Career & Success

Author and chief executive of Likeable Local Dave Kerpen laid out the 5 traits that separate the successful people from those who are not. Attitudes and habits reinforce values that people need to embrace in order to be successful personally, in a family, career or whatever endeavor they choose. Successful people embrace change. Unsuccessful people fear it. Probably one of the hardest things to accept in life, embracing change is a major factor in one’s success. The successful person is able to adapt to the changes of the times and use it to his advantage. Successful people talk about ideas. [...]

‘Screw it, let’s do it’ is the professional advice given by Richard Branson, the English business magnate and founder of the Virgin Group of Companies in an interview with Mortgage Professional Australia for its MPA E-magazine issue 13.10. The interview includes Richard Branson’s strategies for success, including his mindset towards failure, which according to him is a waste of time and effort. He encourages professionals to move on and learn from their failures as this is just a part of a learning curve. He also offers small business owners advice to “take time out to relax”. Richard Branson is known [...]