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The #1 Criteria When Recruiting, Interviewing, or Selecting a Mate

06/01/2016 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Relationships and Marriage, Self Improvement

When selecting your partners, employees, friends, or mate, what do you look for? When considering offers of employment or building new friendships, do you have specific criteria in mind? Do you follow a selection profile when recruiting or being recruited? Having a definitive selection profile is almost impossible as there are thousands of attributes used …

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What Is More Important than Having Goals?

05/01/2016 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Leadership, Self Improvement

How many times have you been told that goals are important to your success? Probably hundreds if not thousands of times. You’ve heard it from bosses, trainers, spouses, and parents. You’ve heard it from management gurus, motivational speakers, consultants, and coaches. You’ve likely been advised to make your goals SMART – specific, measurable, agreeable, realistic, …

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How to Train Your Instinct to Filter Out Bad Advice

04/01/2016 / By Mike Hawkins / Communications, Relationships and Marriage, Self Improvement

Have you ever received bad advice? Or worse, acted on it? Been given information that hurt more than it helped? Perhaps you hired someone based on a referral who fell short of expectations? Or pursued a sales opportunity that merely wasted time? Or started a relationship that ended with a thud? Or ended a relationship that …

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When Does Persistence Become Foolishness?

03/01/2016 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Relationships and Marriage, Self Improvement

When is it time to give up on something? When do you stop pursuing a customer prospect, investing resources into a project, or striving to earn a promotion? When do you walk away from a negotiation or quit trying to make a relationship work? Do you give up when you get frustrated? Or when you’ve tried …

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The Most Neglected Area Impacting Work Performance

10/01/2015 / By Mike Hawkins / Relationships and Marriage, Self Improvement

When you think about what impacts your job performance and your professional development objectives, what do you think about? Performance and ongoing development for most people are based on two categories of skills – soft skills and hard skills. Soft skills are general skills that apply regardless of role or position such as communicating effectively, …

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