Working Abroad: Could it Help You Bring Your Career to the Next Level?

With the exception of maybe education, there is simply nothing in the entire life experience that can expand your mind, your quality of life, and your collective experience the way travel can. Meeting new people, seeing strange and unusual places, eating new food, learning new customs, and making new friends and contacts is the essence … Read more

This Start-up Wants You To Say Goodbye To Sitting For Hours In Front Of Your Screen

Yuying Deng, the CEO and co-founder of Ideal Workspace, used to work 16-hour days at a law firm. “After a few months, I started developing excruciating lower back pain. This made it impossible to concentrate and sit for long periods of time,” he says. Physiotherapy and massages provided temporary relief, but the solution came in … Read more

Negotiation Tips that Surprisingly Work

Business negotiations are based on several, well-established principles and most negotiators are not willing to take any chances. Win-win solutions, knowing as much information as possible about an opponent, reading body language, and so on, are common tips to win negotiations that most people use. They don’t always work though, and sometimes you just have … Read more

5 Habits of the Wealthy That Helped Them Get Rich

Why do the rich keep getting richer? Most of the time, it’s not because of luck. It’s not because of the family they were born into. It’s not because they won the lottery. Wealthy people simply do things differently. It may not seem fair, but the fact is the “income gap” is increasing and most financial experts … Read more

Seven Secrets of Self-Made Multimillionaires

First, understand that you no longer want to be just a millionaire. You want to become a multimillionaire. While you may think a million dollars will give you financial security, it will not. Given the volatility in economies, governments and financial markets around the world, it’s no longer safe to assume a million dollars will … Read more

10 Reasons You’re Not Rich Yet

As a financial advisor, I have spent many years helping other people overcome financial stumbling blocks so they can become rich. Ironically, the one person I have had the most trouble helping is myself. Being “rich” can mean different things to different people, but I believe it means having the financial freedom to achieve your goals and … Read more

10 Things Rich People Know That You Don’t

As a financial adviser, I have occasionally found myself feeling envious of certain clients. Not because of their wealth — but because they were disciplined and determined enough to do all the right things that enabled them to accumulate their wealth and, in many cases, retire early. Despite my expertise, I, like a lot of … Read more

7 Secrets to Becoming Wealthy in Your 20s and 30s

There’s no straightforward way to guarantee yourself a rich future, but these 7 strategies can help you do it while you’re still young. We all wish we could be wealthy. For most of us, it’s a far-off dream that someday, eventually, we might be able to turn ourselves into self-made millionaires. But the truth is, building … Read more

Is Strengths-Based Employee Development Right for Your Business?

The traditional approach to employee development is to focus on employees’ weaknesses and how they can improve them. For example, if an employee works better alone than on a team, you’d probably tell him he needs to focus on getting better at teamwork. Recently, however, a new approach to employee development is making waves: strengths-based … Read more

4 Communication Habits of Mentally Strong Leaders

Looking into your 2017 crystal ball, have you made plans to improve how your leaders communicate? No? Well, it should be a part of your leadership development strategy, assuming you have one in place. Seriously, though, we’ve already established (if you haven’t heard) that corporate leaders are seriously lacking even the most basic people skills … Read more