The New Entrepreneur

Unless you just get really damn lucky, success doesn't come easy for most. In fact, doing well in your career, whether you work for someone else or for yourself, takes a lot of hard work and dedication. Still, we often make things harder than needed on ourselves by doing things we know we shouldn't...

We're all students of body language. Too bad we're not students of our own body language. Here are some tips to help ensure your body language works for you and not against you: 1. Prep with a power pose.

Some of the most successful business leaders I know all share a similar trait: a voracious hunger for knowledge. Fortunately, plenty of them have written books to share what they know. I wish that, years ago, someone would have provided me with a list of practical, yet inspiring books to help me kickstart my career.

When you meet someone, after, "What do you do?" you're out of things to say. You suck at small talk, and those first five minutes are tough because you're a little shy and a little insecure. But you want to make a good impression. You want people to genuinely like you.

The temperature is dropping, the days are getting shorter, and there's one thing on everyone's mind: party time. The winter season is known for overflowing social calendars and overflowing drinks, and is the perfect time for you to throw a holiday networking party.

Break out the ole binoculars because it's high time you started spying on your competitors like a good small business owner should. Yep, that's right, I believe strongly that engaging in a little spying is essential to your business' success. Why? Because, if done right, you'll find out all of the following about your competitors, and more!

It could be that the only thing more difficult than opening your own small business is playing a good round of golf. When you're out on the green, it's you, your mind, and how many hours you're willing to spend practicing.