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10 Expert Tips for Getting a Raise or Promotion

So, you have been in your current job now for some time and believe you have proven yourself. Do you think it’s time you get a raise or that highly sought after promotion? Well here are 10 tips straight from the experts on how to obtain that goal. 1.   Do Your Research Knowing what you are worth is the key to

The 5 Secrets to Success and Wealth: According to Earl Nightingale, Law of Attraction

Earl Nightingale  was an American motivational speaker and author, known as the "Dean of Personal Development." He was the voice in the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio show host from 1950 to 1956 Success and goals are virtually synonymous. In order to be successful, we must set goals; but setting goals requires some degree of thinking. This is where the problem comes in, because people in general just don't think—and if and when they do—they don't think right. Their thoughts are filled with the negativity of stress and consumed with worry and blame. However; worrying and blaming

"The Perfect Pitch": Ten Things I learned from Steel

I am working on this project and have to go before a panel of people to present my idea; so my daughter suggested I read one of her books on how to "pitch".  Being an avid reader, I proceeded to read   Perfect pitch: the art of selling ideas and winning new business ,  written by Jon Steel - John Wiley& Sons - 2007 . After reading it, I found I learnt some valuable lessons and decided to share my condensed version. Basically, he states that the point of a presentation is to get you from point A to point B—where you are now to where you want to be. Once you have decided to do the presentation, it is no longer about what you want—if you really want what you want. From this point on, it is all about what the decision makers wants.  You have to think: a) WHY  do they want to hear from you, see you, or should be interested in anything that you have to say or do; and b) WHAT do they want to see and/or hear. So hear are the 10 things I learned:

Six Reasons Why People Unfollow on Twitter

Well I am no twitter expert, but I am very observant and free-thinkg. And for those two reasons, I decided to share my thoughts with you on the subject matter. So recently I noticed that I had a few unfollow or no follow backs on twitter—I have a very small platform to begin with so I kind of notice these things‚ maybe they are just more obvious when you have such a small platform—I don't know.  Anyhow, I decided to check out who unfollow me on Manage Filter —my little twitter helper. While I was doing that, I got to thinking why do people unfollow or not follow back? So here are the top six reasons I came up with: