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Top Must-Have Traits For Leaders

November 15, 2013
David S. Chang

Great leaders are critical to any organization. In fact, it is impossible to have an elite and long-lasting organization without great leadership. It is so important that there are plenty of books, research, classes, studies and training on it. Companies and organizations spend billions of dollars to equip their employees with the right leadership skills. […]

November 14, 2013
David S. Chang

Being productive is matter of taking the time to prepare for the next day and being smart about the decisions you make. By automating decisions, creating rituals, and getting prepared mentally, you can set yourself up for success by starting your day on the right foot! Here are the six smartest things you can do […]

November 13, 2013
David S. Chang

If you think about it, we spend almost every part of our day communicating. We write emails, texts, and notes, participate in phone calls, create reports and presentations, talk to our bosses, peers, spouses, children, assistants…the list goes on and on! Given that we communicate so much, how can we maximize our communication skills to […]

November 5, 2013
David S. Chang

The most successful people that I have seen don’t just set proper SMARTER Goals, they are able to focus on them constantly and consistently. No matter how great your goals, they are useless unless they are front and center all the time. Here are give ways to make sure you meet your goals by keeping […]

October 30, 2013
David S. Chang

When I was in high school, I heard a speaker say that the secret to success was by failing. At the time I thought this guy didn’t know what he was talking about! After graduating from West Point, serving on Active Duty and the National Guard, starting multiple businesses, and leading a state political party, […]

October 24, 2013
David S. Chang

Compiled By David S. Chang Getting stuff done is more than just managing time, it is managing your energy, when you are at your best, and making sure you take advantage of that. The charts below are some great tools to help you manage your time, when you energy is at its maximum. It is better […]

October 23, 2013
David S. Chang

Compiled and Edited By David S. Chang SMART Time Management Resources from The Four Hour Work-Week written by Timothy Ferriss RescueTime – A free software productivity tracking tool. Just install it once, and it sits in the background measuring your productivity. Then, you can see exactly how many minutes you’ve spent on productive and unproductive apps at the RescueTime website. […]

October 21, 2013
David S. Chang

Here are the updated weight loss results! Not many changes from before with some changes on between Blair Witch losing one spot and BBQ Mix moving up one spot and In the Lead Moving up a spot. So far everyone has lost weight and we are in about one month with two and half months […]

October 19, 2013
David S. Chang

We are faced with dozens of decisions to make a day, some are small such was what to eat for breakfast, others can be life changing, should I take this job or not? In the book Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work authors Chip and Dean Heath analyze our decision making process […]

October 16, 2013
David S. Chang

Napoleon Hill is considered one of the most successful writers on success and wealth in history. As a journalist in 1908, Hill interviewed Andrew Carnegie, one of the most powerful men in the world at the time. Impressed with Hill, Carnegie gave him an assignment to interview 500 of the most successful people in America […]