Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

Eleanor Roosevelt

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What Oprah Learned From Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

In October 2007, professor Randy Pausch, a devoted husband and father who was fighting pancreatic cancer, shared his famous last lecture on The Oprah Show. Look back at his inspiring talk and find out what Randy taught Oprah about facing mortality and living every moment like it's your last.

How One Mother Slowed Down And Restored Her Spirit

After her father died, her children graduated from college and her husband took a new job out of state, Joan Anderson says she decided to take a break from her family and make time for herself. She packed up and moved into a cottage by the sea for one year. Oprah looks back at Joan's story and shares why you should find time to sit quietly by yourself and restore the source of your vitality.

Brenda Slaby's Story: A Wake-Up Call To Consciousness

Brenda Slaby says she was once an assistant principal and mother of two who tried her best to be "Supermom." Then, on a hot August afternoon in 2007, Brenda made a tragic mistake when she forgot to drop off her 2-year-old daughter, Cecilia, at the babysitter and left her in a sweltering car for nearly eight hours while she was at work. Oprah says this mother's story reminds us all to slow down and become more conscious.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

Benjamin Spock

The Magic Of Doing One Thing At A Time

Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work? It's not just the number of hours we're working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time. (Read more...)

7 Career Advice Myths

From your parents telling you the early bird gets the worm to that personal branding blog you read just last week, everyone and his brother has advice on how to advance your career. (Read more...)

3 Key Mistakes To Avoid In Setting Goals

If you set goals for yourself or for others as part of your job, it is imperative you don't make the goal-crushing mistakes discussed below. You already learned how positive fantasies hurt real-world success -- namely, that when you imagine the positive result too vividly, you experience some of the joy and become less energized to actually do the work. But that's just the beginning. Not all goals are created equally. According to research from Harvard Business School, you need to avoid these common errors in setting goals: (Read more...)

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"To move ahead you need to believe in yourself...have conviction in your beliefs and the confidence to execute those beliefs."

Adlin Sinclair

The 5 Smartest Things To Say To An Angry Customer

Forget trying to "win." Instead, make the customer feel you're working together to make things right. For all the money you spend training your customer service staff, the essence of what you need them to do boils to five key phrases. Teach them these, and you'll find you'll win back most of your disgruntled customers.

Why The Best Product Doesn't Always Win

Entrepreneurs often think only the best product will let them succeed. But sometimes 'best' isn't what your customers really want. Ever buy and eat a meal from a lunch wagon? You know, those metal trucks that travel to construction sites, small factories, office parks, and other places that don't have their own cafeteria services? They have a lot in common with Amazon.com.

Are You In Love With Your Product Or Your Business?

Every business starts with an entrepreneur looking to solve a problem. The entrepreneur creates a product they love, and are absolutely sure others will love it too. Real business success isn’t about a lovable product, though - it’s about sustainable growth and profitability.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed."

Wayne Dyer

Have a great week everyone and stay positive!

How To Tap Into What Really Motivates You

The most effective incentive on the planet? It's not a pile of cash, praise or gold stars. There's a far more powerful motivation, says Daniel H. Pink, the guy who turned Oprah on to the power of right-brain thinking, and he's not talking about denial or punishment, either. Scientists are discovering a far more powerful third drive. To tap into it, you need to develop three things: a sense of mastery, autonomy and purpose. Here's how...

How To Turn Any Failure Into Success

To fail is divine—our life coach has, repeatedly, and she has nothing to show for it except freedom, serenity, and a surefire recipe for success.

Why Failure Is The Gateway To Success

It's definitely counterintuitive and maybe a bit ironic, but when you meet an experienced, successful executive who seems to have all the confidence in the world, chances are he's experienced the most humiliating defeat you can ever imagine.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"It's better to let go of something (or someone) that is broken rather than stress yourself to death trying to fix it when you know it's pointless and useless in the first place."

"Be miserable or be happy? Go ahead, take a pick...your life, your choice."

Chris Zapata Viado

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What Oprah Knows For Sure About The Power Of Ego

Oprah knows one thing for sure about egotism: You can't begin to love yourself unless you know who you are separate from your ego. Watch Oprah explain how spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle helped change the way she saw herself.

How Oprah's Weight Affected Her Relationship With Stedman

In November 1988, after revealing her size 10 figure and wheeling out a wagon filled with fat, Oprah addressed rumors that she was dieting for Stedman. Now, Oprah reveals how her weight loss struggle was connected to the image of herself and Stedman as a couple. How did she finally connect to her true self? Find out.

How Oprah's Weight Was Tied To Her Ego

For years, Oprah says, she thought being thin made her better. Find out how she stopped identifying with form and began understanding the difference between her true self and her ego self.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great."

Mark Twain

Facebook & Your Job: 5 Ways To Get Hired

"Opening up your profile and inviting recruiters, HR executives and interviewers to look at it is an opportunity for you answer the question, 'Who is this person, really?'" says Stephen Kennedy, account supervisor & Connecticut Internship Program coordinator at CJP Communications."That photo of you at the ball game may provide a point of commonality, and that European vacation you took could show that you enjoy travel (which may be a part of the position you're applying for)."

Create The Perfect "Hire Me" Facebook Page: 9 Simple Tips

With hiring all but at a standstill, job seekers can't afford to miss any tools available for promoting themselves. And according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is the newest way that employers are reaching potential employees. So if your Facebook page is just a way to stay in touch with friends from high school, you're missing a great opportunity. The first step is hiding personal information, especially wall posts, through stringent privacy settings -- for example, by specifying that tagged photos of you are visible only to you. Then, develop the rest of your page to appeal to recruiters that might be using Facebook to find job candidates, or Googling you to learn more about how you conduct yourself.

Facebook: 5 People Never To Friend From Work

How many co-workers are you connected to on Facebook? A new survey by Millennial Branding found that the average Gen Y employee is connected to 16 office-mates on the popular social networking site. The interesting part? Only 36 percent officially listed their place of employment, while 80 percent noted where they had gone to school. So while this group appears to be trying to keep their personal and professional worlds separate, they're still merging them by connecting to colleagues.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself."

Brittany Renée

To Be A Better Entrepreneur, Look To The Past

Sure, all entrepreneurs look to the future - but I've learned that the best ones don't overlook the past.

The 6 Habits Of True Strategic Thinkers

You're the boss, but you still spend too much time on the day-to-day. Here's how to become the strategic leader your company needs.

How To Settle Employee Squabbles

The last thing you want to do is seem like you're taking sides. Here's how to handle interpersonal problems more gracefully.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions."

Adlin Sinclair

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Inspirational Quote Of The Day

“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”

Mark Victor Hansen

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Listening To Life's Whispers

Over the years, Oprah says she's learned that life whispers to you all the time. Are you listening? Learn why Oprah believes this lesson is one the of the greatest principles of life.

Oprah Urges People To Pay Attention To Warning Signs

In 2006, Oprah met Cheri Ehrenfeld, a woman who ignored warning signs that her husband was trying to kill her with rat poison. Find out what Oprah thinks you can learn from her story.

What Tracey Gold Learned From Her Arrest For Drunk Driving

In 2004, a family barbecue nearly ended in tragedy when actress Tracey Gold lost control of her SUV and crashed, injuring her husband and two of her children. Tests revealed that her blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit, and she was arrested for driving under the influence. Find out what Tracey learned about listening to her inner voice after that night.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."

James Dean

4 Ways To Stop Being So Busy

There are 168 hours in a week. I think that's plenty of time to build a rewarding career and a fulfilling personal life. After all, if you work 50 hours a week and sleep eight hours a night (56 per week) that still leaves 62 hours for other things. And most people don't work 50 hours a week (not even people who think they do).

10 Best Countries To Live and Work Abroad

If you're considering living and working abroad, you may want to read this article to find out what your options are.

Why Success Is All About Relationships

Now more than ever, there never seems to be enough time to get things done. Why that is, I don't know. But I do know that, in an era of social networking, telecommuting and virtual meetings, when it comes to work, the one thing that gets sacrificed is relationships.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

Mario Andretti

Your Prescription For Productivity

Here's how a mind-body approach can help you achieve peak performance--both personally, and company-wide.

5 Habits Of Customer-Obsessed Companies

There's a reason ESPN, Google, and Zynga lead their industries. They're relentless about understanding their users. Here's how you can be too.

8 Steps To Squash A Customer's Complaint

Before you rush to defend yourself or fight back remember to put yourself in your customer's shoes.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other."

Brian Tracy

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Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."

Denis Waitley

Why Great Leaders Inspire Others

Individuals follow leaders who appeal to causes, values, and convictions larger than themselves. Here's why.

Who's Running Your Company: You or Your Client?

A big customer wants you to tweak your product for them. No problem, right? Wrong.

How Much Are Your Employees Worth?

Compensation can be a real positive in influencing the performance of a company, or it can create real problems.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost."

Robert H. Schuller

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Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."

Jim Rohn

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What Oprah Knows About The Power Of Gratitude

Oprah knows that if you don't have anything to be thankful for, you should start by just being grateful for your breath. Focus on the good you have, not the lack of it, because whatever gets your attention will increase the energy of gratitude. That's how joy rises.

Oprah Surprises Her Ultimate Viewers With A Trip To Australia

During the Season 25 premiere of The Oprah Show, Oprah surprised the show's entire audience of Ultimate Viewers with a trip to Australia! See what Oprah was thinking when she surprised the audience.

Why Oprah Believes In Sharing Joy

Oprah tells a story about how she held on to the candy bars she received when she was younger until she could eat them with others because it's always better to enjoy with others. She still feels the same way today. What Oprah has learned is that when you share the joy, the energy of sharing comes back to you in some form.