SMART Goals – Goal Setting Tips


How to Set and Achieve GoalsSMART Goals

Do you usually accomplish all the goals you set?
Do you know why you do not achieve some of the goals?

Let’s look at the other side of the coin, i.e. why you do not always achieve the results you want. Whether it is to lose 20 pounds, learn Spanish, better manage time, find a better job, or earn more money, find love, buy a new car, change jobs, find a job… you name it, you set the goals and sometimes forget about them.

Here is why some goals do not get achieved
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Marketing Strategies


Your Marketing Start-up

Some small business owners were asking me how to find more clients to increase sales and what marketing techniques to use.

The truth is that there is no one technique or method that would work for everyone, every product or service. You need to try out many things until you find what works in your market. But remember, even if you find what works, sometimes you do need to change or adjust things over time and keep marketing. You can have the best service or product, but what happens if no one know about it? – Exactly, NOTHING. (more…)

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How to Choose a Career


What is next in my life? What job should I do?

Some of us are very happy with the current situation, job, or just life in general, or at least we do not question those things. Others, on the other hand, constantly seek for ways to achieve more, improve the life, change things, or figure out what they really want to do in life.
The issue is that sometimes we do not know which way to go or what career to choose, or we’re not sure what we want. This happened to me and, I’m sure, to most of us.

2 Step plan to figure out what you want

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reFocus after Change

How do you keep motivating yourself and moving forward during difficult times?

If I ask “How are you doing these days”, how would you respond?

I hear some people discussing about how bad the economic situation is, that gas prices are going up or that there is no gas, houses do not sell, banks do not give out loans anymore, etc. Others, however, are trying to look for good things and take advantage of the opportunities even during these turbulent times.

Where are you now? Do you see a glass half empty or half full?

Everything depends on how you choose to view things. Yes, you may not believe what I just said, but this is true. It is all about what you say to yourself, what’s in your head, whether you choose to react or respond to the situation, whether you prefer to complain and see only bad things coming to you or you are able to stop for a minute and “smell the roses”, see a thread o of sunshine through the clouds and enjoy the view it as much as you can.

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