The more amenable you are and the more you help others, the more they will like you. And the more they like you, the more they will buy from you. Right? Maybe not. A paper co-authored by a University of Notre Dame professor shows that moderately disagreeable men earn an average of 18 percent, or $9,772, more than the average of moderately agreeable men. Both groups of men, though, earn more than the average salary for women — regardless of their workplace disposition. And while women are still lagging behind men in pay, disagreeable … [Read more...]
Better Business Focus Magazine, May 09
May 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
One of my articles was feaured in Better Business Focus magazine, the essential key for business owners and managers, again this month. Better Business Focus magazine focuses on the way in which successful businesses in the UK compete and manage their organisations. It focuses on how people are recruited, coached and developed; on how marketing and selling is undertaken in professional markets as well as in markets with intense competition; on how technology and the Internet is reshaping the face of domestic and home business; and on how people … [Read more...]
Is This Time Management? A Review Of The 4-Hour Workweek By Timothy Ferris
April 11, 2008 By 2 Comments
Review of The 4-Hour Workweek; Escape 9-5, live anywhere and join the new rich. Thus Timothy Ferris titled his new book. And what a book... There has been a lot of hype about this book. Some of it good, some of it bad. Take two conflicting and contrasting review comments on Amazon... * 5-Star highly recommended, "A must read" * 1-Star Shameless Self-promotion, "Please - please - don't waste your time with this book. Catchy title - but that's about it." One thing is for sure, this book has generated a lot of chatter and … [Read more...]
