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# Bud Bilanich

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- [Success Quote December 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-25-2022/) - "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." Malala Yousafzai
- [Success Quote December 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-24-2022/) - "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory." Dr. Seuss
- [Success Quote December 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-23-2022/) - "Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen." Deep Roy
- [Success Quote December 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-22-2022/) - "You do not find the happy life. You make it." Camilla Eyring Kimball
- [Farewell My Friends](https://budbilanich.com/farewell-my-friends/) - I began writing this blog in 2004 after reading a blog post written by a homeless guy using a library computer. He shared his experience living on the streets. Back then blogs were called weblogs and most people had never heard of them. I’ve had a great time writing this blog. But after 18 years
- [Success Quote December 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-21-2022/) - "Remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." Henry Ford
- [Success Quote December 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-20-2022/) - "Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." Ella Fitzgerald
- [Success Quote December 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-19-2022/) - "It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then." Lewis Caroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- [Success Quote December 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-18-2022/) - "It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome." William James
- [Success Quote December 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-16-2022/) - "Once you plant seeds of success, your tree will bear fierce fruit." Tyra Banks
- [Success Quote December 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-15-2022/) - "Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes." Eleanor Roosevelt
- [Success Quote December 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-13-2022/) - "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." Jimmy Dean
- [Success Quote December 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-12-2022/) - "I believe that the energy you put out in the world, you get back." Jay-Z
- [Success Quote December 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-11-2022/) - "The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you." Bette Midler
- [Success Quote December 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-10-2022/) - "Stop holding your truth; speak your truth. Be yourself. It’s the healthiest way to be." Tiffany Haddish
- [Success Quote December 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-9-2022/) - "I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way." Janelle Monáe
- [Success Quote December 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-8-2022/) - "You don't want to continue to do one thing and only one thing. You want to keep challenging yourself and if you do well at it, great, if you fall on your face, you tried. Like, she's really terrible at comedy! Who knew? But if you didn't try and put yourself out there you'd never
- [Success Quote December 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-7-2022/) - "Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything… whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out." Tina Turner
- [Success Quote December 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-6-2022/) - "Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t." Bill Nye
- [Success Quote December 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-5-2022/) - "We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained." Marie Curie
- [Success Quote December 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-4-2022/) - "In the long run, you make your own luck — good, bad, or indifferent." Loretta Lynn
- [Success Quote December 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-3-2022/) - "Believe you can and you're halfway there." Theodore Roosevelt
- [Success Quote December 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-2-2022/) - "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote December 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-1-2022/) - "The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity." Amelia Earhart
- [Success Quote November 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-30-2022/) - "The Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on." Charles Dickens
- [Success Quote November 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-29-2022/) - "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." William James
- [Success Quote November 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-26-2022/) - "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau
- [Success Quote November 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-25-2022/) - "When your dreams are bigger than the places you find yourself in, sometimes you need to seek out your own reminders that there is more. And there is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear." Elaine Welteroth
- [Success Quote November 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-24-2022/) - "Tough times never last, but tough people do." Robert H. Schuller
- [Success Quote November 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-23-2022/) - "I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make." Taraji P. Henson
- [Success Quote November 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-22-2022/) - "Our predecessors overcame many troubles and much suffering, but each time got back up stronger than before." Shinzo Abe
- [Success Quote November 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-21-2022/) - "Happiness is not something ready made; it comes from your own actions." The Dalai Lama
- [Success Quote November 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-20-2022/) - "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." Ronald Reagan
- [Success Quote November 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-19-2022/) - "A dead end street is a good place to turn around." Naomi Judd
- [Success Quote November 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-16-2022/) - "Is it that your dream is unattainable or is it that you have the wrong dream?" Joaquin Phoenix
- [Success Quote November 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-15-2022/) - "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." Bill Gates
- [Success Quote November 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-14-2022/) - "If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself." Goldie Hawn
- [Success Quote November 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-13-2022/) - "Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think." Olivia Newton-John
- [Success Quote November 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-10-2022/) - "We will fail when we fail to try." Rosa Parks
- [Success Quote November 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-9-2022/) - "You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you." Lupita Nyong'o
- [Success Quote November 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-8-2022/) - "It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." Madeleine Albright
- [Success Quote November 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-7-2022/) - "You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." A.A. Milne
- [Success Quote November 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-6-2022/) - "I scorched the earth with my talent and I let my light shine." André Leon Talley
- [Success Quote November 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-5-2022/) - "I have learned not to allow rejection to move me." Cicely Tyson
- [Success Quote November 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-4-2022/) - "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." Booker T. Washington
- [Success Quote November 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-3-2022/) - "There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
- [Success Quote November 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-2-2022/) - "Were here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark." Whoopi Goldberg
- [Success Quotes November 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quotes-november-1-2022/) - "Its hard to beat a person who never gives up." Babe Ruth
- [Success Quote October 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-30-2022/) - "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." Pablo Picasso
- [Success Quote October 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-29-2022/) - "Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there." Julie Andrews
- [Success Quote October 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-28-2022/) - "How you spend your energy is ultimately what creates who you are." Susan Sarandon
- [Success Quote October 27, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-27-2022/) - "Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you’re on the journey. But you’ve got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end." Usher
- [Success Quote October 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-26-2022/) - "I've been always following people and blueprints of people, and now I feel like I didn't really find a lane that I liked, and I was at a standstill. And then I found that you have to make your own path." Naomi Osaka
- [Success Quote October 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-25-2022/) - "Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in." Leonardo da Vinci
- [Success Quote October 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-23-2022/) - "Our greatest fear should not be of failure … but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter." Francis Chan
- [Success Quote 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-22-2022/) - "You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it." Oprah Winfrey
- [Success Quote October 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-21-2022/) - "Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it is built on catastrophe." Summer Redstone
- [Success Quote October 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-19-2022/) - "Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self." Gwen Stefani
- [Success Quote October 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-18-2022/) - "What a brilliant thing, to discover we’ve been wrong about some things, what a brilliant thing it is to grow." Michaela Coel
- [Success Quote October 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-17-2022/) - "The past is never the past. It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and in your daily experience, or it will get you. It will get you really bad." Bruce Springsteen
- [Success Quote October 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-16-2022/) - "After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions 'What did I do right?' and 'What would I do differently?'" Brian Tracy
- [Success Quote October 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-15-2022/) - "Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture." Lydia M. Child
- [Success Quote October 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-14-2022/) - "We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who’s watching my movie?" Donald Glover
- [Success Quote October 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-13-2022/) - "The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft." Will Smith
- [Success Quote October 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-11-2022/) - "Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?" Serena Williams
- [Success Quote October 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-10-2022/) - "Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying." W. Clement Stone
- [Success Quote October 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-9-2022/) - "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin
- [Success Quote October 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-8-2022/) - "Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure." Aisha Tyler
- [Success Quote October 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-7-2022/) - "Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be." George Sheehan
- [Success Quotes October 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quotes-october-6-2022/) - "Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed." Bob Riley
- [Success Quote October 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-4-2022/) - "Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong." Ella Fitzgerald
- [Success Quote October 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-3-2022/) - "Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness that any other." Brian Tracy
- [Success Quote October 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-2-2022/) - "Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you." Serena Williams
- [Success Quote October 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-1-2022/) - "I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall." Serena Williams
- [Success Quote September 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-30-2022/) - "I found that wanting fast results led only to despair, but a steady effort over five years transform all of life." John Soforic
- [Success Quote September 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-29-2022/) - "Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got." Janis Joplin
- [Success Quote September 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-28-2022/) - "People often complain about lack of time when lack of direction is the real problem." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote September 27, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-27-2022/) - "Don’t spend a dollar’s worth of time on a ten-cent decision." Peter Turla
- [Success Quote September 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-26-2022/) - "I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better." Georg C. Lichtenberg
- [Success Quote September 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-25-2022/) - "Be so rooted in your being that nobody’s absence or presence can disturb your inner peace." Jeremiah Say
- [Success Quote September 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-24-2022/) - "Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote September 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-23-2022/) - "Life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation." Neale Donald Walsch
- [Success Quote September 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-22-2022/) - "Take time to enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." Robert Brault
- [Success Quote September 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-21-2022/) - "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." Colin Powell
- [Success Quote September 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-20-2022/) - "There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul." Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- [Success Quote September 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-19-2022/) - "Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare." Angela Duckworth
- [Success Quote September 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-18-2022/) - "Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing." Leo Buscaglia
- [Success Quote September 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-17-2022/) - "Every choice you make is creating your future. Choose wisely." Joe Tichio
- [Success Quote September 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-16-2022/) - "By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before." Edwin Elliot
- [Success Quote September 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-15-2022/) - "Do you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears?" Unknown
- [Success Quote September 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-14-2022/) - "The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy." Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
- [Success Quote September 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-13-2022/) - "A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." Maya Angelou
- [Success Quote September 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-12-2022/) - "In every life, we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double." Bobby Mcferrin
- [Success Quote September 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-11-2022/) - "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." Marie Curie
- [Success Quote September 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-10-2022/) - "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." Oprah Winfrey
- [Success Quote September 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-9-2022/) - "Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow." Eknath Easwaran
- [Success Quote September 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-8-2022/) - "You cannot find peace by avoiding life." Michael Cunningham
- [Success Quote September 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-7-2022/) - "The journey starts with a single step—not with thinking about taking a step." Jeff Olson
- [Success Quote September 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-6-2022/) - "Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’." Viktor E. Frankl
- [Success Quote September 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-5-2022/) - "Life is about making an impact, not making an income." Kevin Kruse
- [Starting a Real Estate Career](https://budbilanich.com/starting-a-real-estate-career/) - Real estate is an excellent career choice. Although, there are several different paths to choose from within the realm of real estate. First, is the most common choice of a real estate agent. Then, there is investing in real estate. Of course, with this second option, you must have another career to get started. Another
- [Success Quote September 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-4-2022/) - "Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to." Henry van Dyke
- [Success Quote September 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-3-2022/) - "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." Dolly Parton
- [Success Quote September 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-2-2022/) - "It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote August 31, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-31-2022/) - "Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them." T. Harv Eker
- [Success Quote August 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-30-2022/) - "You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." William Faulkner
- [Success Quote August 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-29-2022-2/) - "You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it’s enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up." Richelle E. Goodrich
- [Success Quote August 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-29-2022/) - "When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them." Karen E. Quinones Miller
- [Success Quote August 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-26-2022/) - "It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have." Fred Rogers
- [Success Quote August 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-25-2022/) - "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." Edward Everett Hale
- [Success Quote August 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-24-2022/) - "Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." Benjamin Disraeli
- [Success Quote August 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-23-2022/) - "One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest." Maya Angelou
- [Success Quote August 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-22-2022/) - "In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back." Charlie Brown
- [Success Quote August 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-21-2022/) - "Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing." Seneca
- [Success Quote August 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-19-2022/) - "The best way out is always through." Robert Frost
- [Success Quote August 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-18-2022/) - "Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless." Maxime Lagace
- [Success Quote August 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-17-2022/) - "We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions." Richard Steele
- [Success Quote August 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-16-2022/) - "The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better." Stephen King
- [Success Quote August 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-15-2022/) - "You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both." Brené Brown
- [Success Quote August 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-14-2022/) - "I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed." Lisa Kudrow
- [Success Quote August 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-13-2022/) - "Sooner or later you're gonna realize, just like I did... There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." Morpheus, The Matrix
- [Success Quote August 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-12-2022/) - "The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent." Arnold Schwarzenegger
- [Success Quote August 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-11-2022/) - "The past is a great place and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either." Mick Jagger
- [Success Quote August 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-10-2022/) - "Fear can be one of the most destructive emotions. It is, of course, also very important, in that fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The
- [Success Quote August 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-9-2022/) - "Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in." Bill Bradley
- [Success Quote August 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-8-2022/) - "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." Benjamin Franklin
- [How Employees Can Benefit from Using a Healthcare Staffing Agency](https://budbilanich.com/how-employees-can-benefit-from-using-a-healthcare-staffing-agency/) - Are you considering signing up with a healthcare recruitment agency? If you're an employee in the healthcare industry, you know that it can be hard to find a job. If you're an employee seeking new work opportunities, there are plenty of reasons to use a covid staffing agency. Here are just a few: We concentrate
- [Success Quote August 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-7-2022/) - "I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go
- [How to Find Angel Investors](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-find-angel-investors/) - Angel investors can play a very large part in helping start-up companies get enough solid footing to become successful. They are people with high net worth who provide backing to those companies for a stake in ownership. If you are looking for someone like Manny Fernandez to be an angel investor for your business, you
- [Success Quote August 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-6-2022/) - "I had found that taking risks, being true to myself, and making decisions with good intentions can exceed even my own expectations." Jennifer Lopez
- [Success Quote August 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-5-2022/) - "There is something inherently valuable about being a misfit. It’s not to say that every person who has artistic talent was a social outcast, but there is definitely a value for identifying yourself differently and being proud that you are different." Daniel Radcliffe
- [Success Quote August 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-4-2022/) - "Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success." Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
- [Success Quote August 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-1-2022/) - "Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it...." Wilferd Peterson
- [Success Quote July 31, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-31-2022/) - "The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense." Thomas A. Edison
- [Success Quote July 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-30-2022/) - "Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable." Coco Chanel, Believing in Ourselves: The Wisdom of Women
- [Success Quote July 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-29-2022/) - "If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault." Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
- [Success Quote July 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-28-2022/) - "Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the
- [Success Quote July 27, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-27-2022/) - "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." Walt Disney
- [Success Quote July 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-26-2022/) - "Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others." Roy T. Bennett
- [Success Quote July 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-25-2022/) - "I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down." Abraham Lincoln
- [Success Quote July 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-24-2022/) - "Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness." Steve Maraboli
- [Success Quote July 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-23-2022/) - "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dali
- [Success Quote July 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-22-2022/) - "Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get." W. P. Kinsella
- [Success Quote July 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-21-2022/) - "Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world." Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- [Success Quote July 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-19-2022/) - "I’ve learned there’s power deep down inside yourself, and you can find it when you don’t give up on yourself and when you ask for help." Selena Gomez
- [Success Quote July 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-18-2022/) - "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it." W.C. Fields
- [Success Quote July 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-17-2022/) - "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children… to leave the world a better place… to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson
- [Success Quote July 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-16-2022/) - "What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace." Paulo Coelho
- [Success Quote July 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-15-2022/) - "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." Maya Angelou
- [Success Quote July 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-14-2022/) - "For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others." Eleanor Roosevelt
- [Success Quote July 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-13-2022/) - "It always seems impossible until it’s done." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote July 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-9-2022/) - "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." Helen Keller
- [Success Quote July 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-8-2022/) - "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." Herman Melville
- [Success Quote July 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-7-2022/) - "All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." Walt Disney
- [7 Tips for Using LinkedIn to Find Your Ideal Job](https://budbilanich.com/7-tips-for-using-linkedin-to-find-your-ideal-job/) - LinkedIn is the best professional network. Currently, there are over 500 million users and over three million active job openings. LinkedIn helps job seekers connect with HR managers, find jobs that are not published on job aggregaters, join communities where they can share experiences with other users, and reach out to companies where they would
- [Success Quote June 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-30-2022/) - "People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully." Steve Jobs
- [Success Quote June 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-29-2022/) - "Learn from your mistakes. Take responsibility and forgive yourself." Ariana Grande
- [Success Quote June 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-28-2022/) - "Success is not a one-size fits all situation. Success looks different for everyone. That's why it's so important to define what success looks like for you. It's also important to know that everyone won't agree with it. And that's ok. Just be sure you're ok with how YOU define it." Eso Tolson
- [Success Quote June 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-26-2022/) - "No one is going to tell you all the things you want to hear all the time. You have to know them yourself." Busy Philipps
- [Success Quote June 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-25-2022/) - "When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better." Solange Knowles
- [Success Quote June 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-24-2022/) - "People talk about confidence without ever bringing up hard work. That's a mistake... Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it." Mindy Kaling
- [Success Quote June 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-23-2022/) - "Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too." Meryl Streep
- [How to Use Google Analytics to Help Your SEO](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-use-google-analytics-to-help-your-seo/) - This is another post for my readers who are, or want to be, internet entrepreneurs. Everyone has heard about Google Analytics, but not everyone knows how to use it to improve SEO. Google Analytics is a powerful tool your website needs to maximize your SEO efforts. It gives you useful insights into how to optimize
- [Success Quote June 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-21-2022/) - "If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own." Henry Ford
- [Success Quote June 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-20-2022/) - "A year from now you may wish you had started today." Karen Lamb
- [Success Quote June 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-19-2022/) - "You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- [Success Quote June 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-18-2022/) - "Our greatest fear should not be of failure … but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter." Francis Chan
- [Success Quote June 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-17-2022/) - "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill
- [Success Quote June 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-16-2022/) - "Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things--childhood, certainties,
- [How to Turn Your Side Hustle Into a Business](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-turn-your-side-hustle-into-a-business/) - Side hustles have quickly moved from being interesting projects on the side to important sources of income for many individuals. Not only do they bring in some needed extra cash, but they also enable us to do what we truly love and enjoy instead of wasting away at a traditional nine-to-five job. For that reason,
- [Success Quote June 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-15-2022/) - "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell
- [Success Quote June 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-14-2022/) - "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." John F. Kennedy
- [Success Quote June 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-13-2022/) - "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax." Abraham Lincoln
- [Success Quote June 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-12-2022/) - "Success comes in cans; failure in can'ts." Unknown
- [Success Quote June 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-11-2022/) - "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
- [Success Quote June 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-10-2022/) - "The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit." Morgan Freeman
- [Success Quote June 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-8-2022/) - "I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors in my life." Kendrick Lamar
- [Success Quote June 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-7-2022/) - "Life has a funny way of helping you out when you think that everything’s gone wrong." Alanis Morissette
- [Success Quote June 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-6-2022/) - "The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone." Tupac Shakur
- [Success Quote June 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-5-2022/) - "Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success." Prince
- [Success Quote June 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-4-2022/) - "I think that it’s important to remember that intelligence and confidence are two of the most beautiful attributes a person can have. But its very important to also remember that compassion, generosity, and humility are their counterparts, and without them intelligence and confidence simply become arrogance." Lauren Jauregui
- [Success Quote June 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-3-2022/) - "If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it." Wanda Sykes
- [Computer Science Careers When You Don’t Want to Code](https://budbilanich.com/computer-science-careers-when-you-dont-want-to-code/) - Typically, when someone mentions that they plan to study computer science, the assumption is that they want to work in computer programming, and spend their days writing code and building software systems or with similar careers like those listed in ComputerCareers. And while many people who go to the trouble to study computer science and
- [Success Quote June 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-1-2022/) - "Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come." Ellen DeGeneres
- [Success Quote May 31, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-31-2022/) - "Winning is not always the barometer of getting better." Tiger Woods
- [Success Quote May 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-30-2022/) - "You can’t juggle it all 100 percent. You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to do everything." Connie Chung
- [Success Quote May 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-29-2022/) - "I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate." Kristi Yamaguchi
- [Success Quote May 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-28-2022/) - "Life isn’t perfect, any failures you have are actually learning moments. They teach us how to grow and evolve." Phillipa Soo
- [Success Quote May 27, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-27-2022/) - "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." Robert Collier
- [3 Easy Ways to Attract More Customers to Your Restaurant](https://budbilanich.com/3-easy-ways-to-attract-more-customers-to-your-restaurant/) - Another post for my readers interested in becoming an entrepreneur. This time about the restaurant business. The restaurant business is difficult one. There are many aspects that you have to consider and get right in order to be successful. However, if you are successful, then the benefits can be great and well worth it. Not
- [Success Quote May 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-26-2022/) - "Whenever you see a successful person, you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them." Vaibhav Shah
- [Success Quote May 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-25-2022/) - "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." David Bly
- [Success Quote May 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-24-2022/) - "Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning." Robert Kiyosaki
- [Success Quote May 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-23-2022/) - "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." Jim Rohn
- [Success Quote May 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-22-2022/) - "If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." Ludwig Wittgenstein
- [Success Quote May 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-21-2022/) - "Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all." Peter Drucker
- [Success Quote May 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-20-2022/) - "If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know and start charging for it." Kim Garst
- [Success Quote May 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-19-2022/) - "Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful." Mark Victor Hansen
- [Success Quote May 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-18-2022/) - "Don’t ever think that just because you do things differently, you’re wrong." Gail Tsukiyama
- [How to Get Ahead as a Seller on Amazon](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-get-ahead-as-a-seller-on-amazon/) - Need a side hustle? Keep reading... Although there are many ways to actually grow a business on Amazon, there are really only two main ways to approach a business relationship. The first way that most people try in the very beginning is to launch on Amazon as an individual seller, meaning that you list products
- [Success Quote May 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-17-2022/) - "One tactical thing I’ve started to do, especially in this virtual setting, is that when we have meetings, I’ll leave the first five minutes open so that my team can speak. I’ll ask them, ‘What’s the news of the day? What’s on your minds?’ That’s really helped me open my eyes to what different communities—given
- [Success Quote May 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-16-2022/) - "In terms of success, pick your allies and sponsors. Pick your context as much as you can and find those people who will help you amplify what you’re saying as opposed to trying to take over or attribute it to themselves. That boost really does help you, so keep an eye out for the allies
- [Success Quote May 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-15-2022/) - "Everyone deserves a voice. Our voice is our superpower. If you don’t speak up, no one knows what you want or need." Cynthia Chen
- [Prioritize Skills and Achievements Over Experience on Your Resume](https://budbilanich.com/prioritize-skills-and-achievements-over-experience-on-your-resume/) - When it comes to creating a resume, most everyone focuses on degrees and experience. But there’s more to a person’s qualifications than just those two. For example, you may have skills and achievements that set your resume on the top of the pile. But potential employers may not even see your qualifications if they’re hidden
- [Success Quote May 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-14-2022/) - "Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliche, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts." Lisa Ling
- [Success Quote May 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-13-2022/) - "To fly we have to have resistance." Maya Lin
- [Success Quote May 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-11-2022/) - "In a time of destruction, create something." Maxine Hong Kingston
- [Success Quote May 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-9-2022/) - "What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." Oscar Wilde
- [Success Quote May 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-8-2022/) - "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett
- [Success Quote May 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-7-2022/) - "Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." Bruce Lee
- [Success Quote May 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-6-2022/) - "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." Arthur Ashe
- [3 Things Every Small Business Needs](https://budbilanich.com/3-things-every-small-business-needs/) - Saying that running a small business is challenging may be quite an understatement. With so many moving parts and factors to consider, it's no wonder so many business owners feel overwhelmed by the whole ordeal. It can be difficult for those just getting started with their first business to know what you need to have
- [Success Quote May 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-5-2022/) - "For success, attitude is equally as important as ability." Harry F. Banks
- [Success Quote May 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-4-2022/) - "If you're going through hell, keep going." Winston Churchill
- [Success Quote May 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-3-2022/) - "Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." Oprah Winfrey
- [Success Quote May 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-2-2022/) - "After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: “What did I do right?” and “What would I do differently?” Brian Tracy
- [Success Quote May 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-1-2022/) - "Don’t wait. The time will never be just right." Napoleon Hill
- [5 Easy Ways to Increase Your Efficiency](https://budbilanich.com/5-easy-ways-to-increase-your-efficiency/) - This post: 5 Easy Ways To Increase Your Efficiency appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. I'm reposing it here because I think that author, Alexandra Jane, has some great advice on how to become more efficient. Increasing the quality and quantity of your work can be a long, hard process, requiring training and perseverance.
- [Success Quote April 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-30-2022/) - "Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be." George Sheehan
- [Success Quote April 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-29-2022/) - "Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work." Stephen King
- [Success Quote April 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-28-2022/) - "Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well." Vincent Van Gogh
- [Success Quote April 27, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-27-2022/) - "If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it." Olin Miller
- [The Best Cryptocurrency Exchange Platforms](https://budbilanich.com/the-best-cryptocurrency-exchange-platforms/) - Traders and investors around the globe actively use crypto exchanges to conduct operations with digital currencies. First and foremost, it is swapping coins, buying, and selling. Large and credible crypto platforms offer a much wider array of tools for their clients such as: staking; margin trading; leverage; trading bots; trading with fiat currencies; p2p; and
- [5 Ways to Protect Your Privacy While Job Hunting](https://budbilanich.com/5-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-while-job-hunting/) - Gone are the days when you were able to directly share your resume with the hiring team. Today, the internet has taken over the hiring process. Many companies are adopting online means to hunt down talent. In fact, you can apply for different types of jobs on numerous online platforms. These platforms and companies offer
- [Success Quote April 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-26-2022/) - "Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
- [Success Quote April 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-25-2022/) - "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure which is: Try to please everybody." Herbert B. Swope
- [Success Quote April 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-24-2022/) - "Action is the foundational key to all success." Pablo Picasso
- [4 Great Reasons to Work With a Career Mentor](https://budbilanich.com/4-great-reasons-to-work-with-a-career-mentor/) - Finding ways to progress towards achieving goals is one of the biggest concerns young people have when starting their careers. Many entry-level candidates think they have to do everything on their own, but they don't realize they're missing out on a valuable asset that can open many doors: mentorship. Mentorships are undervalued relationships that can
- [7 Powerful Ideas for Transforming Your Career](https://budbilanich.com/7-powerful-ideas-for-transforming-your-career/) - J T O’Donnell is a friend of mine. She also is one of the very best career coaches I know. Her new book, “Awakening Your Inner Workplace Renegade,” is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in creating the life and career success they want and deserve. In this very readable and informative book J T
- [A Guide to Coping With Freelance Isolation](https://budbilanich.com/a-guide-to-coping-with-freelance-isolation/) - There are many reasons why people turn to freelance work rather than a traditional workplace. Freelancing is an excellent way to escape office politics, unreasonable co-workers, and mean bosses while saving money from commuting and expensive clothes. However, freelancing comes with a price, and learning to cope with the isolation that comes with it becomes
- [Success Quote April 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-22-2022/) - "Embrace the glorious mess that you are." Elizabeth Gilbert
- [Success Quote April 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-21-2022/) - "If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it." Muhammad Ali
- [Success Quote April 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-20-2022/) - "Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more." Aretha Franklin
- [Success Quote April 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-19-2022/) - "I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential." Nicki Minaj
- [Success Quote April 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-18-2022/) - "It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." Sylvester Stallone in 'Rocky Balboa'
- [Success Quote April 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-17-2022/) - "We have to let go of who we think we should be and embrace what is." Achea Redd
- [Success Quote April 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-16-2022/) - "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." Vince Lombardi
- [Success Quote April 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-15-2022/) - "You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible." Deepak Chopra
- [Success Quote April 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-14-2022/) - "We all have problems. But it’s not what happens to us, [it’s] the choices we make after." Elizabeth Smart
- [Success Quote April 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-13-2022/) - "It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
- [Success Quote April 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-12-2022/) - "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today." Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- [Success Quote April 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-11-2022/) - "You have to be where you are to get where you need to go." Amy Poehler
- [Success Quote April 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-10-2022/) - "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." Zig Ziglar
- [8 Tips for Beating a Productivity Slump](https://budbilanich.com/8-tips-for-beating-a-productivity-slump/) - Staying productive and even making incremental improvements to your work process was certainly easier when you had fewer tasks and responsibilities. And you might have anticipated things to keep going in that fine direction indefinitely. However, as you progressed to the next level, and the next, and the next, it became increasingly difficult to maintain
- [Why Becoming A Life Coach Can Be A Great Career Change](https://budbilanich.com/why-becoming-a-life-coach-can-be-a-great-career-change/) - This is another post directed at my readers who are interested in becoming an entrepreneur. Becoming a life coach means you have years of experience in a specific field, or you’re so passionate about it that you’ve dedicated quite an amount of time studying it that others may not have invested on. Shifting into the
- [Success Quote April 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-9-2022/) - "Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process." Naomi Osaka
- [Success Quote April 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-8-2022/) - "If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one!" Dolly Parton
- [Success Quote April 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-7-2022/) - "When it comes to luck, you make your own." Bruce Springsteen
- [6 Reasons to Pursue an Online MA in Urban Education Principal Education](https://budbilanich.com/6-reasons-to-pursue-an-online-ma-in-urban-education-principal-education/) - A Master of Arts in Urban Education Principal Preparation program can provide the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed. It can also offer the ability for you to become an effective leader. There are many reasons to pursue an online Master of Arts in this field, and below are six of the most important ones.
- [Success Quote April 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-6-2022/) - "Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you." Beyoncé
- [Success Quote April 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-5-2022/) - "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt
- [Success Quote April 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-4-2022/) - "Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- [Success Quote April 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-3-2022/) - "We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us." Joseph Campbell
- [First Steps in Starting a Business](https://budbilanich.com/first-steps-in-starting-a-business/) - For many would-be entrepreneurs, not knowing what to do stops their business before it starts. One out of four Americans have considered starting a business but decided not to, a Gallup poll found. When asked what held them back, 49 percent said they had an idea but didn’t know where to start. If you’re not
- [How to Write a Disruptive Cover Letter](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-write-a-disruptive-cover-letter/) - Some see cover letters as a necessary evil -- "Please submit your resume and cover letter." It's tempting to dash off a quick piece -- "Dear Hiring Manager, I am interested in the xxx position for which you are recruiting. I have attached my resume." But smart job seekers spend time crafting a unique cover
- [Success Quote April 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-1-2022/) - "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." Aristotle
- [Success Quote March 31, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-31-2022/) - "I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that." Ava DuVernay
- [Success Quote March 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-30-2022/) - "You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens." Mandy Hale
- [Success Quote March 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-29-2022/) - "Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on." Lady Gaga
- [Success Quote March 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-28-2022/) - "Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell." Amal Clooney
- [Success Quote March 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-26-2022/) - "Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away." Frida Kahlo
- [Success Quote March 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-25-2022/) - "Often, we think we are too young, or our ideas may not work, and we need to grow up to bring change. I just say no. Whatever you want to do now, you can do it now." Malala Yousafzai
- [5 Tips to Upskill and Future Proof Your Career](https://budbilanich.com/5-tips-to-upskill-and-future-proof-your-career/) - The Great Resignation is a big win for workers. It’s helped thousands find jobs with better pay and more benefits. You might be one of the professionals looking to achieve the same. However, more people resigning means more competition for coveted positions. Fortunately, improving your expertise through upskilling can help you stand out from other
- [Success Quote March 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-24-2022/) - "Some people are so poor, all they have is money." Chance The Rapper
- [Success Quote March 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-23-2022/) - "You only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn." Emma Watson
- [Success Quote March 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-22-2022/) - "In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can’t do that holding on to a glory from yesterday." Pharrell Williams
- [Success Quote March 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-21-2022/) - "When people say 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks' it's not true, because you can reinvent yourself and learn new things whenever you want." Jonathan Van Ness
- [5 Tips for Handling Entrepreneurial Stress](https://budbilanich.com/5-tips-for-handling-entrepreneurial-stress/) - As an entrepreneur, there is plenty of excitement and promise built into your goals. You have lofty goals and dreams, and you’re motivated to reach them. But for all those positives, entrepreneurs are also known for dealing with and carrying a fair amount of stress on their shoulders. However, you don’t have to let this
- [Success Quote March 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-20-2022/) - "People are more obsessed with the idea of failing than the idea of succeeding." Tyler, the Creator
- [Success Quote March 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-19-2022/) - "Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can." Jameela Jamil
- [Success Quote March 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-18-2022/) - "I think the journey is the reward, I think that it’s about being on the right path, the path for you. That’s what I felt I had to get back to because I was being nudged here and thereby not really listening to myself and not being in tune." Jhené Aiko
- [Success Quote March 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-17-2022/) - "Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings." Victor Hugo
- [Success Quote March 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-16-2022/) - "The measure of intelligence is the ability to change." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote March 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-15-2022/) - "You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." Johnny Cash
- [Success Quote March 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-14-2022/) - "The regrets of yesterday and the fears of tomorrow can kill you." Liza Minnelli
- [Success Quote March 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-13-2022/) - "Play on, when you're losing the game. Play on, cause you're going to make mistakes. It's always worth the sacrifice, even when you think you're wrong." Carrie Underwood
- [Fast Growing Remote Job Careers in 2021](https://budbilanich.com/fast-growing-remote-job-careers-in-2021/) - In recent years, remote jobs have seen an uprise in popularity, with more employees searching exclusively for this type of work. People are tired of the traditional office or workplace setting, and are ready to work remotely seeing what new opportunities lie ahead. As technology and working from home IT support advances, it has become
- [How To Improve Your New Hire Sales Team ROI](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-improve-your-new-hire-sales-team-roi/) - In the world of business, in order for salespeople to be happy and satisfied with their work, they need to make more money. If they don’t meet the sales requirements, they’ll probably find a new job. If you have a fast turnover in your sales team, it’ll affect not only your return on investment
- [Success Quote March 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-12-2022/) - "If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it." Wanda Sykes
- [Success Quote March 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-11-2022/) - "There were times when I knew I was in a terrible situation, but I also knew it wouldn't last forever. Those are the moments when you have to remind yourself that this experience is a defining moment in your life, but you are not defined by it." Ronda Rousey
- [Success Quote March 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-10-2022/) - "The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgement." Wayne Dyer
- [Success Quote March 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-9-2022/) - "I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening." Alicia Keys
- [Success Quote March 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-8-2022/) - "We shouldn't dwell on what is 'perfect.' We should celebrate our uniqueness." Eva Mendes
- [Success Quote March 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-7-2022/) - "I think the success of my work stems from being truthful." Catherine O'Hara
- [Success Quote March 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-6-2022/) - "Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate." Jon Bon Jovi
- [Success Quote March 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-5-2022/) - "If you don’t dream big, there’s no use of dreaming. If you don’t have faith, there’s nothing worth believing." Justin Bieber
- [Success Quote March 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-4-2022/) - "My instincts are my natural GPS. I know where I want to go, but they know how to get me there. The only way I gauge moving forward is by listening to myself." Lupita Nyong'o
- [Success Quote March 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-3-2022/) - "Laugh loudly, laugh often, and most important, laugh at yourself." Chelsea Handler
- [Success Quote March 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-2-2022/) - "I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache – it’s a given. What’s not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side." Rashida Jones
- [Success Quote March 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-1-2022/) - "If you are going to go through hell...I suggest you come back learning something." Drew Barrymore
- [Success Quote February 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-28-2022/) - "It’s never a waste of time or money to invest in yourself, no matter the source. True wealth begins inwards and emits its light outward into everything else, including the people you surround yourself with." Will.I.Am
- [Success Quote February 27, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-27-2022/) - "Sure, you wish you did some things differently. But there is no sense in becoming burdened with regret over things you have no power to change." Rihanna
- [Success Quote February 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-26-2022/) - "The only person who can really motivate you is you." Shaquille O’Neal
- [Success Quote February 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-25-2022/) - "We all have different selves: There is a public self, a private self, and a core self. We all know the public self—it’s how we put our best foot forward, smiling and behaving. But the private self is a more fundamental self, and that is where we find our frailties, our fears. It’s like a
- [Success Quote February 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-24-2022/) - "You can’t let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail but guess what: you get up and try again. Feel the pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving." Queen Latifah
- [Success Quote February 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-23-2022/) - "The sincerity with which you do things, that's what shapes your life." Blake Griffin
- [Success Quote February 22, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-22-2022/) - "Work hard in silence let your success be the noise." Simone Biles
- [Success Quote February 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-21-2022/) - "The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good on the inside." Erykah Badu
- [Success Quote February 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-20-2022/) - "Play like you’re in first. Train like you’re in second." Stephen Curry
- [Success Quote February 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-19-2022/) - "Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind." Quincy Jones
- [10 Things to Consider When Trying to Find That Perfect Domain Name](https://budbilanich.com/10-things-to-consider-when-trying-to-find-that-perfect-domain-name/) - The longer you leave choosing your domain name the harder it will get. More and more of the good ones are getting snapped up as you read this. If you have clicked on this article then you are here for one of two reasons - (1) you want to start a personal blog and you
- [Success Quote February 18, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-18-2022/) - "The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at." Jesse Owens
- [Success Quote February 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-17-2022/) - "Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals." Dorothy Height
- [Success Quote February 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-16-2022/) - "I always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. And sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right even if you have to stand alone." Claudette Colvin
- [Success Quote February 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-15-2022/) - "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." Ida B Wells
- [Success Quote February 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-14-2022/) - "Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting." Shirley Chisholm
- [Success Quote February 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-13-2022/) - "Critical thinking without hope is cynicism. Hope without critical thinking is naïveté." Maria Popova
- [Success Quote February 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-12-2022/) - "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." Lao Tzu
- [Success Quote February 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-11-2022/) - "I believe we all have a contribution to make, we have all come here with a specific intention to contribute something unique to who we are. And our job is to identify as best as we are able what that thing is that we are meant to do. What is our gift, what is our
- [Success Quote February 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-10-2022/) - "Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand." Oprah Winfrey
- [How to Make a Great Impression in Your Job Interview](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-make-a-great-impression-in-your-job-interview/) - Many job seekers will know the thrill and excitement of opening a letter to find that you have been invited for a job interview for a position you applied for. When you get that letter through the post, it is important that you do not just sit back and wait for the interview date to
- [Success Quote February 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-9-2022/) - "The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." Bob Marley
- [Success Quote February 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-8-2022/) - "I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread." Langston Hughes
- [Success Quote February 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-7-2022/) - "Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey’s back." Zora Neale Hurston
- [Success Quote February 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-6-2022/) - "Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread." Richard Wright
- [Success Quote February 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-5-2022/) - "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea." Medgar Evers
- [Want Career Success? Take Personal Responsibility](https://budbilanich.com/career-success-responsibility/) - You’re in charge! Commit to taking personal responsibility for creating the successful life and career you want and deserve.
- [Success Quote February 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-4-2022/) - "If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say I was afraid to try." Michael Jordan
- [Success Quote February 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-3-2022/) - "I think it's really finding that belief in yourself, where you just have it no matter what's going on, no matter what anyone else says. I think that's the challenge, is to really have that belief in yourself." Brandy Norwood
- [Tips for Starting a Small Business](https://budbilanich.com/tips-starting-small-business/) - So you’ve got a killer idea and a big vision, and you’re ready to start your own business. The question is, where do you start? If you’re looking to turn your vision into reality, the road to success can be a bit overwhelming and rife with challenges. While the obstacles in your way can be
- [Success Quote February 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-2-2022/) - "I think it’s always important to reflect anyway, no matter what age you’re approaching or what milestone is in front of you. Reflection should be almost a daily thing if possible." Jennifer Aniston
- [Success Quote February 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-1-2022/) - "What the pandemic has brought is the knowledge that nothing is certain, so you have to be as dynamic as the circumstances." Yara Shahidi
- [Success Quote January 31, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-31-2022/) - "We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality." Thich Nhat Hanh
- [Success Quote January 30, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-30-2022/) - "We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." Marcel Proust
- [Success Quote January 29, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-29-2022/) - "I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring." Uzo Aduba
- [Success Quote January 28, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-28-2022/) - "You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it’s your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You’re probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you’re gonna have to live with the choices you
- [Success Quote January 27, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-27-2022/) - "Anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur like someone else is actually looking in the wrong direction. You don’t look out for inspiration, you look in. You have to ask yourself how can I be better today, at solving the problem I am trying to solve for my company. I wouldn’t encourage anyone to be
- [Success Quote January 26, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-26-2022/) - "Talent isn’t everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best." Cristiano Ronaldo
- [Success Quote January 25, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-25-2022/) - "It doesn’t matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back." Shakira
- [Success Quote January 24, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-24-2022/) - "Most people focus on the wrong thing: They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it's all the hard parts--the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them. In the end, it is the sacrifices that
- [Success Quote January 23, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-23-2022/) - "I think you should not be scared of embarrassing yourself, I think it builds character." Harry Styles
- [It's Never Too Early to Begin Planning for Your Retirement.  Here's Some Great Advice on IRA's](https://budbilanich.com/its-never-too-early-to-begin-planning-for-your-retirement-heres-some-great-advice-on-iras/) - I received a comment on this post saying that the graphic at the end of this post was difficult to read. I apologize for that. I think I have fixed the problem. I hope that the new one is easier for you to read. I'll be 69 years old this year. I don't plan on
- [Success Quote January 21, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-21-2022/) - "I realized that I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life." Kerry Washington
- [Success Quote January 20, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-20-2022/) - "All of us are different. That’s what makes us interesting and special. I don’t want to be anything like another person. I want to be totally myself and go against the grain, forge my own path. I’ve learned that being different is what makes you stand out. It makes everything so much more intriguing." Alicia
- [Success Quote January 19, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-19-2022/) - "Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy." Sade Adu
- [How to Help New Employees Settle In](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-help-new-employees-settle-in/) - This post is especially relevant for my readers who are entrpreneurs. Providing sufficient support to your newly hired employees is needed to boost their productivity. Here are some ways to help them fit right in! Successful companies do a good job onboarding their new hires. Those who are getting into a job for the very
- [4 Tips to Develop Your Employer Brand](https://budbilanich.com/4-tips-to-develop-your-employer-brand/) - Branding is critical for every part of your business. Most companies know that their brand is important to sales and to connect with consumers, but they are less aware that this brand can impact hiring and recruiting. Your employer brand is just as important as your overall branding efforts and it can make the difference
- [Why You Should Always Use Plain English in Your Business Communications](https://budbilanich.com/why-you-should-always-use-plain-english-in-your-business-communications/) - Kay Hutchings-Olsson is my go to person when it comes to writing. She is so awesome, that she found a typo in this post and sent me an email so I could fix it. Good writing can help you get the job you want, and then succeed once you're in it. She is an advocate of using
- [Success Quote January 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-17-2022-2/) - "There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- [Success Quote January 16, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-16-2022/) - "Don't strive for somebody else's notion of perfection. It's an unattainable and ultimately ridiculous goal. Strive instead to be uniquely yourself and when in doubt listen to your gut, because it already knows what you want to become." Meredith Vieira
- [Success Quote January 15, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-15-2022/) - "We can learn more from our not-so-good experiences than we can learn from our good ones." Sonia Sotomayor
- [Success Quote January 14, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-14-2022/) - "You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed. You’re not gonna succeed all the time and I know that." LeBron James
- [Success Quote January 13, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-13-2022/) - "The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately." Tyrese Gibson
- [Success Quote January 12, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-12-2022/) - "Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure." John Legend
- [Success Quote January 11, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-11-2022/) - "Everybody can always get better. So, I’m never under any illusion that, despite the success that I’ve had, that there’s never another rung I can climb on the ladder. I don’t know what that is, but I think that there’s always a way to get better and do better." Gayle King
- [Success Quote January 10, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-10-2022/) - "I do find that there's a fine balance between preparation and seeing what happens naturally." Timothée Chalamet
- [Success Quote January 9, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-9-2022/) - "Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries." James A. Michener
- [Success Quote January 8, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-8-2022/) - "You have to look at your blessings, don't you? With Thrones, I have to realize that, whatever happens, and for all the stress and the pressure that goes with it, it's been an extraordinary journey and I know I'll look back later in my life and think, 'That was crazy, that was amazing.' It's something
- [Success Quote January 7, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-7-2022/) - "You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success." Sissy Spacek
- [Success Quote January 6, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-6-2022/) - "Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn." Ricky Martin
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- [Success Quote January 5, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-5-2022/) - "I believe in life that you know that everything prepares you for the next thing - whether it's a hit, whether it's not a hit... your failures are your accomplishments because it makes you prepared for whatever it is that you are going to do next." Lee Daniels
- [Success Quote January 17, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-17-2022/) - "Everybody needs a passion. That’s what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints." Betty White
- [Success Quote January 4, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-4-2022/) - "If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves." Willie Nelson
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- [Success Quote January 3, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-3-2022/) - "Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." Alexander Graham Bell
- [Success Quote January 2, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-2-2022/) - "With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote January 1, 2022](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-1-2022/) - "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." Oprah Winfrey
- [Success Quote December 31, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-31-2021/) - "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." Benjamin Franklin
- [Success Quote December 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-30-2021/) - "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." Eleanor Roosevelt
- [Success Quote December 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-29-2021/) - "It’s very important to take risks. I think that research is very important, but in the end you have to work from your instinct and feeling and take those risks and be fearless." Anna Wintour
- [Success Quote December 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-28-2021/) - "You don’t find customers for your products. You find products for your customers." Seth Godin
- [Success Quote December 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-27-2021/) - "Oftentimes, we hesitate to lead because we don’t have the actual ‘title’ or the ‘official responsibilities’ to lead. But in many cases, no one is going to give you permission to lead — you just have to take it." Melinda Chung
- [Success Quote December 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-26-2021/) - "You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it’s effectively implemented." Clayton M.
- [Success Quote December 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-24-2021/) - "The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller
- [Success Quote December 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-25-2021/) - "Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world
- [Success Quote December 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-23-2021/) - "Leadership is knowing when to lean on others and let them step up and shine." Michelle Peluso
- [Success Quote December 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-22-2021/) - "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." Marie Curie
- [Success Quote December 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-21-2021/) - "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote December 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-20-2021/) - "‘Make something people want’ includes making a company that people want to work for." Sahil Lavingia
- [Success Quote December 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-19-2021/) - "There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment." Norman Vincent Peale
- [Success Quote December 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-18-2021/) - "One of the biggest things in business is to open yourself up for change. We don’t have to change who we are, we have to change the way we go about it." Jay Z
- [Success Quote December 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-17-2021/) - "It’s important to take the time to make room for the quiet inspiration." Susan Credle
- [Success Quote December 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-16-2021/) - "One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised." Chinua Achebe
- [Success Quote December 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-15-2021/) - "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." John F. Kennedy
- [Success Quote December 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-14-2021/) - "Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval." George Takei
- [Success Quote December 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-13-2021/) - "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
- [Success Quote December 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-12-2021/) - "They say the two most important days in a persons life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born." Viola Davis
- [Success Quote December 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-11-2021/) - "The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others." Unknown
- [Success Quote December 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-10-2021/) - "We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet." Dolores Huerta
- [Success Quote December 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-9-2021/) - "Don't turn away from what's painful. Examine it. Challenge it." Steven Spielberg
- [Success Quote December 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-8-2021/) - "In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." Mark Zuckerberg
- [Success Quote December 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-7-2021/) - "Use your imagination to fill in the blanks." Barbara Corcoran
- [Success Quote December 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-6-2021/) - "Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character." Wayne W. Dyer
- [Success Quote December 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-5-2021/) - "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." Dale Carnegie
- [Success Quote December 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-4-2021/) - "I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential." Vandana Shiva
- [Success Quote December 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-3-2021/) - "Those who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt those doing it." Chinese Proverb
- [Success Quote December 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-2-2021/) - "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama
- [Success Quote December 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-1-2021/) - "Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote November 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-30-2021/) - "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." Iroquois Maxim
- [Success Quote November 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-29-2021/) - "Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play
- [Success Quote November 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-28-2021/) - "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Søren Kierkegaard
- [Success Quote November 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-27-2021/) - "Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most." Sitting Bull
- [Success Quote November 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-26-2021/) - "You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny." Viola Davis
- [Success Quote November 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-25-2021/) - "A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself." Chinua Achebe
- [Success Quote November 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-24-2021/) - "You know, my motto is 'Excelsior.' That's an old word that means 'upward and onward to greater glory.' It's on the seal of the state of New York. Keep moving forward, and if it's time to go, it's time. Nothing lasts forever." Stan Lee
- [Success Quote November 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-23-2021/) - "I'm not gonna fall. I'm tired of falling. I'm tired of seeing our people fall. I don't believe in failure. It's what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn't about money. Success isn't about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of
- [Success Quote November 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-22-2021/) - "He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone." Seneca Proverb
- [Success Quote November 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-21-2021/) - "Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth." Winona LaDuke
- [Success Quote November 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-20-2021/) - "If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned." Joy Harjo
- [Success Quote November 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-19-2021/) - "Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are." Liana Liberato
- [Success Quote November 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-18-2021/) - "Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later." Tracee Ellis Ross
- [Success Quote November 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-17-2021/) - "The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands." Anne Frank
- [Success Quote November 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-16-2021/) - "The happiest people I've ever met, regardless of their profession, their social standing, or their economic status, are people that are fully engaged in the world around them. The most fulfilled people are the ones who get up every morning and stand for something larger than themselves. They are the people who care about others,
- [Success Quote November 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-15-2021/) - "What I share with kids is that you can have a dream, you can have struggles, but you can overcome those struggles through perseverance and the right mentors in your lives and (by) making good decisions." John Herrington, First Native American Indian Astronaut in Space
- [Success Quote November 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-14-2021/) - "There are those who believe that power is up above, and they don't notice that it's actually in the hearts of the great masses." Jose Mujica
- [Success Quote November 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-13-2021/) - "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." Malala Yousafzai
- [Success Quote November 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-12-2021/) - "There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance." Cesar Chavez
- [Success Quote November 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-11-2021/) - "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." Desmond Tutu
- [Success Quote November 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-10-2021/) - "When you’ve worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. You reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed." Michelle Obama
- [Success Quote November 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-9-2021/) - "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions. Their lives a mimicry. Their passions a quotation." Oscar Wilde
- [Success Quote November 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-8-2021/) - "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- [Success Quote November 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-7-2021/) - "People inspire you or they drain you - pick them wisely." Hans F. Hansen
- [Success Quote November 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-6-2021/) - "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Bobby Kennedy
- [Success Quote November 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-5-2021/) - "A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it." Alistair Cook
- [Success Quote November 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-4-2021/) - "It is never my custom to use words lightly. If 27 years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote November 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-3-2021/) - "You are not your resume, you are your work." Seth Godin
- [Success Quote November 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-2-2021/) - "The only good thing about getting older is you get smart enough to avoid unnecessary problems. You know what’s worth spending time on and what’s not. If I had known that at 20, life would have been so much easier, but you have to experience all these things so you figure out how to find
- [Success Quote November 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-1-2021/) - "I am not going to let myself be beaten to the ground by the dread of what may happen." Henrik Ibsen
- [Success Quote October 31, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-31-2021/) - "Someone once told me that 'time' is a predator that stalks us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because it will never come again." Jean-Luc Picard
- [Success Quote October 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-30-2021/) - "The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails." John Maxwell
- [Success Quote October 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-29-2021/) - "The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on." Julia Alvarez
- [Success Quote October 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-28-2021/) - "Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." Lao Tzu
- [Success Quote October 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-27-2021/) - "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." Jim Rohn
- [Success Quote October 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-26-2021/) - "Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda
- [Success Quote October 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-25-2021/) - "If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- [Success Quote October 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-24-2021/) - "Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75." Benjamin Franklin
- [Success Quote October 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-23-2021/) - "When asked what surprised him most about humanity: "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or
- [Success Quote October 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-22-2021/) - "Don’t let schooling interfere with your education." Mark Twain
- [Success Quote October 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-21-2021/) - "Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- [Success Quote October 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-20-2021/) - "Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success." Tom Petty
- [Success Quote October 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-19-2021/) - "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks, but I do fear the man who as practiced one kick 10,000 times." Bruce Lee
- [Success Quote October 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-18-2021/) - "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches." Napoleon Hill
- [Success Quote October 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-17-2021/) - "The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat." Lily Tomlin
- [Success Quote October 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-16-2021/) - "There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." Denis Waitley
- [Success Quote October 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-14-2021/) - "I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game. Not the other way around." Alex Rodriguez
- [Success Quote October 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-13-2021/) - "Be kind to people, do the best that you can do and don't compromise yourself for anyone else and you'll end up being the better person. Trust me." Naya Rivera
- [Success Quote October 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-12-2021/) - "Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda
- [Success Quote October 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-11-2021/) - "Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity." Frantz Fanon
- [Success Quote October 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-10-2021/) - "My mother gave me one piece of advice that stuck with me. She said don't forget where you came from." Eva Longoria
- [Success Quote October 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-9-2021/) - "I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don't forget the responsibility of making somebody else succeed with you." Antonia Novello
- [Success Quote October 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-8-2021/) - "I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom -
- [Success Quote October 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-7-2021/) - "When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself." George Lopez
- [Success Quote October 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-6-2021/) - "One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self image, a positive
- [Success Quote October 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-5-2021/) - "You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you." Antonio Tijerino, President & CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation
- [Success Quote October 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-4-2021/) - "If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more." Sammy Sosa
- [Success Quote October 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-3-2021/) - "The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come." Gloria Estefan
- [Success Quote October 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-2-2021/) - "Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it." Salma Hayek
- [Success Quote October 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-1-2021/) - "My philosophy on life is that we're here to love and to learn." Jennifer Lopez
- [Success Quote September 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-30-2021/) - "He who awaits much can expect little." Gabriel García Márquez
- [Success Quote September 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-29-2021/) - "You were given that pain and that vision because you have something to do with it." Sandra Cisneros
- [Success Quote September 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-28-2021/) - "I change myself, I change the world." Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- [Success Quote September 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-27-2021/) - "There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths." Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- [Success Quote September 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-26-2021/) - "My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made." Jorge Ramos
- [Success Quote September 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-25-2021/) - "We don't do all our growing up between birth and adolescence or even our twenties. If we're fortunate, we never stop." Diane Guerrero
- [Business Skills You Need for Long Term Success](https://budbilanich.com/business-skills-you-need-for-long-term-success/) - Business skills are a valuable component when building long-term success in your career. Whether you’re a business owner or an employee, the right business skills can take you a long way with your company. By increasing your efficiency and productivity on the job, these skills will be essential to your success story. It’s not just
- [Success Quote September 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-20-2021/) - "We must be impatient for change. Let us remember that our voice is a precious gift and we must use it." Claudia Flores
- [Success Quote September 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-19-2021/) - "I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think." Richard Pryor
- [Success Quote September 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-18-2021/) - "Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves." Julia Alvarez
- [Success Quote September 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-17-2021/) - "What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future." Rigoberta Menchú
- [Success Quote September 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-16-2021/) - "Overcoming what frightens you the most strengthens you the most." Matshona Dhliwayo
- [Success Quote September 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-15-2021/) - "You are never strong enough that you don't need help." Cesar Chavez
- [Success Quote September 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-14-2021/) - "Many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other than they are." J.K. Rowling
- [Success Quote September 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-13-2021/) - "It's all about new techniques - simplifying old techniques and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse." Martha Stewart
- [Success Quote September 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-12-2021/) - "Replace fear with curiosity." Steven Spielberg
- [Success Quote September 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-11-2021/) - "If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate." Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl
- [Success Quote September 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-10-2021/) - "Creating opportunities means looking where others are not." Mark Cuban
- [Having Trouble Sleeping? Put These Plants in Your Bedroom](https://budbilanich.com/having-trouble-sleeping-put-these-plants-in-your-bedroom/)
- [Success Quote September 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-7-2021/) - "I think about freedom and the urgency around our imagination. If you can't imagine it, you can't fight for it." DeRay Mckesson
- [Success Quote September 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-6-2021/) - "A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil." Grover Cleveland
- [Success Quote September 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-5-2021/) - "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote September 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-4-2021/) - "Progress will come in fits and starts. It’s not always a straight line. It’s not always a smooth path." Barack Obama
- [Success Quote September 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-3-2021/) - "It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote September 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-2-2021/) - "You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over." Richard Branson
- [Success Quote September 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-1-2021/) - "If you are feeling low or trampled, unappreciated or forgotten and you are reading this, realize it is an illusion. The hope is real, you are valued, and what lies ahead is brilliance." Tom Althouse
- [Success Quote August 31, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-31-2021/) - "The fun for me in collaboration is working with other people just makes you smarter; that’s proven." Lin-Manuel Miranda
- [Success Quote August 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-30-2021/) - "The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring." Louis L’Amour
- [Success Quote August 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-29-2021/) - "Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can’t put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for
- [Success Quote August 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-28-2021/) - "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." Arthur Ashe
- [Success Quote August 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-27-2021/) - "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain
- [Success Quote August 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-26-2021/) - "Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful." Mark Victor Hansen
- [Success Quote August 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-25-2021/) - "Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal; it’s the courage to continue that counts." Mike Ditka
- [Success Quote August 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-24-2021/) - "Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster." Elon Musk
- [Success Quote August 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-23-2021/) - "Life is one strong, long string of character defining moments." Steven Spielberg
- [Success Quote August 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-22-2021/) - "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote August 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-21-2021/) - "One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people." Dick Gregory
- [Success Quote August 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-20-2021/) - "We see the future not as something out of our control, but as something we can shape for the better through concerted and collective effort." Barack Obama
- [Success Quote August 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-19-2021/) - "The question I ask myself almost every day is, ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?'" Mark Zuckerberg
- [Success Quote August 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-18-2021/) - "Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw
- [Success Quote August 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-17-2021/) - "Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote August 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-16-2021/) - "If I've impacted on one heart, one mind, one soul, and brought to that individual a greater truth than that individual came into a relationship with me having, then I would say that I have been successful." Harry Belafonte
- [Success Quote August 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-15-2021/) - "It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success." George Washington Carver
- [Success Quote August 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-14-2021/) - "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Isaac Newton
- [Success Quote August 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-13-2021/) - "Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better." Florence Nightingale
- [Success Quote August 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-12-2021/) - "You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement." Marie Curie
- [Success Quote August 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-11-2021/) - "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." Abraham Maslow
- [Success Quote August 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-10-2021/) - "There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed." Ray Goforth
- [Success Quote August 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-9-2021/) - "The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do." Roy L. Smith
- [Success Quote August 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-8-2021/) - "Today is a new day. Yesterday's mistakes cannot affect today's possibilities unless you dwell on them." Benjamin Lotter
- [Success Quote August 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-7-2021/) - "Guess what? ‘Someday’ almost never comes around. It gets lost somewhere between the shoulda, woulda, couldas of your life." Kendra Thomas
- [Don't Motivate, Instead Engage](https://budbilanich.com/dont-motivate-instead-engage/) - A very interesting article on the difference between motivating and engaging the people with whom you work by Sean McPheat of MTD Training popped up in my inbox the other day. Check it out… Instead of trying to motivate your team, look at engaging them in their work and careers. And what’s the best way
- [Success Quote August 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-6-2021/) - "The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot." Benny Lewis
- [Success Quote August 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-5-2021/) - "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln
- [Success Quote August 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-4-2021/) - "Choice is the most powerful tool we have. Everything boils down to choice. We exist in a field of infinite possibilities. Every choice we make shuts an infinite number of doors and opens an infinite number of doors. At any point we can change the direction of our lives by a simple choice. It is
- [It's 2021. You Need a Great Digital Marketing Strategy](https://budbilanich.com/its-2021-you-need-a-great-digital-marketing-strategy/) - If you want to be a successful entrepreneur these days, you can't underestimate the immense value of a highly optimized digital marketing strategy. In fact, due to the dazzling rise of remote working, learning and online entertainment, developing a digital presence is perhaps even more important today than ever before. This is, however, another aspect
- [5 Reasons Why It's Important to Destroy Old Business Documents](https://budbilanich.com/5-reasons-why-its-important-to-destroy-old-business-documents/) - Nowadays, you might be wondering, “Does anyone still have paper copies of documents?” In short, yes, plenty of businesses still require you to sign physical copies of documents for their records. While many businesses digitally store information, there are still plenty that keep physical record books. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic we are increasingly
- [Where Your Business Should Invest -- Even in Tough Times](https://budbilanich.com/where-your-business-should-invest-even-in-tough-times/) - All businesses go through tough times at one point or another. Whether this is due to internal failings, market changes, or a global crisis, you may find your business facing unprecedented challenges that threaten your bottom line and may even threat the survival of your business. When this happens, the temptation is often to cut
- [What You Should Look For in an API Client](https://budbilanich.com/what-you-should-look-for-in-an-api-client/) - Advances in technology have changed how developers build applications. For instance, today, most web applications are based on the client-side of the client-server architecture. This means that all the logic related to the User Interface is implemented on the client-side (often the browser) using JavaScript instead of having it at the server-side. This has
- [50 Famous People Who Failed at Their First Attempt at Career Success](https://budbilanich.com/50-famous-people-who-failed-at-their-first-attempt-at-career-success/) - As a career success coach, I always advise my clients to stick with it – to demonstrate their commitment to their career success to themselves and others by shaking off setbacks and moving forward, not matter if they're interested in starting a business, or advancing their career in their current company. This morning, I received
- [Climb the Accountability Ladder](https://budbilanich.com/climb-the-accountability-ladder/) - My friends at Info Pro Learning have created a great infographic on how to take personal accountability for your success. Check it out...
- [How to Prove You're Worthy of Career Advancement](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-prove-youre-worthy-of-career-advancement/) - My friends at USA.edu have come up with a great infographic on how to put yourself in a position to advance in your career Check it out... .
- [Success Quote August 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-3-2021/) - "I learned that, in the face of a void or in the face of any challenge, you can choose joy and meaning." Sheryl Sandberg
- [Success Quote August 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-2-2021/) - "After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: 'What did I do right?' and 'What would I do differently?'" Brian Tracy
- [Success Quote August 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-1-2021/) - "Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever." Leo Buscaglia
- [Success Quote July 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-30-2021/) - "You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction." George Lorimer
- [Success Quote July 31, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-31-2021/) - "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Herman Cain
- [Success Quote July 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-29-2021/) - "Replace the word can’t with can. Know that you can, believe that you can, and know with ALL of your heart that you will. You will succeed in spite of any obstacles that may try to hinder you! There’s so much power in having a positive attitude, positive mindset, and positive outlook." Stephanie Lahart
- [Success Quote July 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-28-2021/) - "Action is the foundational key to all success." Pablo Picasso
- [Success Quote July 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-27-2021/) - "The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny." Albert Ellis
- [Success Quote July 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-26-2021/) - "Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious." Stephen Hawking
- [Success Quote July 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-25-2021/) - "Overcoming procrastination is not, I repeat, not about cramming additional work into your day . . . overcoming procrastination is about simplifying your life to make space for the activities that matter most." Richie Norton
- [Success Quote July 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-24-2021/) - "If you are busy focusing on the falling bricks, you will never realize that they are truly stepping stones you need to cross over to the next phase of your life." Kemi Sogunle
- [Success Quote July 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-23-2021/) - "It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that
- [Success Quote July 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-22-2021/) - "The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it." Molière
- [Success Quote July 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-21-2021/) - "Every successful person has had more failures than successes. The difference in success is always to try more times than you fail… The more you fail the more you sail." Damon Fanti
- [Success Quote July 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-19-2021/) - "Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent." Calvin Coolidge
- [Sales Manners -- Not Just for Sales People](https://budbilanich.com/sales-manners-not-just-for-sales-people/) - Today is Tuesday, so this post is on positive personal impact. Manners – I know I sound old fashioned – are one of the best ways to make a positive personal impact. My friends at JustSell.com have published a great little e book called Sales Manners. Here is some of the common sense advice you’ll
- [Make Money Online with Amazon Affiliate Marketing Program: What You Need to Know](https://budbilanich.com/make-money-online-with-amazon-affiliate-marketing-program-what-you-need-to-know/) - Most of us can use a few extra dollars every once in a while. A side hustle can help with that. This post shows you how to develop a great side hustle. The Amazon Affiliate Marketing Program or Amazon Associates helps interested partners of the online retail giant to gain passive income. Joining the program
- [Success Quote July 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-18-2021/) - "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote July 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-17-2021/) - "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." Robert Collier
- [Success Quote July 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-16-2021/) - "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
- [Success Quote July 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-15-2021/) - "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dalí
- [Success Quote July 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-14-2021/) - "When you're willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be." Jonathan Van Ness
- [14 Days to Better Time Management](https://budbilanich.com/14-days-to-better-time-management/) - I hear it from my coaching clients all the time. "I would do this, or I would do that, if only I had enough time." While it's true that time is a very scarce and non renewable resource, most of us can get better at managing our time. The graphic below from Natalie Bacon lays
- [How To Go From Being a Manager To Being a Leader](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-go-from-being-a-manager-to-being-a-leader/) - Some people equate the terms management and leadership. While there are some similarities, they are different. Managers oversee people and processes, keeping things moving. Leaders, on the other hand, are those who can create a clear and compelling vision of the future and enlist others to join them in making that vision a reality. The
- [How to Stay Focused All Day](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-stay-focused-all-day/) - If you're like me, you sometimes find yourself losing focus. That's not good. As I frequently remind myself, you need to stay focused if you're going to achieve your goals and create the life and career success you want and deserve. The infographic below gives you 15 great tips on how to stay focused all
- [Change Is Hard -- Don't Get Discouraged and Keep At It](https://budbilanich.com/change-is-hard-dont-get-discouraged-and-keep-at-it/) - I spent several hours in a meeting today trying to convince some of my faculty colleagues of the need to make some pretty significant changes in one of our courses. I faced a fair bit of resistance to my ideas. Needless to say, I was a bit frustrated. Then I came across the graphic from
- [3 Gifts Your Boss and Colleagues Will Enjoy](https://budbilanich.com/3-gifts-your-boss-and-colleagues-will-enjoy/) - Retirements, birthdays and special occasions; it's always tricky trying to decide what to buy for the people you work with, especially your boss. You want to guarantee a great present, and you also want to stay or get in your boss's good books. You also want to be the guy who gives great presents. Nothing
- [Are You a Leader Who Destroys or One Who Delivers?](https://budbilanich.com/are-you-a-leader-who-destroys-or-one-who-delivers/) - I have been revising my Executive MBA course on leadership and came across this graphic that compares two types of leaders -- those who destroy and those who deliver. I think it makes some very interesting points. Check it out...
- [Building a High Performance Culture](https://budbilanich.com/building-a-high-performance-culture/) - This is another post for my readers who are in business. A strong company culture is a prerequisite for business success. The infographic below from EntreLeadership.com compares culture to a tree -- beginning with its roots. I like this depiction. I think there is some great wisdom here.
- [Do You Take Things to Personally?  Here's How to Stop](https://budbilanich.com/do-you-take-things-to-personally-heres-how-to-stop/) - I'm a big fan of Don Miguel Ruiz' little book, "The Four Agreements." I think there is wisdom in all four agreements he suggests you make with yourself, but I particularly like the second one -- Don't Take Anything Personally. This is easier said than done. The graphic below provides seven concrete steps to free
- [How to Manage Your Emotions](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-manage-your-emotions/) - I found this infographic on a site that deals with Black masculinity. I think it has great advice for all of us. I love the P.A.U.S.E. idea.
- [4 Steps for Successfully Navigate Difficult Conversations](https://budbilanich.com/4-steps-for-successfully-navigate-difficult-conversations/)
- [How to Change for the Better](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-change-for-the-better/) - It's very difficult to make a big change all at once. The graphic below is a visual depiction of the personal change process. It doesn't matter which step you're on. The only thing that matters is your willingness to take the next step.
- [How to Create Evergreen Content](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-create-evergreen-content/) - If you're in business, you need to be online. f you're online, you need content. Evergreen content is best. The good folks at BuzzSumo have created a very nice infographic telling you everything you need to know about evergreen content. Check it out...
- [A Simple Way to Manage Your Time](https://budbilanich.com/a-simple-way-to-manage-your-time/) - It's no secret. Successful people get a lot done. Time management is one reason they get a lot done. The infographic below shows you how you too, can get a lot done, and move ahead in your life and career. I first came across the ideas in the graphic over 30 years ago when I
- [How to do a Great Investor Pitch](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-do-a-great-investor-pitch/) - If you're in business, sooner or later (probably sooner) you're going to have to pitch your idea and company to an investor -- even if the potential investor is your parent or close friend. The infographic below will help you create the perfect opening for your pitch. Check it out...
- [Change -- What Can Go Wrong?](https://budbilanich.com/change-what-can-go-wrong/)
- [Success Habits to Develop in Your 20s](https://budbilanich.com/success-habits-to-develop-in-your-20s/)
- [The Anatomy of a Perfect Landing Page](https://budbilanich.com/the-anatomy-of-a-perfect-landing-page/) - As we approach the fourth of July, I'm reminded of some words in the US Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self evident..." If you're in business, there are two self evident truths: you need to be online, and you need a great landing page. The infographic below from my friends at
- [Climbing the Corporate Ladder: Tips for Building a Successful Career](https://budbilanich.com/climbing-the-corporate-ladder-tips-for-building-a-successful-career/) - Every successful career is built on solid career planning and preparation beforehand. Chartering a well-defined career path is a must to be able to direct your time, effort and money towards achieving the right goals and progressing towards the right direction. Without a clearly defined path, you will likely wander around mindlessly digging into whatever
- [How to Find a Job in Something You Love and Do Well](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-find-a-job-in-something-you-love-and-do-well/) - One of the most satisfying things in life is working in a field in which you’re genuinely good. Being great at your job will help your self-confidence and ensure your professional success. The hard part, though, is finding such a job. Here are four steps you should take to find a job in something you’re
- [The Most Important Thing When It Comes to Job Search Success](https://budbilanich.com/the-most-important-thing-when-it-comes-to-job-search-success/) - My friend Hannah Morgan, the Career Sherpa has some great advice on how to succeed in your job search. Check out what she has to say. I’ve spoken with thousands of job seekers and job seekers who secured new jobs. Do you know what they all said was their secret to success? Maintaining Self Confidence.
- [How to Sell Your Products in a Global Market](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-sell-your-products-in-a-global-market/) - With the rise of social media and the digital industry, almost every business is operating on a global level. Consumers want access to products and services from across the world, and they want them quickly. The global market is a competitive beast and can raise several challenges for business owners. However, you can extend the
- [Best Way to Fill Your Webinar Seats](https://budbilanich.com/best-way-to-fill-your-webinar-seats/) - This is another post for my subscribers who are entrepreneurs. Webinars are a powerful marketing tool. The article below provides you with some great tips on how to maximize the effectiveness of any webinar you run. Emails sent during the middle of the workweek tend to drive the most webinar registrations, according to recent research from ON24. The
- [The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People](https://budbilanich.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/) - I read Stephen Covey's book, "the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" when it was first published over 30 years ago. I still turn to it today when I need a little pick-me-up. The infographic below summarizes each of the 7 Habits quite well. Check it out...
- [Want to Succeed? Develop These Skills](https://budbilanich.com/want-to-succeed-develop-these-skills/)
- [You've Got to Know When to Hold Them and Know When to Fold Them](https://budbilanich.com/youve-got-to-know-when-to-hold-them-and-know-when-to-fold-them/) - That's a line from an old Kenny Rogers song that goes on to say, "know when to walk away, know when to run." This is great advice when it comes to dealing with toxic people in your life. The graphic below says it all.
- [Perceptions](https://budbilanich.com/percpetions/) - There's an old saying, "Perception equals reality." In other words, how one sees the world is his or her truth. I came across this quote the other day that really makes sense to me. I can't change others' perception of me, so why try? What do you think about this?
- [Interviewing Etiquette](https://budbilanich.com/interviewing-etiquette/) - Continuing with the theme of the past couple of days, here are some tips on interviewing etiquette.
- [How to Prepare for a Job Interview](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-job-interview/) - My first boss gave me some great career advice -- preparation makes up for a lack of talent. I took that advice to heart. It has helped me in my success journey. To this day, I am always prepared -- sometimes over prepared. This advice is very important as you get ready for a job
- [7 Questions to Ask the Person Interviewing You](https://budbilanich.com/7-questions-to-ask-the-person-interviewing-you/) - One question you will get in every interview goes like this, "So, what questions do you have for me?" Some people stumble over this one. But it doesn't have to be that way. Here are seven questions you can have ready.
- [How to Use Punctuation Correctly](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-use-punctuation-correctly/)
- [How to Become a Great Conversationalist](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-become-a-great-conversationalist-2/)
- [12 Habits of Highly Productive People](https://budbilanich.com/12-habits-of-highly-productive-people/)
- [Career Advice from Some of the World's Best Entrepreneurs](https://budbilanich.com/career-advice-from-some-of-the-worlds-best-entrepreneurs/)
- [Meeting Etiquette](https://budbilanich.com/meeting-etiquette/)
- [How to Turn Your Writing Hobby Into a Career](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-turn-your-writing-hobby-into-a-career/) - We’ve all heard the saying — “Do what you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Unfortunately, breaking into a field that you love can be challenging, especially if you consider yourself a creative writer. If you love writing but can’t seem to find a way to make a
- [Best Gifts to Impress Your Clients](https://budbilanich.com/best-gifts-to-impress-your-clients/) - Here is another post for my readers who are entrepreneurs. If you know anything about impressing your clients, you know that first impressions are the most important, especially when you’re trying to build a long-term relationship with a client. In this article, we’ll go over the different gifts you can use to woo and impress
- [Develop These Habits to Become a Successful Coach](https://budbilanich.com/develop-these-habits-to-become-a-successful-coach/) - I always tell my MBA students that helping the people they lead is one of their most fundamental jobs. Effective leaders are great coaches. Great coaches have developed the five habits in the graphic below.
- [A Confidence Checklist](https://budbilanich.com/a-confidence-checklist/)
- [10 Healthcare Recruiting Strategies](https://budbilanich.com/10-healthcare-recruiting-strategies/) - The healthcare industry is always in need of qualified candidates. The challenge is matching candidates to their ideal positions with the right incentives to stay. Healthcare is often a high-stress environment and has a high turnover rate for employees. A solid healthcare industry recruitment strategy could alleviate some of the problems, creating a higher quality
- [Handwritten Thank You Notes and Positive Personal Impact](https://budbilanich.com/handwritten-thank-you-notes-and-positive-personal-impact/) - Today is Tuesday, so this post is on positive personal impact. It’s January 22, almost a month after Christmas. Have you written your thank you notes? I know that it’s easier to email thank yous, but handwritten thank you notes are so much better than email when it comes to making positive personal impact. A
- [Success Quote June 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-18-2021/) - "Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others." Ellen DeGeneres
- [Success Quote June 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-17-2021/) - "A strong spirit transcends rules." Prince
- [Success Quote June 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-16-2021/) - "Be stingy with your time and spend it in spaces that fill you up." Janet Mock
- [Success Quote June 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-15-2021/) - "What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." Oscar Wilde
- [Success Quote June 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-14-2021/) - "If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it." Wanda Sykes
- [Success Quote June 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-13-2021/) - "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." Henry David Thoreau
- [Success Quote June 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-12-2021/) - "You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people." Dr. Cornel West
- [Success Quote June 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-11-2021/) - "Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it." Dalai Lama
- [Success Quote June 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-10-2021/) - "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." Jimi Hendrix
- [Success Quote June 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-9-2021/) - "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Iceberg](https://budbilanich.com/success-iceberg/) - At first glance, success looks easy. But you know better.
- [Common Small Business Growing Pains](https://budbilanich.com/common-small-business-growing-pains/) - The first few months to a year of owning a small business can be a high-pressure time. On top of daily tasks, there are big decisions to make and a culture to set to make sure your business will have the strong foundation it needs to survive. More than likely, a budding entrepreneur will run
- [Just for Fun](https://budbilanich.com/just-for-fun/) - Check out this graphic from my friends at Visual Capitalist that highlights the Top 50 Social Media Influencers.
- [Creative and Effective Methods for Finding Your Dream Job](https://budbilanich.com/creative-and-effective-methods-for-finding-your-dream-job/) - Finding your dream job can take some time and work. You may need to start in some less than ideal positions to build yourself up until you get to one that you truly love. While there are many jobs out there, all of us strive to reach that dream job so we can enjoy the
- [Preparing for an Interview?  Check Out This Graphic.](https://budbilanich.com/preparing-for-an-interview-check-this-out/)
- [5 Things You Can Negotiate After You've Received a Job Offer](https://budbilanich.com/5-things-you-can-negotiate-after-youve-received-a-job-offer/) - According to job search website Monster.com, there are many signs from the company that you should find a new job but the best reason is that you have an eye on your own career trajectory. Even if you are happy with your job, if you do not see opportunity for advancement that matches you goals
- [Success Quote June 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-5-2021/) - "No greater glory, no greater honor, is the lot of man departing than a feeling possessed deep in his heart that the world is a better place for his having lived." Robert Abbott
- [Success Quote June 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-4-2021/) - "Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender." Tupac Shakur
- [Success Quote June 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-3-2021/) - "It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness." Thomas Jefferson
- [Success Quote June 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-2-2021/) - "Build resilience in yourselves. When tragedy or disappointment strike, know that you have the ability to get through absolutely anything." Sheryl Sandberg
- [Success Quote June 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-june-1-2021/) - "It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams." Gabriel García Márquez
- [Success Quote May 31, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-31-2021/) - "Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets." Eric Carle
- [Success Quote May 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-30-2021/) - "Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy." Milton Erickson
- [Success Quote May 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-29-2021/) - "The road to success is always under construction." Lily Tomlin
- [Guide to Crafting an eCommerce Customer Service Strategy](https://budbilanich.com/guide-to-crafting-an-ecommerce-customer-service-strategy/) - Provided by Asia Premier One Source, Inc.
- [Success Quote May 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-26-2021/) - "A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong." Tecumseh, Shawnee chief
- [Success Quote May 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-25-2021/) - "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." Amelia Earhart
- [Success Quote May 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-24-2021/) - "Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself." Oprah Winfrey
- [Success Quote May 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-23-2021/) - "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children… to leave the world a better place… to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson
- [Success Quote May 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-22-2021/) - "What’s money? A [person] is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan
- [Success Quote May 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-21-2021/) - "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote May 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-20-2021/) - "Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success." Biz Stone
- [Success Quote May 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-19-2021/) - "Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely build the future." Paulo Freire
- [How to Use LinkedIn to Develop and Amplify Your Personal Brand](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-use-linkedin-to-develop-and-amplify-your-personal-brand/) - Pretty much everybody knows that it's important to have a LinkedIn profile. That's the first place prospective employers look when they are assessing candidates. Successful people know how to take full advantage of the power of LinkedIn. The infographic below from Social Insider provides you with some great tips on how to boost your brand
- [Writing Advice from 15 Great Writers](https://budbilanich.com/writing-advice-from-15-great-writers/) - If you read this blog with any regularity you know that I love books and I love writing. That's why I find the infographic below from my friends at Ivory Research to be so compelling.
- [The Biggest Customer Service Mistakes Businesses Make](https://budbilanich.com/the-biggest-customer-service-mistakes-businesses-make/) - Here's another guest post from my friend Eleanor Hicks... Regardless of your industry, excelling in customer service is crucial for helping your business succeed. Many people don’t give companies second chances after dealing with one upsetting incident. Plus, the gigantic reach of social media means that angry people can quickly advise thousands of followers against
- [10 Tips to Move Up the Career Ladder](https://budbilanich.com/10-tips-to-move-up-the-career-ladder/) - Knowledge and ambition. These two assets are almost certainly what the majority of you bring to the table as new workers. You're probably in it to challenge your success in your chosen field. However, success is not a foregone conclusion. There could be risks. As new entrants to a company, you'll have to climb a
- [Success Quote May 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-14-2021/) - "Is there anyone that does not need to navigate uncertainty and risk on a regular basis? To be alive is to be vulnerable; to be a leader is to be vulnerable every minute of the day. You don’t get to opt out." Dr. Brené Brown
- [Success Quote May 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-13-2021/) - "Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time." George Bernard Shaw
- [Success Quote May 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-12-2021/) - "It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego." bell hooks
- [Success Quote May 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-11-2021/) - "Only the person looking at the reflection judges it; the mirror simply reveals what is there." Chani Nicholas
- [Success Quote May 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-10-2021/) - "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas Edison
- [Success Quote May 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-8-2021/) - "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for." Barack Obama
- [Success Quote May 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-9-2021/) - "Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote." Travis Kalanick
- [Success Quote May 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-7-2021/) - "Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. When you start your own company you have to get used to learning how to do things that you don't know how to do. You also need to learn how to take risks and be okay with not knowing what the next stage is going to bring." Heidi Zak
- [7 Things Businesses Can Do to Stop the Spread of Covid 19](https://budbilanich.com/7-things-businesses-can-do-to-stop-the-spread-of-covid-19-2/) - Another post for my readers who are entrepreneurs... Since the outbreak of COVID-19, business leaders worldwide have struggled with a number of challenges. After all, the pandemic's extensive scope is entirely unfamiliar to most leaders. So quite naturally, the levels of uncertainty are high. The key to mitigating any major crisis is simple: preparation. As
- [7 Things Businesses Can Do to Stop the Spread of Covid 19](https://budbilanich.com/7-things-businesses-can-do-to-stop-the-spread-of-covid-19/) - Since the outbreak of COVID-19, business leaders worldwide have struggled with a number of challenges. After all, the pandemic's extensive scope is entirely unfamiliar to most leaders. So quite naturally, the levels of uncertainty are high. The key to mitigating any major crisis is simple: preparation. As a business leader, you need to do everything
- [6 Strategies for Dealing With Entrepreneurial Stress](https://budbilanich.com/6-strategies-for-dealing-with-entrepreneurial-stress/) - Every job comes with its own levels of stress, but there’s something rather different about the stress entrepreneurs face. Several factors conspire to heighten stress levels enormously for them. For one, there’s the mere pressure of being your own boss. Entrepreneurs bear the weight of all aspects of their businesses, from sourcing clients to managing
- [Constructing a Contracting Business: Steps to Take Before You Open](https://budbilanich.com/constructing-a-contracting-business-steps-to-take-before-you-open/) - As of 2019, there were 830,000 construction companies in the United States. Only about 45% of them were growing at a steady rate. Then the pandemic hit. As was the story with many businesses, the construction industry was halted temporarily in many places. This led to a backup on projects. When the industry received the
- [More on Content](https://budbilanich.com/more-on-content/) - This is a follow-up to my Content is King post. I love this wheel. It too is courtesy of my friends at WebsiteSetup. .
- [Content is King](https://budbilanich.com/content-is-king/) - My friends at WebsiteSetup have some great ideas on how to decide the type of content most appropriate for your audience. Check out the graphic below. .
- [Success Quote May 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-6-2021/) - "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." Babe Ruth
- [Success Quote May 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-5-2021/) - "Never accept anything less than you deserve. Remember, you teach people how to treat you." Brian Schuetz
- [Success Quote May 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-4-2021/) - "You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame." Erica Jong
- [Success Quote May 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-3-2021/) - "Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." Gloria Steinem
- [Success Quote May 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-may-1-2021/) - "When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." Helen Keller
- [Investments to Make Now to Make the Most of Your Retirement Later](https://budbilanich.com/investments-to-make-now-to-make-the-most-of-your-retirement-later/) - In 2020, 62% of Americans said they were worried about how they would make it during their retirement. That number is up from 56% in 2019. An increase in worry could be attributed to several things, the pandemic, an unstable economy, or the fact that 63% of people live paycheck to paycheck are just the
- [Does Your Business Have Cybersecurity Problems?](https://budbilanich.com/does-your-business-have-cybersecurity-problems/) - This is another post for my readers who are entrepreneurs. Any business that's online, and that is pretty much every business, needs to pay attention to cybersecurity. My friends at Panda Security have put together a great infographic on what you need to know about cybersecurity. Check it out... .
- [Avoid These Three Common Mistakes When Emailing Employers](https://budbilanich.com/avoid-these-three-common-mistakes-when-emailing-employers/) - I hear it all the time. "I've emailed many employers responding to jobs for which I'm qualified, by I never hear back from them. What can I do?" This is a common problem. It's true that some employers are just rude and don't acknowledge emails. On the other hand, you could be making some common
- [Success Quote April 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-29-2021/) - "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." Jim Rohn
- [Success Quote April 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-28-2021/) - "Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself." Alice Walker
- [Success Quote April 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-27-2021/) - "My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long university education that I never had -- every day I’m learning something new." Richard Branson
- [Success Quote April 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-26-2021/) - "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." Walt Disney
- [Success Quote April 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-25-2021/) - "Make your passion into a career and don’t let anyone bring you down for trying to do something good for the world." Brit Morin
- [Success Tips for Using Social Media](https://budbilanich.com/success-tips-for-using-social-media/) - Competence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success. If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming
- [Success Quote April 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-23-2021/) - "Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination." Mae Jemison
- [Success Quote April 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-22-2021/) - "The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle." Steve Jobs
- [Success Quote April 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-21-2021/) - "It is the hard days – the times that challenge you to your very core – that will determine who you are." Sheryl Sandberg
- [How to Deal With Employee Fraud and/or Theft](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-deal-with-employee-fraud-and-or-theft/) - This is another post for my readers who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs. It deals with an unpleasant, but sometimes all too real, topic. Running a business is a huge task, with different aspects of the company demanding your time, attention, and resources on a daily basis. Employees are invaluable assets that can take some
- [How to Find a Job in the Healthcare Industry](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-find-a-job-in-the-healthcare-industry/) - The healthcare industry employs over 20 million people in the U.S. alone. On average, the industry as a whole brings in over 1 trillion a year, with numbers for the past year likely to go up due to the pandemic. The industry is expected to keep expanding, with an estimated growth rate of 14% by
- [Top 5 Tips for Building a Successful Business](https://budbilanich.com/top-5-tips-for-building-a-successful-business/) - Businesses are built from the ground up, and the first brick is your idea. You come up with a new product, a new service, or a new way of doing something, and it feels revolutionary. Unfortunately, the idea alone just isn’t enough. You can have the best idea in the world, and it won’t do
- [Success Quote April 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-16-2021/) - "Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well." Vincent Van Gogh
- [Success Quote April 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-15-2021/) - "If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it." Olin Miller
- [Success Quote April 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-14-2021/) - "True success is accepting yourself for what you have to offer rather than for what you cannot do." Dave Shepp
- [Success Quote April 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-13-2021/) - "Your highest self is revealed in your lowest moments." Matshona Dhliwayo
- [Success Quote April 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-12-2021/) - "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them." George Bernard Shaw
- [Success Quote April 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-11-2021/) - "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." Lucille Ball
- [Success Quote April 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-10-2021/) - "Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work." Stephen King
- [Success Quote April 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-9-2021/) - "The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus." Bruce Lee
- [Not Getting Enough Sleep Can Really Hamper Your Job Search](https://budbilanich.com/not-getting-enough-sleep-can-really-hamper-your-job-search/)
- [9 Business Lessons for Entrepreneurs](https://budbilanich.com/9-business-lessons-for-entrepreneurs/) - Becoming an entrepreneur can be a confusing and lonely experience. When I first started my consulting and coaching business, I often wished that I had someone to answer my questions. I didn't, so I muddled through. My friends at Zolo have developed a great infographic that answers a lot of the questions I had early
- [Success Quote April 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-8-2021/) - "If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know and start charging for it." Kim Garst
- [Success Quote April 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-7-2021/) - "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Mahatma Gandhi
- [Success Quote April 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-6-2021/) - "Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote April 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-5-2021/) - "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me." Ayn Rand
- [Success Quote April 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-4-2021/) - "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." Paulo Coelho
- [Success Quote April 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-3-2021/) - "Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." Aristotle
- [Success Quote April 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-2-2021/) - "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill
- [How to Navigate Tough Conversations at Work](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-navigate-tough-conversations-about-money/) - No matter how good your conversation skills, you'll eventually find yourself regretting how you handled a difficult conversation. The infographic below will help you improve your skills when it comes to handling tough conversations.
- [How to Master the Art of Negotiaton](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-master-the-art-of-negotiaton/) - Life is give and take -- a series of negotiations. My friends at Rentspree have put together a great infographic on how to develop your negotiation skills. Check it out...
- [Success Quote April 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-april-1-2021/) - "The greatest danger to our future is apathy." Jane Goodall
- [Success Quote March 31, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-31-2021/) - "Life is full of surprises and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success." Condoleezza Rice
- [Success Quote March 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-30-2021/) - "To me, a leader is someone who holds her or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes." Dr. Brené Brown
- [Success Quote March 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-29-2021/) - "You are strong when you know your weaknesses. You are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws. You are wise when you learn from your mistakes." Unknown
- [Success Quote March 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-28-2021/) - "Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door." Coco Chanel
- [Success Quote March 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-27-2021/) - "You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own." Michelle Obama
- [Success Quote March 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-26-2021/) - "The best revenge is massive success." Frank Sinatra
- [The Biggest Supply Chain Mistakes Almost All Small Businesses Make](https://budbilanich.com/the-biggest-supply-chain-mistakes-almost-all-small-businesses-make/) - Here is a guest post from my friend and small business expert Eleanor Hicks. The supply chain is at the heart of every business, big or small. Even service-based companies that don’t provide products or goods are at the whim of the supply chain, tethered by resources, tools, equipment, and more. Because so much goes
- [Time for a Career Change?  Consider Becoming a Contractor](https://budbilanich.com/time-for-a-career-change-consider-becoming-a-contractor/) - It’s not unusual to hit a point in your career where you no longer want to be where you are. It’s scary and confusing, especially if you thought you’d found your forever job. You’ve invested time and energy in what you’re doing, and it’s hard to start over. Fear and uncertainty are understandable, but don’t
- [Success Quote March 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-25-2021/) - "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." Alice Walker
- [Success Quote March 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-24-2021/) - "Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now." Audre Lorde
- [Success Quote March 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-23-2021/) - "If we never challenge our shortcomings, we ensure that they remain our Achilles' heel." Gina Greenlee
- [Success Quote March 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-22-2021/) - "As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think." Toni Morrison
- [Success Quote March 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-21-2021/) - "I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist." Virginia Rometty
- [Success Quote March 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-20-2021/) - "I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose… When you connect with that love and that compassion, that’s when everything unfolds." Ellen DeGeneres
- [Success Quote March 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-19-2021/) - "Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide." Malala Yousafzai
- [How to Take Your Financial Skills to the Next Level](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-take-your-financial-skills-to-the-next-level/) - Financial literacy is an underrated superpower. There’s nothing more important than keeping track of your expenses and staying on top of your financial inflows and outflows. Because let’s face it: being knee-high in debt and ignoring your taxes is just asking for disaster. Wherever you are in your journey towards financial freedom, here are some
- [How to Prepare for a Digital Marketing Career](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-digital-marketing-career/) - If you’ve been thinking about beginning a digital marketing career, you’ve probably already realized that it is an expansive, rapidly growing, and fast-paced field. Marketing today mostly occurs through digital channels since so many people are shopping, communicating, and even socializing online. Because it is an always evolving landscape, you will want to make sure
- [How to Change Your Life for the Better](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-change-your-life-for-the-better/) - The new normal is here to stay, at least for the time being, and unfortunately, we just need to adapt and overcome the barriers. Everybody’s life has changed drastically as a consequence of what is going on in the world and we are all in the same boat! If you are not satisfied with the
- [How to Remain Sane During the Search for Your First Job Post-College](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-remain-sane-during-the-search-for-your-first-job-post-college/) - When I began writing this blog, I focused on helping young professionals find jobs and then succeed in a corporate environment. Then I learned that many of my readers are interested in starting a business, so I expanded it to include topics on entrepreneurship. Recently, I’ve realized that many of my readers are students who
- [Free Lance Careers in Which You are Most Likely to Succeed](https://budbilanich.com/free-lance-careers-in-which-you-are-most-likely-to-succeed/) - Over the years, employers have realized the importance of hiring freelancers for positions that don’t require a full-time employee. The flexibility of working with a virtual team makes it an option that many employers are turning to. Moreover, as workplaces keep evolving and the need to adopt better business and marketing strategies increases, the demand
- [Success Quote March 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-18-2021/) - "When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity to start all over again, to turn over a new page." Eileen Caddy
- [Success Quote March 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-17-2021/) - "If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped." Melinda Gates
- [Success Quote March 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-16-2021/) - "At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can." Frida Kahlo
- [Success Quote March 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-15-2021/) - "Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint." Angela Lee Duckworth
- [Success Quote March 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-14-2021/) - "You can't write a script in your mind and then force yourself to follow it. You have to let yourself be." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "Half of a Yellow Sun"
- [Success Quote March 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-13-2021/) - "It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
- [Success Quote March 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-12-2021/) - "Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." Mother Teresa
- [Free Wheelchair Mission](https://budbilanich.com/free-wheelchair-mission/) - If you're a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that I’m a faculty member in the Management Department of the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business. I teach courses in Leadership, Strategy, and Business Communication. The DU Mission is simple – a great private university dedicated to the public good. In keeping
- [Don't Forget About Twitter When You're Building Your Personal Brand](https://budbilanich.com/dont-forget-about-twitter-when-youre-building-your-personal-brand/) - A solid personal brand is an important key to your life and career success. When it comes to online branding most people think that a presence on LinkedIn is enough. Not so. You should explore other alternatives -- like Twitter. This article lays out some great common sense advice on how to use Twitter to
- [How to Get Traffic From YouTube](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-get-traffic-from-youtube/) - This is another post for my readers who want to be, or are, internet entrepreneurs. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world. Standing out amongst hundreds of millions of videos on this platform is hard. The competition is real and fierce here. Just like you, I find that it's important to get
- [Success Quote March 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-11-2021/) - "We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success." Arianna Huffington
- [Success Quote March 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-10-2021/) - "Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me." Isabel Allende, "The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir"
- [Success Quote March 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-9-2021/) - "Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else." Sarah Blakely
- [Success Quote March 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-8-2021/) - "Do one thing every day that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt
- [Success Quote March 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-7-2021/) - "We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda
- [Success Quote March 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-6-2021/) - "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward." Amelia Earhart
- [Success Quote March 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-5-2021/) - "Our greatest fear should not be of failure … but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter." Francis Chan
- [The Right Key Words Will Get Your Resume Noticed](https://budbilanich.com/the-right-key-words-will-get-your-resume-noticed/) - Members of my career mentoring site will tell you that I am a big believer in creating a unique resume for every job in which you're interested. It takes a little more work, but you'll get better results than trying to write a perfect one size fits all resume. As I often say, there is
- [The Success Iceberg](https://budbilanich.com/the-success-iceberg/)
- [Start, Run, and Grow Your Dream Business](https://budbilanich.com/start-run-and-grow-your-dream-business/) - If you live in Washington state and have long dreamed of starting a business, you are not alone. Washington holds about 600,000 small businesses with 1.4 million employees and is the 12th largest economy in the U.S., with its economy worth $563.2 billion. If this sounds fascinating to you, here are some pointers on how
- [Should You Trademark Your Business: Pros and Cons](https://budbilanich.com/should-you-trademark-your-business-pros-and-cons/) - This is another post for my readers who want to start a business... If you are a business owner, one of the things you need to consider is getting a trademark for your brand name. Like any other aspect of a business, there are advantages and disadvantages to getting a trademark, but when you weigh
- [Success Quote March 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-4-2021/) - "We must always attempt to lift as we climb." Angela Davis
- [Success Quote March 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-3-2021/) - "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." Theodore Roosevelt
- [Success Quote March 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-2-2021/) - "Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." William Patten
- [Success Quote March 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-march-1-2021/) - "Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change." Jane Goodall
- [Success Quote February 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-28-2021/) - "The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed." Gordon Parks
- [Success Quote February 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-27-2021/) - "Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." Oprah Winfrey
- [Success Quote February 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-26-2021/) - "If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything." Malcolm X
- [Want to Achieve Your Long Term Goals?  Try the 4DX Method](https://budbilanich.com/want-to-achieve-your-long-term-goals-try-the-4dx-method/) - https://www.creditrepair.com/blog/finance/how-to-prepare-for-retirement/'> This visual is courtesy of my friends at CreditRepair
- [How to Make Your Small Business Accessible to Everyone](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-make-your-small-business-accessible-to-everyone/) - This is a guest post form my friend Eleanor Hecks. It's important reading for anyone who operates a business in which people show up in person. Most store owners want their business to be accessible to everyone. Balancing the cost of ensuring you have wide enough doors for wheelchair access, ramps where needed, and adding
- [Four Careers For People Who Love Technology and Design](https://budbilanich.com/four-careers-for-people-who-love-technology-and-design/) - If there has been one constant driver of the progression of mankind and civilization, it has been technology. As new technologies are developed and older technologies are improved, the lives of people all over the globe have improved in tandem. As such, there will always be a demand for technology jobs. If you want to
- [Success Quote February 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-24-2021/) - "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots." Thurgood Marshall
- [Success Quote February 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-25-2021/) - "Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed." Booker T. Washington
- [Success Quote February 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-23-2021/) - "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." James Baldwin
- [Success Quote February 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-22-2021/) - "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix
- [Success Quote February 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-21-2021/) - "The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on." Barack Obama
- [Success Quote February 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-20-2021/) - "Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough." Billie Holiday
- [Success Quote February 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-19-2021/) - "You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable." Ta-Nehisi Coates, "Between the World and Me"
- [50 Fortune 500 Companies Founded During a Recession](https://budbilanich.com/50-fortune-500-companies-founded-during-a-recession/) - Yesterday I did a post listing over a hundred successful companies that were founded during a recession -- the like one we're in now. Today's post is about 50 Fortune 500 companies that were founded during a recession. Enjoy... The 50 Largest Fortune 500 Companies Founded During a Recession, courtesy of BusinessFinancing.co.uk
- [126 Highly Successful Companies That Started During a Recession](https://budbilanich.com/150-highly-successful-companies-that-started-during-a-recession/) - Things are tough right now. You may think its not a good time to start a business. Think again, check out these successful companies that started during a recession... 126 Highly Successful Companies Started During a Recession, courtesy of BusinessFinancing.co.uk
- [Successful People Never Stop Learning](https://budbilanich.com/successful-people-never-stop-learning/) - Competence is one of the keys to career and life success in my Common Sense Success System. I discuss it in detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; I Want YOU…To Succeed; Star Power and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success. If you want to succeed you need
- [Success Quote February 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-18-2021/) - "Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things." Rev. Jesse Jackson
- [Success Quote February 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-17-2021/) - "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- [Success Quote February 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-16-2021/) - "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." Michael Jordan
- [Success Quote February 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-15-2021/) - "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." Harriet Tubman
- [Success Quote February 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-14-2021/) - "We all have ability. The difference is how we use it." Stevie Wonder
- [Success Quote February 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-13-2021/) - "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." Muhammad Ali
- [Success Quote February 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-12-2021/) - "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground." Frederick Douglass
- [Success Quote February 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-11-2021/) - "The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." Bob Marley
- [Success Quote February 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-10-2021/) - "I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I’m changing the things I cannot accept." Angela Davis
- [Success Quote February 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-9-2021/) - "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson
- [Success Quote February 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-8-2021/) - "Change is the law of life. Those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." John F Kennedy
- [Success Quote February 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-7-2021/) - "I have learned over the years that making up one's mind diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear." Rosa Parks
- [Success Quote February 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-6-2021/) - "I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others." Madam C. J. Walker
- [Success Quote February 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-5-2021/) - "Hold on to your dreams of a better life and stay committed to striving to realize it." Earl G. Graves, Sr.
- [Success Quote February 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-4-2021/) - "You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people." Dr. Cornel West
- [I Got My First Covid Shot Today](https://budbilanich.com/i-got-my-first-covid-shot/) - Sometimes being an old guy pays off. I was fortunate to receive my first does of the Moderna Covid vaccine today. My friends at Rose Hospital in Denver made it an easy process. Cathy and I showed up for our appointments, hers at 12:00 and mine at 12:30. They took our temperatures and sent us
- [Success Quote February 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-3-2021/) - "When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you." Fannie Lou Hamer
- [Success Quote February 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-2-2021/) - "Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history." Carter G. Woodson
- [Success Quote February 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-february-1-2021/) - "It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem." Coretta Scott King
- [Success Quote January 31, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-31-2021/) - "Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them." Jim Carrey
- [Success Quote January 30, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-30-2021/) - "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." Maya Angelou
- [Success Quote January 29, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-29-2021/) - "Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t." Rikki Rogers
- [Success Quote January 28, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-28-2021/) - "I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear
- [Success Quote January 27, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-27-2021/) - "No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." Robin Williams
- [Success Quote January 26, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-26-2021/) - "Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change." Unknown
- [Success Quote January 25, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-25-2021/) - "If you believe it will work out, you will see opportunities. If you believe it won't, you will see obstacles." Wayne Dryer
- [Success Quote January 24, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-24-2021/) - "There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure." Paulo Coelho
- [Success Quote January 23, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-23-2021/) - "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." C.S. Lewis
- [Success Quote January 22, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-22-2021/) - "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Confucius
- [Steps You Need to Take to Rebrand Your Business](https://budbilanich.com/steps-you-need-to-take-to-rebrand-your-business/) - This is a guest post from my friend, Eleanor Hecks. Many businesses eventually get to the point where they need to rebrand. That’s not a quick process, but it can be a productive and successful one if you follow the right strategy. Here are some steps you don’t want to overlook, in no particular order.
- [Success Quote January 20, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-20-2021/) - "But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future." Marie Kondo
- [Success Quote January 21, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-21-2021/) - "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- [Success Quote January 19, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-19-2021/) - "The world is made up of extraordinary people. Don’t waste your time trying to be normal." Richard Branson
- [Success Quote January 18, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-18-2021/) - "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." Malcolm X
- [Success Quote January 17, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-17-2021/) - "Rejection can be hurtful and discouraging but this is what makes us stronger. Stronger to succeed and prove everyone that anything is possible." Ariana Stein
- [Success Quote January 16, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-16-2021/) - "Fear is a useless emotion. Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility." Michelle Obama
- [Success Quote January 15, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-15-2021/) - "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." Michael Jordan
- [Key Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Website](https://budbilanich.com/key-tips-for-driving-traffic-to-your-website/) - This is another posts for my readers who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs. In previous posts, I have focused on the importance of a web presence for any business. This post provides some advice on how to drive traffic to your website. Starting a website for your business is no longer just an option nowadays,
- [Success Quote January 14, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-14-2021/) - "Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks." Tom Petty
- [Success Quote January 13, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-13-2021/) - "Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." Samuel Ullman
- [Success Quote January 12, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-12-2021/) - "Entrepreneurship is about creating change, not just companies." Mark Zuckerberg
- [Success Quote January 11, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-11-2021/) - "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax." Abraham Lincoln
- [Success Quote January 10, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-10-2021/) - "If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen." Emma Watson
- [Success Quote January 9, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-9-2021/) - "Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure can’t exist without one." Junot Díaz
- [Success Quote January 8, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-8-2021/) - "Growth is a painful process." Wilma Mankiller
- [Success Quote January 7, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-7-2021/) - "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote January 6, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-6-2021/) - "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- [Success Quote January 5, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-5-2021/) - "It’s okay, I’ve learned, to love the things that make you, even if they also are the things that unmake you." Toni Jensen, Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land
- [Success Quote January 4, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-4-2021/) - "The capacity to solve Life's problems is based on our abilities to learn to think above and not below the problems." Auliq Ice
- [Success Quote January 3, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-3-2021/) - "Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." Alexander Graham Bell
- [Success Quote January 2, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-2-2021/) - "With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote January 1, 2021](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-january-1-2021/) - "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." Oprah Winfrey
- [It's a New Year -- Be Optimistic](https://budbilanich.com/its-a-new-year-be-optimistic/) - Happy new year. We made it. 2020 is behind us. And what a year it was: a presidential impeachment, Covid claiming the lives of way too many Americans and people around the world, lockdowns, protests over the killing of George Floyd, protests over masks, the rise of QAnon, devastating wildfires in the west, so many
- [Success Quote December 31, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-31-2020/) - "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." Benjamin Franklin
- [Success Quote December 30, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-30-2020/) - "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." Eleanor Roosevelt
- [Success Quote December 29, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-29-2020/) - "It’s very important to take risks. I think that research is very important, but in the end you have to work from your instinct and feeling and take those risks and be fearless." Anna Wintour
- [Success Quote December 28, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-28-2020/) - "You don’t find customers for your products. You find products for your customers." Seth Godin
- [Success Quote December 27, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-27-2020/) - "Oftentimes, we hesitate to lead because we don’t have the actual ‘title’ or the ‘official responsibilities’ to lead. But in many cases, no one is going to give you permission to lead — you just have to take it." Melinda Chung
- [Success Quote December 26, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-26-2020/) - "You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it’s effectively implemented." Clayton M.
- [Success Quote December 25, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-25-2020/) - "The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller
- [Success Quote December 24, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-24-2020/) - "Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world
- [4 Tips for Starting a Craft Business](https://budbilanich.com/4-tips-for-starting-a-craft-business/) - Whether you're a carpenter, a painter, or a jeweler, being able to make a living by selling your work is the dream. The creative industries have thousands of years of history. So why does the prospect of making a living through your craft seem unrealistic, even intimidating? It's fair to say that in terms of
- [Success Quote December 23, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-23-2020/) - "Leadership is knowing when to lean on others and let them step up and shine." Michelle Peluso
- [Success Quote December 22, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-22-2020/) - "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." Marie Curie
- [Success Quote December 21, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-21-2020/) - "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote December 20, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-20-2020/) - "‘Make something people want’ includes making a company that people want to work for." Sahil Lavingia
- [Success Quote December 19, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-19-2020/) - "There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment." Norman Vincent Peale
- [Success Quote December 18, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-18-2020/) - "One of the biggest things in business is to open yourself up for change. We don’t have to change who we are, we have to change the way we go about it." Jay Z
- [Things to Consider When Applying to College](https://budbilanich.com/things-to-consider-when-applying-to-college/) - This is a post for my young readers... It's finally time to take the next big step into your academic career – COLLEGE! Getting to this point is a huge accomplishment, and you should celebrate it. Applying to college can be very overwhelming. Where to go and what to study? How to complete an application?
- [Is Now the Right Time to Launch Your Business?](https://budbilanich.com/is-now-the-right-time-to-launch-your-business/) - This is another in my series of posts aimed at readers who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs... If the idea of becoming your own boss and doing something you are truly passionate about is both thrilling and terrifying. You regularly balance the excitement of realizing your dreams, setting your own schedule, and creating a legacy with
- [Success Quote December 17, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-17-2020/) - "It’s important to take the time to make room for the quiet inspiration." Susan Credle
- [Success Quote December 13, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-13-2020/) - "According to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself." Leon C. Megginson
- [Success Quote December 16, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-16-2020/) - "One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised." Chinua Achebe
- [Success Quote December 15, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-15-2020/) - "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." John F. Kennedy
- [Success Quote December 14, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-14-2020/) - "Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval." George Takei
- [Success Quote December 12, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-12-2020/) - "They say the two most important days in a persons life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born." Viola Davis
- [Success Quote December 11, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-11-2020/) - "The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others." Unknown
- [Success Quote December 10, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-10-2020/) - "We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet." Dolores Huerta
- [Success Quote December 9, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-9-2020/) - "Don't turn away from what's painful. Examine it. Challenge it." Steven Spielberg
- [Success Quote December 8, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-8-2020/) - "In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." Mark Zuckerberg
- [Success Quote December 7, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-7-2020/) - "Use your imagination to fill in the blanks." Barbara Corcoran
- [Success Quote December 6, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-6-2020/) - "Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character." Wayne W. Dyer
- [Success Quote December 5, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-5-2020/) - "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." Dale Carnegie
- [Success Quote December 4, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-4-2020/) - "I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential." Vandana Shiva
- [Success Quote December 3, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-3-2020/) - "Those who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt those doing it." Chinese Proverb
- [6 Ways to Grow Your Ecommerce Business in 2020](https://budbilanich.com/6-ways-to-grow-your-ecommerce-business-in-2020/) - This is another post for my readers who are entrepreneurs. Growing your e-commerce business in this modern world has become increasingly difficult. Competition grows more intense every day, and ensuring your business stays on top of the rest means being constantly innovative. Growing your e-commerce business in 2020 can be expensive, and unless you have
- [10 Reasons to Pursue a Career in Accounting](https://budbilanich.com/10-reasons-to-pursue-a-career-in-accounting/) - If you’re considering a career in the accounting, there are plenty of reasons to jump in. Accounting is a rewarding field with tons of pros and not too many cons. Here are 10 reasons to pursue a career in accounting: Job Outlook Accounting is a crucial role in any organization. Business, non-profit, and government entities
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- [Success Quote December 2, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-2-2020/) - "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama
- [Success Quote December 1, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-december-1-2020/) - "Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote November 30, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-30-2020/) - "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." Iroquois Maxim
- [Success Quote November 29, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-29-2020/) - "Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play
- [Success Quote November 28, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-28-2020/) - "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Søren Kierkegaard
- [Success Quote November 27, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-27-2020/) - "Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most." Sitting Bull
- [Success Quote November 26, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-26-2020/) - "You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny." Viola Davis
- [Success Quote November 25, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-25-2020/) - "A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself." Chinua Achebe
- [Success Quote November 24, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-24-2020-2/) - "You know, my motto is 'Excelsior.' That's an old word that means 'upward and onward to greater glory.' It's on the seal of the state of New York. Keep moving forward, and if it's time to go, it's time. Nothing lasts forever." Stan Lee
- [Success Quote November 23, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-23-2020/) - "I'm not gonna fall. I'm tired of falling. I'm tired of seeing our people fall. I don't believe in failure. It's what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn't about money. Success isn't about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of
- [Success Quote November 22, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-22-2020/) - "He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone." Seneca Proverb
- [Success Quote November 21, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-21-2020/) - "Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth." Winona LaDuke
- [Success Quote November 20, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-20-2020/) - "If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned." Joy Harjo
- [Success Quote November 19, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-19-2020/) - "Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are." Liana Liberato
- [4 Ways to Improve eCommerce Efficiency](https://budbilanich.com/4-ways-to-improve-ecommerce-efficiency/) - Ecommerce has seen an incredible expansion in 2020 – and it’s likely to continue its upward trajectory in 2021 as well. However, as more and more brands turn to ecommerce, competition becomes fiercer, too. Keeping customers satisfied becomes a more and more challenging task. Let’s look at four strategies for improving the efficiency of your
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- [Success Quote November 18, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-18-2020/) - "Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later." Tracee Ellis Ross
- [Success Quote November 17, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-17-2020/) - "The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands." Anne Frank
- [Success Quote November 16, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-16-2020/) - "The happiest people I've ever met, regardless of their profession, their social standing, or their economic status, are people that are fully engaged in the world around them. The most fulfilled people are the ones who get up every morning and stand for something larger than themselves. They are the people who care about others,
- [Success Quote November 15, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-15-2020/) - "What I share with kids is that you can have a dream, you can have struggles, but you can overcome those struggles through perseverance and the right mentors in your lives and (by) making good decisions." John Herrington, First Native American Indian Astronaut in Space
- [Success Quote November 14, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-14-2020/) - "There are those who believe that power is up above, and they don't notice that it's actually in the hearts of the great masses." Jose Mujica
- [Success Quote November 13, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-13-2020/) - "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." Malala Yousafzai
- [Success Quote November 12, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-12-2020/) - "There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance." Cesar Chavez
- [5 Time Management Tips for Busy CEOs and Entrepreneurs](https://budbilanich.com/5-time-management-tips-for-busy-ceos-and-entrepreneurs/) - Running a successful organization takes more than the skills you learn at school. Some of these “softer” skills only come with experience, learning from peers and mentors, or reading an article titled 5 Time Management Tips for Busy CEOs and Entrepreneurs. To be a successful leader, you need to manage your time and energy effectively.
- [Spelling, Grammar and Usage Can Make You a Success](https://budbilanich.com/spelling-grammar-and-usage-can-make-you-a-success/) - Dynamic communication skills are one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success. If you want to become a dynamic communicator, you need to master three basic but very important skills: 1) Conversation; 2) Writing, and 3) Presenting. Last week I was at a luncheon hosted by
- [Success Quote November 11, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-11-2020/) - "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." Desmond Tutu
- [Success Quote November 10, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-10-2020/) - "When you’ve worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. You reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed." Michelle Obama
- [Success Quote November 9, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-9-2020/) - "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions. Their lives a mimicry. Their passions a quotation." Oscar Wilde
- [Success Quote November 8, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-8-2020/) - "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- [Success Quote November 7, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-7-2020/) - "People inspire you or they drain you - pick them wisely." Hans F. Hansen
- [Success Quote November 6, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-6-2020/) - "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Bobby Kennedy
- [5 Ways an MBA Can Help Advance Your IT Career](https://budbilanich.com/5-ways-an-mba-can-help-advance-your-it-career/) - We all know that IT is very lucrative because of the high demand for IT specialists. However, a career that has a high demand also translates to a career with a lot of competition. Even if you have impeccable skills and will apply for a well-paying job, you will also have to face others who
- [Thinking About a Career Change? Check This Out](https://budbilanich.com/thinking-about-a-career-change-check-this-out/) - Changing careers can be tough. A lot of people don't know where to start. Recently, I saw a USA Today article that highlighted a new LinkedIn tool helpful to career changers. Check it out here.
- [What Businesses Need to Know About Data Management](https://budbilanich.com/what-businesses-need-to-know-about-data-management/) - Data is one of the most valuable resources that a company can have. The information your small business collects can contain insights on everything from customer preferences to opportunities to cut costs and streamline the supply chain. However, as valuable as data is, it must be managed carefully. Data management is the combination of internal
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- [27 Podcasts To Help You Start A Business During the Pandemic](https://budbilanich.com/12507-2/) - The pandemic has been devastating to many businesses this year which could be discouraging you from starting your own. However, 2020 has also introduced new and innovative ways for businesses to reach their customers, allowing many to survive and even thrive during COVID-19. My friend at Go Site have identified thriving businesses that are perfect
- [Hard Work and Success -- One Follows the Other](https://budbilanich.com/hard-work-and-success-one-follows-the-other/) - If you want to create the successful life and career you want and deserve, you need to become an outstanding performer. As a career success coach, I always tell my career success coaching clients that outstanding performers are willing to put in the hard work to do whatever it takes to succeed. This is a
- [7 Tips for Building a Successful IT Business](https://budbilanich.com/7-tips-for-building-a-successful-it-business/) - Advanced computer tech has become essential for almost every company — which means that business is excellent right now for IT companies and consultants. A favorable market doesn't guarantee success, however. As an IT business owner, there's still a lot of room for error — and a strong market can also mean a lot of
- [Success Quote November 4, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-3-2020/) - "You are not your resume, you are your work." Seth Godin
- [Success Quote November 3, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-4-2020/) - "It is never my custom to use words lightly. If 27 years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote November 2, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-2-2020/) - "The only good thing about getting older is you get smart enough to avoid unnecessary problems. You know what’s worth spending time on and what’s not. If I had known that at 20, life would have been so much easier, but you have to experience all these things so you figure out how to find
- [Success Quote November 1, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-november-1-2020/) - "I am not going to let myself be beaten to the ground by the dread of what may happen." Henrik Ibsen
- [Success Quote October 31, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-31-2020/) - "Someone once told me that 'time' is a predator that stalks us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because it will never come again." Jean-Luc Picard
- [Success Quote October 30, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-30-2020/) - "The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails." John Maxwell
- [Success Quote October 29, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-29-2020/) - "The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on." Julia Alvarez
- [6 Ways Business Websites Can Provide More Value to Visitors](https://budbilanich.com/6-ways-business-websites-can-provide-more-value-to-visitors/) - Your business website is a direct extension of your company and service offerings. It’s not just there to sell items but to offer value to those who visit. Here are a few ways you can position your website in a way that it can provide more value to those visitors, outside of just being a
- [How to Learn a New Language](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-learn-a-new-language/) - Being multilingual can be a big boost to your career success. The graphic below from my friends at Language Trainers shows you how to quickly learn a new language.
- [Success Quote October 28, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-28-2020/) - "Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." Lao Tzu
- [Success Quote October 27, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-27-2020/) - "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." Jim Rohn
- [Success Quote October 26, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-26-2020/) - "Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda
- [Success Quote October 25, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-25-2020/) - "If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- [Success Quote October 24, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-24-2020/) - "Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75." Benjamin Franklin
- [Success Quote October 23, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-23-2020/) - "When asked what surprised him most about humanity: "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or
- [Expert Tips for Passing Certification Exams](https://budbilanich.com/expert-tips-for-passing-certification-exams/) - Many occupations require passing a certification exam to get or maintain a license. These exams can be very stress inducing. Never fear my friends at JW Surety Bonds have prepared a great infographic on preparing for certification exams. Check it out. .
- [5 Ways to Prepare for Starting a Business](https://budbilanich.com/5-ways-to-prepare-for-starting-a-business/) - Starting your own business is quite arguably one of the most exciting things you can do in your life. There is that challenge, the drive to succeed, and the sheer motivation that drives entrepreneurs forward. And while each of those ingredients certainly play into it, there is also a practical side of starting your own
- [Financial Security Tips for Entrepreneurs](https://budbilanich.com/financial-security-tips-for-entrepreneurs/) - If you’ve discovered that the next step in your career is entrepreneurship, you are likely feeling a mix of emotions. Being an entrepreneur is an exciting yet nerve-racking step to take in your career. Along with the freedom of being your own boss, you also have a tremendous amount of new responsibility. One of those
- [Success Quote October 20, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-20-2020/) - "Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success." Tom Petty
- [Success Quote October 19, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-19-2020/) - "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks, but I do fear the man who as practiced one kick 10,000 times." Bruce Lee
- [Success Quote October 18, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-18-2020/) - "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches." Napoleon Hill
- [Success Quote October 17, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-17-2020/) - "The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat." Lily Tomlin
- [Success Quote October 16, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-16-2020/) - "There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." Denis Waitley
- [Success Quote October 15, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-15-2020/) - "You can’t be afraid of failure, it’s part of the process. You will fail, several times, and then you’ll succeed, then fail again, it’s a continuous cycle of different lessons you learn. You have to love it enough to accept all the wins and losses." Gina Brillon
- [Success Quote October 14, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-14-2020/) - "I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game. Not the other way around." Alex Rodriguez
- [Microlearning Can Boost Your Career](https://budbilanich.com/microlearning-can-boost-your-career/) - Whether you’re working towards a promotion, new job, or even a new career, you know that you have a lot to learn to help get you there. Traditionally you’d study for a new certification, attend a conference, or attend internal training to show your dedication and experience. These are all still vital parts of career
- [Success Quote October 13, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-13-2020/) - "Success is not defined by what the people around you want. It is based on what you want for yourself." Naya Rivera
- [Success Quote October 12, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-12-2020/) - "Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda
- [Success Quote October 11, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-11-2020/) - "Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity." Frantz Fanon
- [Success Quote October 10, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-10-2020/) - "My mother gave me one piece of advice that stuck with me. She said don't forget where you came from." Eva Longoria
- [Success Quote October 9, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-9-2020/) - "I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don't forget the responsibility of making somebody else succeed with you." Antonia Novello
- [Success Quote October 8, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-8-2020/) - "Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you." Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- [Success Quote October 7, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-7-2020/) - "When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself." George Lopez
- [How to Explain Gaps in Your Employment History](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-explain-gaps-in-your-employment-history/) - Many of my coaching clients ask me how to explain gaps in employment on their resumes or in interviews. The graphic below will help you do just that.
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- [Success Quote October 5, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-5-2020/) - "You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you." Antonio Tijerino, President & CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation
- [Success Quote October 4, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-4-2020/) - "If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more." Sammy Sosa
- [Success Quote October 3, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-3-2020/) - "The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come." Gloria Estefan
- [Success Quote October 2, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-2-2020/) - "Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it." Salma Hayek
- [Success Quote October 1, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-october-1-2020/) - "My philosophy on life is that we're here to love and to learn." Jennifer Lopez
- [Success Quote September 30, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-30-2020/) - "He who awaits much can expect little." Gabriel García Márquez
- [5 Ways That Developing Leadership Skills Will Benefit Your Life and Career](https://budbilanich.com/5-ways-that-developing-leadership-skills-will-benefit-your-life-and-career/) - As you move forward in your life and career, you'll find that the benefits of leadership touch all aspects of your life, including your work and business life, your relationships and family life and your health, spirituality and personal life. You're never too old or too young to take on a leadership role in some
- [Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Really Understand Their Strengths and Weaknesses](https://budbilanich.com/advice-for-entrepreneurs-who-want-to-really-understand-their-strengths-and-weaknesses/) - I have consulted with organizations large and small, working in the following capacities: Merger and Acquisition Integration Large-Scale Organization Change Culture Building Organization Redesign Strategic Planning To help with my work, I have developed a four-factor organization effectiveness model. This model holds that all effective organizations: Develop and communicate a clarityof purpose and direction Enlist the
- [Why Golf Is Good for Business](https://budbilanich.com/why-golf-is-good-for-business/) - Young entrepreneurs often have a vision of their business that does away with the past. And I wholeheartedly support turning towards the future. It's what enables innovation, brings progress, and, most importantly, it eliminates old habits (like those 80-hour workweeks) that have been doing us more harm than good. But that's not to say there
- [Success Quote September 29, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-29-2020/) - "You were given that pain and that vision because you have something to do with it." Sandra Cisneros
- [Success Quote September 28, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-28-2020/) - "I change myself, I change the world." Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- [Success Quote September 27, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-27-2020/) - "There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths." Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- [Success Quote September 26, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-26-2020/) - "My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made." Jorge Ramos
- [Success Quote September 25, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-25-2020/) - "I have never met a dog I couldn’t help; however, I have met humans who weren't willing to change." Cesar Millan
- [Success Quote September 24, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-24-2020/) - "We don't do all our growing up between birth and adolescence or even our twenties. If we're fortunate, we never stop." Diane Guerrero
- [Success Quote September 23, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-23-2020/) - "Psychology tells us that the primary way we experience sustained positive emotion is by moving toward a desired goal. If you only allow yourself to be happy when you hit 'big life goals' you're missing the point. Define what winning looks like for you day-to-day, not just 5 or 10 years from now. Your life
- [Advice for a Comfortable Retirement](https://budbilanich.com/advice-for-a-comfortable-retirement/) - I turned 70 recently. As I said to one of my friends, "how did I get this old, this fast?" Time goes by quickly. Most of the readers of this blog are young professionals. When I was a young professional, retirement was far from my mind. At 70, it's even far from my mind, as
- [Success Quote September 22, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-22-2020/) - "Hard work and dedication and perseverance and being good to people does win. It does matter. Cream does rise to the top." Gina Rodriguez
- [Success Quote September 21, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-21-2020/) - "I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom -
- [Success Quote September 20, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-20-2020/) - "We must be impatient for change. Let us remember that our voice is a precious gift and we must use it." Claudia Flores
- [Success Quote September 19, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-19-2020/) - "I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think." Richard Pryor
- [Success Quote September 18, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-18-2020/) - "Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves." Julia Alvarez
- [Success Quote September 17, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-17-2020/) - "What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future." Rigoberta Menchú, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- [Success Quote September 16, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-16-2020/) - "Overcoming what frightens you the most strengthens you the most." Matshona Dhliwayo
- [Success Quote September 15, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-15-2020/) - "You are never strong enough that you don't need help." Cesar Chavez
- [Success Quote September 14, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-14-2020/) - "Whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose." Chadwick Boseman
- [Success Quote September 13, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-13-2020/) - "It's all about new techniques - simplifying old techniques and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse." Martha Stewart
- [Success Quote September 12, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-12-2020/) - "Replace fear with curiosity." Steven Spielberg
- [Success Quote September 11, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-11-2020/) - "If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate." Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl
- [Success Quote September 8, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-8-2020/) - "The most violent element in society is ignorance." Emma Goldman
- [Success Quote September 7, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-7-2020/) - "What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures, to make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful, and childhood more happy and
- [Success Quote September 6, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-6-2020/) - "I think about freedom and the urgency around our imagination. If you can't imagine it, you can't fight for it." DeRay Mckesson
- [Success Quote September 5, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-5-2020/) - "Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow." Vincent van Gogh
- [Success Quote September 4, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-4-2020/) - "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." Albert Einstein
- [Success Quote September 3, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-3-2020/) - "It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote September 2, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-2-2020/) - "You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over." Richard Branson
- [How Software Reviews Can Benefit You When Purchasing For Your Business](https://budbilanich.com/how-software-reviews-can-benefit-you-when-purchasing-for-your-business/) - This is another post for my readers interested in becoming entrepreneurs. In today’s modern world, technology has made a lot of business processes easier and faster. This advancement has necessitated the creation of software for various functions, like the customer relationship management system or something for accounting, and even telephone service. You can find several
- [5 Tips for Helping Your Small Business Avoid a Cash Flow Crisis](https://budbilanich.com/5-tips-for-helping-your-small-business-avoid-a-cash-flow-crisis/) - All businesses, especially small businesses run on cash. The money moving through a business – its cash flow – is more important than many business owners realize. Over 80 percent of business failures are a result of poor cash flow. Sadly, it’s only once in a cash flow crisis that an owner may appreciate too
- [A Beginners Guide to Video Marketing](https://budbilanich.com/a-beginners-guide-to-video-marketing/) - This is another post for my readers who are entrepreneurs. Small business marketing has never been easy. It's even more competitive these days. If you want to successfully market your product or service today, you need to use video marketing. It's not as difficult as you might think. The infographic below from my friends at
- [7 Benefits of Improved Posture at Work and Exercises to Help](https://budbilanich.com/benefits-of-improved-posture-and-exercise/) - In these crazy times many of us are sitting in front of our computer monitors all day. We're not getting as much as exercise as usual, and if you're like me, your posture may be slipping. I know that I often slump when I'm in front of my computer for a long time. That's why
- [Success Quote September 1, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-september-1-2020/) - "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." Steve Jobs
- [Success Quote August 31, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-31-2020/) - "The fun for me in collaboration is working with other people just makes you smarter; that’s proven." Lin-Manuel Miranda
- [Success Quote August 30, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-30-2020/) - "It’s work ethic. Over and over and over again, it just comes back to work ethic… How much do you care about your ability to be able to look yourself in the mirror and say, ‘I worked hard today’?" Ron Howard
- [Success Quote August 29, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-29-2020/) - "Perseverance, endurance and patience are the three greatest survival skills." Lailah Gifty Akita
- [Success Quote August 28, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-28-2020/) - "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." Arthur Ashe
- [Success Quote August 27, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-27-2020/) - "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain
- [Success Quote August 26, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-26-2020/) - "Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful." Mark Victor Hansen
- [ForEx Scams: How to Detect and Avoid Them](https://budbilanich.com/forex-scams-how-to-detect-and-avoid-them/) - Forex is short for foreign exchange. Forex is defined as the market where international currencies are exchanged. It is essential for a country's economy, as you cannot buy a foreign good with the domestic currency. Neither can foreign countries purchase anything from your country using their currency. As a result, both the exporters and importers
- [Success Quote August 25, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-25-2020/) - "We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list." Michelle Obama
- [Success Quote August 24, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-24-2020/) - "Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster." Elon Musk
- [Success Quote August 23, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-23-2020/) - "Life is one strong, long string of character defining moments." Steven Spielberg
- [Success Quote August 22, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-22-2020/) - "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote August 21, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-21-2020/) - "One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people." Dick Gregory
- [How to Create a Successful Career Growth Plan](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-create-a-successful-career-growth-plan/) - Here's another great guest post. It's from Any Bell, an everyday learner and editor at Tutoring help. Enjoy... Ways to Create a Successful Career Growth Plan Career opportunities are everywhere and if you work hard enough, you can climb the professional ladder faster than you know it. There are many options for career growth. If you
- [Life Lessons Learned on the Rugby Pitch](https://budbilanich.com/life-lessons-learned-on-the-rugby-pitch/) - I played my last rugby match exactly 10 years ago today. It was my 60th birthday. And, as much as I love rugby, I had to admit that after the match, feeling battered and bruised, I said to myself, “I’m too old for this sh*t.” While I don’t play anymore, I’m still very involved with
- [What You Need to Know About Background Checks](https://budbilanich.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-background-checks/) - Congratulations! You applied for that job you’ve wanted. You made it through a few interviews, all of which seemed to go well. You wake up and get the email you’ve been waiting for. They’ve offered you the job. You just have to pass a background check. Background checks are a common procedure for hundreds of
- [Your Resume Should Show What You Accomplished, Not Just What You Did](https://budbilanich.com/your-resume-should-show-what-you-accomplished-not-just-what-you-did/) - Members of my career mentoring site will tell you that I’m always looking for great information to post here. Last week I came across a list of 25 action words that work well on resumes. A good resume writer can help you incorporate these words into your resume in a natural sounding way. You can
- [Advice from Realtors on Selling Your House](https://budbilanich.com/advice-from-realtors-on-selling-your-house/) - I sometimes get a little off topic on this career success blog. Today, I'm posting an infographic about how to successfully sell your house. Your house is likely to be your single biggest investment. Therefore, it makes sense to get the most out of it when you go to sell. This will help you prepare
- [Success Quote August 18, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-18-2020/) - "Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw
- [Success Quote August 17, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-17-2020/) - "Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote August 16, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-16-2020/) - "When you believe you have lost your power and control nothing will ever seem easy or simple." Shannon L. Alder
- [Success Quote August 15, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-15-2020/) - "If a flower perseveres through concrete, you can persevere through anything." Matshona Dhliwayo
- [Success Quote August 14, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-14-2020/) - "Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice." Wayne Dyer
- [Success Quote August 13, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-13-2020/) - "Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up." Unknown
- [Success Quote August 12, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-12-2020/) - "You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives." Clay P. Bedford
- [Successful Personal Brands Are Built on Honesty, Integrity, Generosity and Hard Work](https://budbilanich.com/successful-personal-brands-are-built-on-honesty-integritygenerosity-and-hard-work/) - Positive personal impact is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success. If you want to create positive personal impact, you need to do three things. First, create and nurture your unique personal brand. Your personal brand is extremely important during these uncertain times due to
- [Success Quote August 11, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-11-2020/) - "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." Abraham Maslow
- [Success Quote August 10, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-10-2020/) - "There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed." Ray Goforth
- [Success Quote August 9, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-9-2020/) - "The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do." Roy L. Smith
- [Success Quote August 8, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-8-2020/) - "Today is a new day. Yesterday's mistakes cannot affect today's possibilities unless you dwell on them." Benjamin Lotter
- [Success Quote August 6, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-6-2020/) - "The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot." Benny Lewis
- [Success Quote August 7, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-7-2020/) - "Guess what? ‘Someday’ almost never comes around. It gets lost somewhere between the shoulda, woulda, couldas of your life." Kendra Thomas
- [Success Quote August 5, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-5-2020/) - "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln
- [5 Time Saving Techniques for Business Owners](https://budbilanich.com/5-time-saving-techniques-for-business-owners/) - If you're a business owner, you know first-hand you're always crunched for time. There is always something to do, leaving you with little free time to get your thoughts together. Even though it may seem impossible to manage your time, there are some changes you can implement today to free up some minutes in your
- [Success Quote August 4, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-4-2020/) - "Choice is the most powerful tool we have. Everything boils down to choice. We exist in a field of infinite possibilities. Every choice we make shuts an infinite number of doors and opens an infinite number of doors. At any point we can change the direction of our lives by a simple choice. It is
- [Success Quote August 3, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-3-2020/) - "I learned that, in the face of a void or in the face of any challenge, you can choose joy and meaning." Sheryl Sandberg
- [Success Quote August 2, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-2-2020/) - "After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: 'What did I do right?' and 'What would I do differently?'" Brian Tracy
- [Success Quote August 1, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-august-1-2020/) - "Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever." Leo Buscaglia
- [Success Quote July 30, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-30-2020/) - "You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction." George Lorimer
- [Success Quote July 31, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-31-2020/) - "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Herman Cain
- [Success Quote July 29, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-29-2020/) - "Replace the word can’t with can. Know that you can, believe that you can, and know with ALL of your heart that you will. You will succeed in spite of any obstacles that may try to hinder you! There’s so much power in having a positive attitude, positive mindset, and positive outlook." Stephanie Lahart
- [How a Good Night's Sleep Can Make You More Successful](https://budbilanich.com/how-a-good-nights-sleep-can-make-you-more-successful/) - Sleep is one of our basic physiological needs, along with food and water. When we satisfy those primary functions, we can deal with other physical and cognitive activities. And yet, more and more people are skimping on sleep. To be more precise, about 33% of adult Americans aren’t getting proper sleep. Yes, you’ve read that
- [How to Successfully Market Your Small Business](https://budbilanich.com/hoe-to-successfully-market-your-small-business/) - Small businesses have to market their businesses successfully to remain profitable. The manner in which small businesses conduct their marketing is different from large conglomerates. Considering the limitations of a small business, there are certain elements to successfully market it. If you want to successfully market your small business you should do the following. Set
- [Degrees for the Future: How to Get Education with a Competitive Edge](https://budbilanich.com/degrees-for-the-future-how-to-get-education-with-a-competitive-edge/) - Most readers of this blog and members of my career mentoring site are young professionals who have already chosen a career path. However, there a few who are still trying to figure out what they want to do with their life and career. Many of these folks are thinking about returning to school. Recently, Brooke
- [Success Quote July 28, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-28-2020/) - "Action is the foundational key to all success." Pablo Picasso
- [Success Quote July 27, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-27-2020/) - "You don't choose the day you enter the world and you don't choose the day you leave. It's what you do in between that matters." Anita Septimus
- [Success Quote July 26, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-26-2020/) - "Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious." Stephen Hawking
- [Success Quote July 25, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-25-2020/) - "Overcoming procrastination is not, I repeat, not about cramming additional work into your day . . . overcoming procrastination is about simplifying your life to make space for the activities that matter most." Richie Norton
- [Success Quote July 24, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-24-2020/) - "If you are busy focusing on the falling bricks, you will never realize that they are truly stepping stones you need to cross over to the next phase of your life." Kemi Sogunle
- [Success Quote July 23, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-23-2020/) - "It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that
- [Success Quote July 21, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-21-2020/) - "Every successful person has had more failures than successes. The difference in success is always to try more times than you fail… The more you fail the more you sail." Damon Fanti
- [Success Quote July 20, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-20-2020/) - "A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before." Nelson Mandela
- [Success Quote July 19, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-19-2020/) - "Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent." Calvin Coolidge
- [Success Quote July 18, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-18-2020/) - "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude." Zig Ziglar
- [Success Quote July 17, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-17-2020/) - "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." Robert Collier
- [Success Quote July 16, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-16-2020/) - "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
- [Success Quote July 15, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-15-2020/) - "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it." W.C. Fields
- [5 Bad Habits That Kill Productivity](https://budbilanich.com/5-bad-habits-that-kill-productivity/) - This is a guest post by Brad Wayland, the Chief Strategy Officer at BlueCotton, a site with high-quality, easy-to-design custom t-shirts. Do you ever feel like you aren't as productive as you could be? You're not alone in that, I'll wager. Most people, at one time or another, felt like there simply aren't enough hours
- [Success Quote July 14, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-14-2020/) - "I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time." Herbert Bayard Swope
- [Success Quote July 13, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-13-2020/) - "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dalí
- [Success Quote July 12, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-12-2020/) - "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." Truman Capote
- [Success Quote July 11, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-11-2020/) - "It's possible to have strong opinions and firm views without demolishing the opposition." Diana Aviv
- [Success Quote July 10, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-10-2020/) - "If you see someone falling behind, walk beside them. If you see someone being ignored, find a way to include them. If someone has been knocked down, lift them up. Always remind people of their worth. One small act could mean the world to them." Bryan Schuetz
- [Success Quote July 9, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-9-2020/) - "Create a relationship, invest in that relationship, and business will follow. Don't look to sell. Look to engage." Jim McCann
- [Success Quote July 8, 2020](https://budbilanich.com/success-quote-july-8-2020/) - "I like a lot of data, but the best decisions I've made are from my gut." Debra Lee
- [Three Habits That Will Make You a Stronger Business Leader](https://budbilanich.com/three-habits-that-will-make-you-a-stronger-business-leader/) - This is a guest post from Brad Wayland, the Chief Strategy Officer at BlueCotton, a site with high-quality, easy-to-design custom t-shirts. Empathy and integrity. Confidence tempered by accountability. A big-picture mindset and strong motivational skills. These are the hallmarks of good leadership. You likely know them well and understand the importance of active listening, long-term
- [How to Start a Blog](https://budbilanich.com/how-to-start-a-blog/) - With the Covid crisis seemingly out of control, more and more of my readers have been asking about how to stay home and make money. Blogging is one way to do that. Check out this infographic from my friends at HostTeach -- a group of people enthusiastic about tech and social media -- to see

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