The fast and furious world we live in allows students fantastic opportunities through the summer months. Instead of wasting your gas money delivering pizzas at your summer job, fulfill your passion. Here’s a few ways you can optimize your free time in between studies. There is no better time than the present!
Sometimes the key to success is all in the way you look at things. Tim Ferriss invented success for himself and is an acclaimed writer, speaker and podcast genius. He is also an advisor to a number of famous tech companies including Facebook and Twitter.
Positive thinking is widely known to reduce stress, increase health and promote a more productive workplace culture. In fact, there is psychological research that confirms each of these points. We’ve compiled a list of some tips and tricks to help you combat negativity so you can reap the benefits! All it takes is a little repetition and the will to shift your thinking habits. Everyone can’t be a beam of positive energy all the time, but these tricks should help you get on the right path to positive success!
If your mind is in a million places all the time goal setting is key. Making notes of key items and goals to achieve whether it’s today or in 6 months gives you a clear path to your vision. Practice writing a few goals for each day, it’s good practice and feels awesome to cross the items off.
So you’ve chosen to become an entrepreneur, that means whether you like it or not public speaking is now on your horizon. Here are some tips on how to better your presentation and how to approach any fears about getting into the spotlight.
Google is full of little gems.
You’ve already seen us uncover the best hacks of both Google Calendar, Gmail, and Chrome Extensions, now we’re moving right along to Google Search!
We’ve found 9 things we bet you didn’t know you could do with Google Search and we’re guessing you will soon be wondering how you ever lived without them.
Job interviews are nerve-wracking.What’s the weirdest interview question you’ve ever been asked?
They’re especially nerve-wracking when people are asking you questions from-out-of-left-field that you were in no way expecting!
Although I understand the strategy behind and know that seemingly random questions can reveal a lot about a person, that knowledge doesn’t help when it happens to you first hand!
So, what’s the weirdest interview question you’ve ever been asked?
For me, it was “If you were a cartoon character, who would you be?”. I don’t even remember how I answered it because I was so taken aback.
So, since prepping for an interview is such an important part of landing any job, we thought we would share with you the strangest and also most common interview questions that are floating around out there and hopefully, help you nail them!
Business is all about communication.
Whether you’re the CEO of a large company or just starting out on the ground floor of a new tech startup, communication is going to be the key to your continued success.
We all know that everyone is different and each person comes with their own quirks, but there are a few quick-and-dirty tricks we can use to connect with just about anyone in a positive way! To some people, these 6 skills will come completely naturally, whereas some of us need to work on them daily to ensure we have clear and effective communication with everyone we encounter.
So before you have any more awkward, negative or misconstrued communication with anyone, let’s go over the top 6 things you can do to make it all a bit more pleasant.
Starting a business isn’t for the faint of heart. If you’ve already begun on your startup venture, you already know this. And if you’re just starting out, well, now you know.
But, the best entrepreneurs in the world were once in your shoes. Just starting out with little more than a dream and sheer determination (we know, we are there too!). The Elon Musk’s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs’ all started out with the odds stacked against them. But after a huge amount of hard work, some luck and good timing they made their dreams a success. And you can too.
We’ve compiled a list of the best tips from industry leaders to give you the secrets to a successful startup, no matter where you’re starting out!
First off, a big “congratulations” is in order to the revolutionary and fastest growing tech company the world, Instagram. We wanted to focus an entire post on Instagram as it’s recent popularity has been incredible. It has also joined the advertising game with it’s recent launch of sponsored posts, which have stirred up quite some controversy. If there’s one site our social media team can’t seem to stay off, it’s Instagram so we wanted to share our favourite photo editing Instagram apps to give you a sneak peek behind the scenes.
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