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    Live in your Victories, not your Defeats!

    July 30, 2019

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    Karen Davis

    Live in your Victories, not your Defeats!

    It is such an imperative in the field of sales to keep a healthy and positive mind set. It is also a difficult balance to find on a daily basis. There is so much in the world that we have to face on a daily basis, that it can be...

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    The art of taking responsibility at Work

    June 3, 2019

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    Karen Davis

    The Art of Taking Responsibility at Work

    Let’ s NOT play the blame game, but be the one known for problem solving no matter who makes the error. To err is human, so we are all in this together.

    So if you make a mistake, acknowledge it as soon as you recognize it. Quick r...

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    The 90%

    April 6, 2019

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    Karen Davis

    Dedicated to Humboldt Saskatchewan.

    The 90%

    This past week my mind has been turning many times to Darci Lang one of the speakers that we had at the recent Greatness in Leadership conference here in Lethbridge. Darci spoke on how to focus on the 90% of the good things in...

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    Playing Nice in the Sandbox!

    February 4, 2019

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    Karen Davis

    Playing nice in the Sandbox!

    It ‘s the time of year when the winter doldrums can get us all a little cranky, so I would like to spend a moment on how to get along with those we just don’t like. The first step is to understand that,

    1.)  We cannot like everyone. We are al...

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    Systems

    October 19, 2018

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    Karen Davis

    My own business always bores me to death;

    I prefer other peoples’  ~Oscar Wilde

     Systems! This Oscar Wilde quote sums up what being a Professional is all about. We love making business happen for others! The systems to run our own businesses are very often terribly negle...

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    Procrastination is just a habit.

    October 19, 2018

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    Karen Davis

    You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never

    found again. — Benjamin Franklin

    “In delay there lies no plenty.” -- William Shakespeare

    Procrastination is just a habit. Logic and re-habituating will fix even the staunchest procrastinator. Here is how to re-train...

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    Confidence in the Workplace

    September 28, 2018

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    Karen Davis

    "When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things."
    — Joe Namath, Hall of Fame football player

    "One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."
    — Arthur Ashe, Gran...

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    Goal Setting

    August 29, 2018

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    Karen Davis

    Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it." – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

    "The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach." – Benjamin Mays

    Goal Setting

    Here we are c...

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    The Brilliance of Networking!

    August 28, 2018

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    Karen Davis

    “The Currency of Real Networking is not greed but

    Generosity.”  Keith Ferrazzi

    The Brilliance of Networking!

    I hear people in business complain about networking events all the time. ‘Just another rubber chicken’, or ‘I can’t take the time away from business’, or ‘the busi...

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    The Pareto Principle

    August 28, 2018

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    Karen Davis

    “The way to create something great is to create something simple.”― Richard Koch,

    The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roug...

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