Pursuit Happyness

You need to know how to write a resume that is professional if you are a current job seeker. If you begin to think of your resume as the ticket that can land your interview, you will put the proper amount of importance on this item. Many people take their resume for granted, but when [...]

Kim Clijsters, world-class tennis player and this year’s winner of the women’s singles final at the U.S. open, certainly doesn’t think so. This year’s victory was the third time Clijsters picked up the trophy, having won in 2005 and 2009 as well. What’s amazing about this story – aside from the crushing win in two [...]

Getting things done is a topic of many websites out there these days, and they all say different things.  How is a person supposed to get anything done when there are so many sites to read on how to get things done?!?  I don’t subscribe to any specific guru out there, but here are a [...]

“Buy Now, Pay Later!” This is a huge money myth that seems true, because it is so big and pervasive. The real truth about this belief system is that it is designed to create perpetual consumers! The truth is really pay now and pay later. First you pay by subtly extending your indentured servanthood another [...]

Image courtesy of Moira MacMahon Building trust based relationships, either professional or personal, is a really big thing. It can propel your career or your life if you can do it, and it can sink them if you can’t. I believe that one of the most important ingredients for building these kinds of relationships is [...]

I  MUST HAVE A JOB. This is one incredible money-myth whopper. How long has the job been in existence? A hundred years, perhaps? The job creates a false sense of security, but also that of indentured servitude. For a job, we trade our biggest chunk of time each day for a “pot of porridge, credit [...]

Are you nailing job interviews, closing new clients, and maximizing every meeting? Most likely you aren’t, but I’ll show you how I blew a huge meeting and what you can learn from my mistakes. Bottom line . . . you need to prepare for key meetings. It doesn’t matter if you are on an interview, [...]

PickTheBrain is proud to present a 10 Part series, written by Deborah S. Nelson of Author Your Dreams. Money Myth 1:  “I Can’t Afford It!” Can’t afford It.” How many times do we repeat this in a day? It has been astutely stated, “possession is nine-tenths of the law.” It is also the basic tenant [...]

To make money or to create Abundance, what’s the difference? Seems like a minor distinction, doesn’t it? On the surface it is. However, after exploring the subject of abundance in depth, I woke up this morning with an epiphany. Trying to deliberately make money, doesn’t work. Correction. It works enough to fool us into thinking [...]

Image courtesy of W. Kozak Starting your own small business can seem like a daunting task at first. This is why many people never attempt it. However, if you break up your duties into smaller tasks, it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In fact, if you follow these steps to starting a small business you [...]