How to Use Monroe’s Motivated Sequence to Persuade People

The medium of words is one of the most powerful and compelling ways to affect others. It is often much more convincing than brute force or intimidation. For example, Martin Luther King had an incredible capacity to convince others to listen to him and to put themselves in dangerous situations to fight for their rights. […]

Interpersonal Skills: 10 Ways to Improve at Work

  Are you interested in improving your work ethic? Do you feel that your interpersonal skills could use fine-tuning, but are not sure where to start or how to reap effective changes in your professional habits?Building and maintaining a solid repertoire of interpersonal skills are essential for a working professional of any level to succeed […]

Lack Of Motivation: Helpful Tips On How To Overcome Them

  Are your goals being sidelined because of your lack of motivation? Nothing can be more frustrating than knowing you have the potential inside of you to do something great, but you can’t muster up the energy to push yourself. Your first instinct may be to beat yourself up and try to push yourself even […]

5 Ways to Leverage Twitter For Your Next Event

Twitter can make your event more productive. Recent statistics show that 66% of Twitter users have discovered a new small or medium-scale enterprise or business on Twitter, 94% plan to purchase from the SMEs they follow and about 69% have purchased from an SME because of something they saw on twitter. Twitter is a global […]

5 Writing Skills for Effective E-mail Marketing

If you own a business or if you’re planning to promote an organization of some kind, then you may be wondering how you can improve your email marketing skills so that more people are exposed to you. If you’re in this situation, then look no further because we have some of the very best tips […]

Interview Dr. Tom Duncan | Self-Talk

Hi it’s Penny Zenker your host of Take Charge of Your Productivity.  Here we explore your greatest potential by tapping into the ten core elements of time and energy management.  Today we are talking language.  Language is one of the four elements that make up our psychology.  In my experience, language is the most important […]

Interview Tish Squillaro | Language

Hi Penny Zenker.  Your host of take charge of your productivity.  On this show, we host great authors, leaders and entrepreneurs to explore your greatest potential by tapping into the ten core elements of time and energy management.  Sometimes I have been called the Queen of Perspective because I provide prospective.  For every show, we […]

Would You Rather Be Liked Or Respected?

Liked Or Respected? An Important Leadership Question. Have you ever noticed that the best leaders in history weren’t always liked; Steve Jobs, Jack Welsh, or Bill Gates for example. They were respected for challenging others and focusing on growth but always the nicest to be around. They had a strong vision and they did whatever […]

Time Management: Maximize Time and Energy

Energy Or Time Management: What is More Important? There are thousands of articles, write-ups, and essays that talk about time management. As a culture, we are time-obsessed. I lived overseas for 16 years and got a first-hand perspective of how different we are from our European counterparts. Americans have a distinctive focus on time more […]

3 Lessons On Success From The Wizard of Oz

Lessons On Success From Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Man and The Cowardly Lion? Life is an adventure and whether you are running a company, managing a household, a full time student or just juggling your to do list. There is too much to do and too little time to do it in. You have […]