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Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Maria Smith worked as a sales leader for Fortune 500 companies across three different industries, and now she helps leaders, employees, and organizations understand the science and benefits of goal-setting. Growing up as the daughter of an immigrant parent, goal-setting has always been a way of life for Maria.

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Too Busy for Relationships? 5 Ways to Make Time for Connection

Success

I interviewed 300 people to discover the quality of their relationships and here’s what they had to say. The number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled between 1985 and 2004, according to a 2006 study by researchers at Duke University and the University of Arizona.

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The Magic of Intrapreneurship Within Organizations

Success

While suited up and on his way out the door to a job interview, he boasts to his family, “I don’t need an edge. Company goals are no longer just about meeting revenue targets. There’s an episode of That ’70s show where Red Forman, a gruff husband and father, is searching for a new job after the auto parts plant where he worked closed.

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The Secret to Happiness… Is Just Love

Success

It’s the most thorough study of human lives that’s ever been done,” said George Vaillant, director of the study from 1972 to 2004. Researchers interviewed participants for hours about everything from their political views to diet preferences. They recorded everything from earlobes (free or attached?)

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. Krzanich didn’t pretend to have a can’t-miss plan.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

Success

In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. The goal is to get in touch with whatever is making our current situation feel too constricting or just plain wrong. Everything from the title on my business card to the location of the building fed my notion of success.

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Professional Development Opportunity for VA Entrepreneurs

Loosely Speaking

Listen to my interview with Jeannine Clontz Jeannine’s goal in offering her Teleseminar series is to help VA Entrepreneurs “increase profits and build the business of their dreams.&# Here are some of the interviews scheduled for the next few months: April 15: Branding for Future Success – What is your Brand ?

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