. (George Lois)
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Andrea Fuller
Keep it simple. The best solutions are usually the simplest. Problems can be large and overwhelming but if you break it down logically the solution is always simple.
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Andrew Jones
Create. Be intentional. Collaborate. Do work you love.
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Andy Budgell
Do what you love and success will always follow.
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Anjali Handa
Don't try to "fake it til you make it." Be authentic and you've already made it.
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Anne Day
Stay flexible & open to opportunities. Don't get complacent. What worked in the past may not going forward. Be prepared to change it up and listen to what your clients want, rather than your agenda.
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Barak Strickland
Find a starving audience and feed them...
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Barb Brittain-Marshall
Enthusiasm is contagious.
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Bill Hortz
Never stop innovating: your thinking, your way of doing business, your service to your customers, yourself.
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Bill Stadick
Whenever you're up against it (whatever it might be on any given day), heed the counsel of LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy: 'The best way to complain is to make things.'
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Brandi Tanaka
Know the environments in which you perform best and have the courage to put your interests aside to do what is best for the organization.
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Brittnei Gaudio
'Leaders allow you to fail, but not to become a failure' —Unknown. Growth, professionally and personally, is best honed through failure, building resilience, ingenuity and unwavering commitment.
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Bruce Brodeen
Have a hunger to continually learn new skills and stay intensely curious about things that interest you. Build 'right-brain' & 'left-brain' skills continually. Look Up, Get Up & Don't Ever Give Up!
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Carly Basch
If you're not humiliating yourself on a frequent basis, you're not doing your job properly.
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Carol-Ann Hamilton
Leap and THEN the net will appear - not the other way around. Never sell out on yourself.
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Carolyn B. Thompson
When you need to redefine your business or yourself, redefine what success looks like for you since your old picture may no longer be valid.
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Chris Reynolds
Planning is a continuous process!
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Chris Taylor
Ideas are only valuable when applied.
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Dennis Swennen
The essential principle of business, of occupation in the world, is this. Figure out some way in which you get paid for playing.
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Dianne Coppola
Believe in yourself. Challenge the status quo. Seek to understand. Ask questions. Practice gratitude and humility. Begin with the end in mind. Savour the journey.
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Erin Gordon
Take the approach of the
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Fern Chang
Have an open mind but beware of Bright Shiny Objects that distract. Focus on tasks and outcomes but do not neglect human relationships. Business is a balancing act.
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Fonda Na'Desh
Do not try to be everything to everyone. Stick to your core strengths. To fill any gaps, surround yourself with individuals whose strengths complement your strengths.
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Hanna Felipe
Be open and eager to learn. Look at possibilities instead of limitations. Have a mindset of abundance.
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Hélène Egan
Do what you love, know why you are doing it (who are you serving?), and keep on learning. That keeps it all interesting. Interesting people attract other interesting people.
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Ingrid Urgolites
The secret to solid business relationships is respect. Things, services, and jobs are widely available and it's hard to compete. When you make others feel important and valuable they choose you.
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Jacqueline van Dyk
Follow your heart. And never stop learning.
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Jakob Browning
Listen to audiobooks while driving, running, or even washing the dishes. This practice has helped me have a ready supply of new ideas to apply even when I haven't had time during the week to read.
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Jane Bushby
Give yourself and your people a workplace culture which inspires them to exceed their own expectations.
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Jason Little
The notion of 'leaving your emotions at the door' when you arrive at work is ridiculous. Be who you are and bring your whole self to work. You'll find your tribe.
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Jean-Marie Buchilly
People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it.
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Jennifer Fitzgerald Hansen
Breath. Too often we jump into a project/task without taking the time to breathe first, so plan, look around, ask, do research, set goals. Take the time at the front end to save you time later!
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Jill Donahue
Be a constant student. Read everything you can. Learn from everyone around you. Especially learn how to influence ethically and effectively. This will lead you to your greatest potential.
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Joel D Canfield
Generosity is your greatest marketing tool. Any decision you make based on money is wrong. Measure your wealth by how much time you spend doing what you love. Love people. They need it.
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John Petrone
The strongest business capabilities can never compensate for weak interpersonal skills.
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Jonny Petrucco
Your time is valuable. Be wise. Know when to give and when to take. Prioritize your daily schedule and do not forgot to connect with people. Use a cost/benefit approach in business and life decisions.
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Josh Jackson
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better (Pema Chödrön)
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Judi Walsh
We live in dynamic times. Knowing where you go under pressure is a valuable self-insurance policy because every skill you have is both an asset and a liability. The power is in knowing when it shifts.
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Karen Reyburn
Don't wait for the timing to be right. Don't wait to be inspired. Start on whatever it is you're thinking of, and let the timing and inspiration follow in your newly blazed trail.
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Karen Wright
Get clear on what you're good at, and then do meaningful work that allows you do leverage your strengths. And have fun.
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Karina Mikhli
Keep it simple. What you're doing either works or it doesn't and if it doesn't, try something else--and ask for feedback. This applies to the service you're selling and to the people you're managing.
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Kate Cadet
Encourage your clients, your team and your boss to present the "opportunity" not the "problem". Shifting mindset and conversations to a positive point-of-view drives solution-centric results.
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Kerri Twigg
Be yourself, authenticity goes a long way. Do what you say you'll do, and if you don't let other people know. Choose the most good, (for your team, planet, people and animals) least harm often.
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Kira Hug
Your professional brand and personal brand have collided. Instead of avoiding the overlap, expose it. Understand the rules so you can break them.
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Lutfiyya Dhalla
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. (Henry Ford)
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Marc Gaudett
Don't seek to satisfy, seek to wow. Strive to do something out of the ordinary that will get you the attention you are looking for. Be willing to go the extra mile every day.
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Maria Donohue
Do the thing you know how to do. Control the things you can. Make peace with what you can't. You won't always have the answers; hire people smarter than you. Treat them fairly and well. Make work fun.
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Martina Mangelsdorf
Be yourself because the world needs your skill and talent to become a better place. You are not only here to embrace your dream but to protect and defend it. All it has is YOU.
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Mary Parker
Write thank-you notes to loved ones of your staff members. * Ask about plans and celebrate milestones of staff. * Master your own emotions so you can help others.
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Matt Tod
The growth and development of a business has everything to do with the growth and development of its people.
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Melanie Deziel
Whether for your personal brand or the brand you work for, do more than sell. If you provide real value to your audience, they will value you so much more.
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Micheline Bourque
I once told a client who was finding it hard to work as a freelancer, why not partner up with someone? She did. That changed her life. My thrill: to be there at the right time with the right advice.
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Michelle Elana Shafran
Stay grounded, be patient. Allow clients to feel they are your only client - personalize each experience. In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
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Patti Pokorchak
If I can be a farmer, then you can be anything you want to be, as being a farmer was NEVER in my wildest dreams. Don't settle, dream big, live life with no regrets!
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Peter Nakamura
Be willing to fail. Life's greatest lessons comes through missteps, hiccups, and, yes, failures. But don't view failure as a setback - always view it as a way to grow, improve, and make an impact.
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Peter Taylor
Trust your team and employ for talents (organisational skills, friendly personality, team player, etc.) as opposed to skills or know how.
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Rex Williams
Curiosity drives action. So if there's something that needs action in your life, it's time to get curious. Aren't you curious to see what your life would be like if you accomplished your goal?
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Roger Ellman
Choose to do something for which you love the goal, like enough component actions along the way and can kick the crappy ones away or hand on to someone else, and, aim BIG! Then double it.
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Ronni Hendel-Giller
When in doubt, stop, breathe and listen. To others and to your own inner voice. It never fails.
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Ross Slater
When you eat a meal with someone, watch how they treat the server. Someday they will treat you the same way. Decide if you want that day to come and act accordingly.
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Ruby McClenaghan
Maintain balance. Surround yourself with positive people who are supportive of your vision. Maintain good sleep hygiene. Eat well. Make time for daily physical activity & creative endeavours. Be kind.
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Ryan Long
Skin your knees, stain your clothes, learn from it, and then come home with a story!
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Steve Riley
Build your bus. Your bus should be full of advisors & industry experts - corporate, trademark, employment lawyers, accountants, & an advisory board. You drive the bus, but can access them as needed.
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Susan Gregory
One of the best ways to build a network if you're a consultant is informal one-on-one networking. Ask those you trust for suggestions of good people to meet and ask for a meeting in person.
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Susan Jaehn-Kreibaum
Done is better than perfect. -Sarah Hopper, Teacher at Loyalist College
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Tiffany Young
Take the time to determine your strategy for processing everything that comes your way and have processes in place to take care of things. Also, doing one task leads to completion of big goals.
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Tracy Shea-Porter
Work on the business not in the business. Focus on your wildly important goals - read my review of
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Vanessa Chase
The very best advice I have (so far) is to tune into how your clients talk about their problem. The more you can understand their true pain points, the more of an edge you'll have in the market.
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Yervant Terzian
Bet on yourself.
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Zach Rubin
Read books every day. Focus on areas that are important to your business and personal life. Books shape your thinking more than an equivalent amount of articles or other media so it's time well spent.
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