Label:motivation

Your annual leave is making you more productive

Annual leave is something every employee is entitled to by law. The length, however, differs from country to country. It is without a doubt one of the most popular entitlements and some companies even go to an extent of providing their employees with extra days as an added benefit. Let us look at a few...

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...

7 Principles that will make you a more successful person

Advice from successful people, regardless of the period in history they worked in or what they did for a job, has often been repeated. Just knowing these seven principles is not enough, of course. If you want to lose weight, no one will do the push-ups for you. These rules will function only if you...

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...

….And the winner is

    About 3 weeks or so ago, we came up with an idea of a competition. The conditions were simple. If we get 500 likes on our FB Fan Page Monday by Clevork we will randomly pick a winner out of all the people who like our page and the lucky winner will receive the Clevork...

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...