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How being happy helps you succeed (…not just at work)

Happiness is relative and means something different to every person. But it is absolutely essential if you want to succeed. Not just at work, but life in general. What can you do to achieve “just the right amount of happiness” that will have a positive effect on your life, work, and relationships and what are...

You are creative, you may just not realize

Earlier this week I attended a very interesting and insightful conference my colleague organized. It wasn’t big, only 5 other people attended besides me, but all the more personal and I really enjoyed the 4 hours I spent there. Not to mention the amount of stuff I learned about creativity, problem-solving and horizons it can...

Timeless advice for business-people: 10 principles of a successful advertisement from 1921

Literature about success principles was being published as long as 100 years ago. For example in Germany, a school of success was established in 1921 by a businessman and a propagator of positive thinking Oscar Schellbach. Based on the principles taught in this school, there was a publication released showcasing the knowledge of that time, especially...

Start up your Monday: These are 12 great motivational quotes about success from extraordinary people

Mondays tend to be quite difficult anyway you look at it. It is the least favourite weekday for most of us, working people. But one of the ways how to overcome a difficult beginning of a working week is to read the following 12 motivational quotes from these extraordinary people, who managed to reach exceptional...

5 books about business that even people who aren’t in business should read

 „If you give a fish to the hungry, you will feed him for a day. But if you teach him how to catch a fish, you will feed him for life.” (unknown author) Our last article about books that aren’t really about business, but can definitely help you and your business was so intriguing that...

5 books for business people that are actually not about business at all

To be successful in business, one needs to have many skills. You should be able to understand a little bit of accounting, have a basic grasp of marketing, be a specialist in the area you are doing your business in and understand basic law principles. But wait, there is, of course, more. There are other...

The secret of success

One of the biggest mistakes people repeatedly make to weaken their self-confidence and effectiveness is, that they keep waiting until they figure out all the details for a task or an activity they wish to go ahead with. Successful people differ from the rest of us by acting first rather than waiting until they are...

7 lessons from highly successful people – PART II

You know some principles already. Now go ahead and read the second part of our article about the rich and successful.     5. Learn to listen to people “If I evaluate my life so far I find out how important contacts are, how much more valuable than all of my inventions and machines. People...

Get rid of constraints that decrease your personal productivity

  A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. This is one of those common sense phrases and overused cliches. For others, however, it can mean a million dollar business or a life attitude which helps the person to see connections that others can’t. The second type of such a person was definitely Eliyahu...

Zen in The Art of Productivity

  „Zen aims to simplify the mind. To exclude any concepts. Beginner’s mind has too many options. Master’s mind just knows.“ In Japan, archery is not only a sport where hitting the targets is the main purpose. Archery is also meant to train the mind. If one really wants to master the art of archery,...