A burned out employee can lead to huge productively problems. Signs of burnout include anxiousness, noticeable tiredness, inability to focus and a short temper. Obviously, none of these are conducive to a positive, strong work environment. So, to help you avoid becoming burned out, here are six tips for employees and employers alike from your...
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Businesses here in Indianapolis and around Indiana must learn as a team and grow as an organization. In fact, learning is something all of us have in common. Our timelines for learning and change begin just minutes after birth. Babies soon realize that simple activities like crying will often draw attention long before we...
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Fatigue accumulates with astonishing rapidity. The United States Army has discovered by repeated tests that even young men toughened by years of Army training can march better, and hold up longer, if they throw down their packs and rest ten minutes out of every hour. So the Army forces them to do just that....
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About ninety percent of the things in our lives are right and about ten percent are wrong. If we want to be happy, all we have to do is to concentrate on the ninety percent that are right, and ignore the ten percent that are wrong. If we want to be worried and bitter...
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Dale Carnegie discovered early on that although he couldn’t keep people from criticizing him unjustly, he could do something infinitely more important: He could determine whether he would let the unjust condemnation disturb him. Carnegie once asked Matthew C. Brush, president of the American International Corporation, if he was ever sensitive to criticism; and...
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Dale Carnegie met Lucile when they were both studying short-story writing in the Columbia University School of Journalism. Lucile enjoyed a grand and full life. She had studied the organ at the University of Arizona, conducted a speech clinic in town, and taught a class in musical appreciation at the Desert Willow Ranch, where...
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There are five ironclad rules for selling anything, anywhere, at any time. This is assuming, of course, that you’re starting with a quality product that is priced competitively, and that you are promoting the product in the places where your prospects would likely look for it. But even with all that in place, any...
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Interviews are often hard to come by, so don’t spoil all your work to this point. The following points represent 10 of the biggest interview-killers interviewees often commit and how you can easily avoid each one of them: Neglecting to ask specific questions — Arrive with a list of several prepared questions about the...
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It’s human nature to be nervous about an upcoming interview. Besides trying to find out all you can about the company, you need to present yourself in the best light possible and prove that you’d be a valuable asset. The anxiety that comes with interviewing can be lessened, however, if you remember that job...
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As we look at the holiday weekend as it fast approaches, we see it indeed is a good time of year here in Indiana. Everything is greening up and opportunities and growth are still part of our 2012 focus. In How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age, the newest Carnegie...
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