4 Signs It’s Time to Abandon Ship

4 Signs It’s Time to Abandon Ship

4 Signs It’s Time to Abandon Ship

We hear it all the time, successful people stick to it. They don’t give up. They try, try again. But sometimes in spite of all that effort, success is still elusive. What should you do? It may be time to abandon ship!

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In our last podcast, we said that persistence is the single most important ingredient for your success. If you persist long enough, you’re sure to succeed! However, you have to be smart about it. There are 4 signs it’s time to abandon ship – some are internal and external.

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A man looks pensive out a window with the blog post title: A Key Personal Leadership Trait for Uncertain Times

A Key Personal Leadership Trait for Uncertain Times

A man looks pensive out a window with the blog post title: A Key Personal Leadership Trait for Uncertain Times

Uncertainty abounds. Volatility is the order of the day. Stress is the natural by-product.

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

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BIGG success is life on your own terms. It’s about entrepreneuring your life – taking control to create the life that fits you perfectly. That’s personal leadership.

Entrepreneurs learn how to deal with entrepreneurial terror. Most people never experience it. Anyone who has, never wishes it on anyone.

But you’re a BIGG goal-getter. You’re the entrepreneur in charge of an incredibly special enterprise – your life.

So you will learn to deal with the uncertainty, the volatility, and the stress.

But you can do even more for the most important people in your life.

You can be a source of certainty.

You can be a shelter against volatility.

You can be a partner in stress relief.

How?

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Image of rocket blasting off with the blog post title: 5 ways to use leverage to advance faster in your career

5 Ways To Use Leverage to Advance Faster in Your Career

Image of rocket blasting off with the blog post title: 5 ways to use leverage to advance faster in your career

Leverage is the entrepreneur’s friend. It can help you do more with less. And you can use it, even if you never plan to own a business. Today, we’ll share how to use it to advance in your career more quickly.

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This post is brought to you by, “This Isn’t Working! Evolving the Way We Work to Decrease Stress, Anxiety, and Depression,” a new book by our friend Catherine Morgan, an award-winning career transition expert who stopped by to tell us a little about it. Hear her share the top issues that are having a negative impact on work life for professionals and entrepreneurs starting at :30 in the podcast.

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image of Santa in his sleigh pulled by reindeer with the blog post title: Santas Personal Branding Expert

Santa’s Personal Branding Expert

image of Santa in his sleigh pulled by reindeer with the blog post title: Santas Personal Branding Expert

Hear about Santa’s personal branding expert on The BIGG Success podcast. Click PLAY for some fun holiday sounds.

You may not know it, but Santa keeps a personal branding expert on his staff. The funny thing is we knew about this expert’s colleagues for years before we heard of him.

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Image of evaluation with the blog post title: 2 Questions for Leaders to Improve Performance

2 Questions for Leaders to Improve Performance

Image of evaluation with the blog post title: 2 Questions for Leaders to Improve Performance

We’re doing ten posts on lifelong learning. It’s hard to believe but we’re already at the ninth podcast in the series. In this episode, we want to discuss leadership, and while we always talk about the importance of personal leadership here, today we’re going to focus on leading others.

When the performance of someone in your charge falls short of expectations, there are two very important questions to ask.

Let’s pull out the Professor’s whiteboard for: 2 Questions for Leaders to Improve Performance.

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