Entries by First Sun Team

Your #Career : 6 Reasons Why Your College Major Doesn’t Matter…Your Experience, Be it On the Job or Off the Job, is What People Notice also Your #Network Matters Way More Than your College Major.

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Use your Undergraduate Years to Learn about Yourself— “It Has Yet to be Proven that Intelligence has any Survival Value.” – Arthur Clarke   “So, what’s it going to be?”  My advisor looked at me expectantly, as if I was simply at a McDonald’s needing to make the simple choice between a BigMac or a Quarter Pounder. […]

#Leadership : 5 Ways The Fear Of Rejection Holds You Back…Getting Turned Down or Passed Up isn’t the End of the World. Learning to Tolerate the Distress Associated with Rejection can Actually Build your Confidence.

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The Fear of Rejection Often Serves as the Single Greatest Obstacle that Stands Between a Capable Individual & Enormous Success. Its Powerful Grip can Prevent You from Reaching your Greatest Potential. Everyone fears rejection at one time or another. Maybe you decided not to ask someone out on a date because you were afraid the […]

#Leadership : 8 Powerful Ways To Mold Your Children Into Leaders…As Parents & Caretakers of Children, their Path to Leadership is in Our Hands.

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The Road to Success is Paved with Failure. When you try to Shield your Children from Failure in Order to Boost their Self-Esteem, they have Trouble Tolerating the Failure Required to Succeed as a Leader. We all want our children to become leaders.  Whether they spend the bulk of their days in the mailroom or […]

#Leadership : How You Manage Conflict Can Make Or Break Your Leadership Career…Successfully Resolving #Conflict is a Key Role of #Management. As Difficult as that May Sometimes Be.

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One of the Most Valuable Skills any Manager at Any Level can Have is the Ability to Handle Conflict Effectively. It’s Crucial. As anyone who’s managed a day or more likely knows, conflict abounds in the workplace. It can be about anything: budgets, personalities, competition for limited resources, competition with other leaders. It can be […]

Your #Career : How To Get Ahead Instead Of Just Getting By…Sometimes Small, Mundane “Check-the-Box” Tasks Have to Get Done. However If you Spend All your Time on the Small Stuff, You’ll get By, but Not get Ahead.

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Here are 6 Reasons you’re Not Getting Anything Important Done at Work — Even When you Have the Time — and What to Do About Them: Sometimes small, mundane “check-the-box” tasks have to get done. For most people, it’s a problem if they never respond to email or fill out administrative reports (unsubmitted expenses, anyone?). However if you […]

Your #Career : How To Get Ahead Instead Of Just Getting By…Sometimes small, Mundane “Check-the-Box” Tasks Have to et done.

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Sometimes small, mundane “check-the-box” tasks have to get done. For most people, it’s a problem if they never respond to email or fill out administrative reports (unsubmitted expenses, anyone?). However if you spend all your time on the small stuff, you’ll get by, but not get ahead. I believe that there’s more for you in […]

#Leadership : How To Be A #Boss: 7 Tips For Hiring — And Firing — A Friend…The Really Hard Part was, & Has, Been Deciding Whether or Not to Hire Friends at All.

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There are Still some Rules-of-Thumb for Managers/Founders Who are Considering Hiring Folks they Have a Relationship With. When I first became a boss, one really tough thing was supervising my former co-workers and friends.  Kind of makes sense – right? You have to be a jerk sometimes and your erstwhile pals don’t take kindly to […]

#Strategy : 3 #Productivity Tips for Night Owls That Will Make you More #Successful…“The Early Bird Catches the Worm”. But What If your Brain is Just Programmed to Work at Night?

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Whether it’s the Midnight Moonlight or the Hush that Falls Over the House when Everyone’s Asleep, Working After-Hours can Equal some Serious Productivity. Working at night just feels right for some people. “The early bird catches the worm” is a phrase that we’ve all heard since the days of elementary school (I know my mom used to say […]

Your #Career : A 3-Step Process To Ensure You Keep #Networking Even After You Land The #Job…We All Know People Who Only Reach Out When They Need Something. You Don’t Want to be THAT person. Adopt this Simple 3 Step Process so You can Effortlessly Build in Networking Day-to-Day.

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The best time to network is when you don’t need anything. But the reality is that it’s easy to forget about networking until you need something. (No communication is one of the five big networking mistakes I’ve pointed out before.) If your job is in jeopardy or you just can’t stand your employer any longer, […]

#Leadership : 3 Steps That Make A Real Difference In #Training Your #Team…Your Company’s Training Process Doesn’t Have to be Highly Structured or Complicated. Instead, try Creating a Framework that Evolves Organically from your Culture & is Flexible enough to Work with Any New Addition to your Team.

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For any growing business, hiring is always a process that must remain top-of-mind. There’s no doubt that hiring the right person from the onset is immensely important, but many overlook the impact that training has on the long-term success of any new employee. Training is one of those things most managers/entrepreneurs don’t pay much attention […]