Life is made easier by facing the facts. In the workplace, their are four things you need to manage appropriately in order to be more successful Frustration Attitude Confusion Talking If you can keep these four in control by making...
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3 Ways to Improve Your Outlook at Work Today
1. Treat today like the first or last day you will ever work where you are. 2. Make it a choice to seek out dialogue with your co-workers. 3. Leave work today with three distinct memorable moments of how you...
5 Ways to Make Your Business Stand Out
Guest blogger Safiya Wright, Braathe Enterprises Virtual Intern Below is a list of 5 things your business can do to separate yourself from competitors: 1. Hire the Right People: When you hire exceptional people, you can only expect exceptional results....
Offering Business Training or a Class via a Kickstarter of Indiegogo Campaign
When one of the college classes I was scheduled to teach this semester was cancelled, I decided to try something different to run a class like it for the general public instead. Instead of going the traditional route of seeking...
Life’s Opportunities to Update to a New Operating System
I realized a few weeks ago that life gives us an opportunity to (like a computer or phone) reboot and start fresh with a new "operating system". Braathe 4.0 "launches" today New features: Wakes up earlier Less susceptible to b.s...
MANAGE: Becoming a Viable Business With Real Customers, Cash Flow, Profitability, and Equity Growth
This video is a recording of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's inaugural Business Opportunities to Success Summit (BOSS) conducted at the Hilton Garden Inn, in Troy New York on Thursday December 5, 2013. The theme of Session #6 was MANAGE: Becoming a...
Building Lifelong Relationships With Your Work Alumni like WWE and Old School Raw
Colleges have alumni associations. Why don't companies? At Braathe Enterprises, we have an alumni association. Any intern who works with us that wishes to stay connected always has a home here; whether it be for career advice, collaborating on a...
The Worst Interview Question Ever
Nothing is worse than an interviewer who asks dumb questions or questions that have no answer other than yes or no. What is the worst interview question you have ever been asked? Submit yours in the discussion area below, or...
7 Ways to Inspire The Internally Motivated
As one of my favorite professors, Fred Tesch shared with us often in my MBA classes, "external motivators destroy internal motivators". Here are 7 ways to inspire those that are internally motivated. 1. Give them interesting work 2. Leave them...
Timberlake, Spears, Aguilera and Braathe – Disney Cast Members At The Same Time – What I Learned
Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1995, just as I began my internship with Disney that spring. Unfortunately, I didn't get to meet them or work with them, but one of my...