How to Give Your Boss Constructive Criticism and Still Keep Your Job

Originally featured in Brazen Life on April 18, 2014

If you think you’re the only person who’s ever dreamed of chucking a ninja star at your boss, think again. The sadistic smartphone game Beat the Boss has been downloaded eight million times and spawned two highly popular sequels.

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Rage-Quitting: Why Are We So Quick to Quit?

Originally featured in linkedin on April 10, 2014

There probably aren’t too many people out there who haven’t dreamed of telling off their boss once and for all. I mean really letting them have it—desks swept clean, chair overturned, shouted denunciations, the whole bit.

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How important has written communication been to your success?

Originally featured in 2paragraphs on February 25, 2014

While most of us wouldn’t hesitate to go on a first date with a pretty face, we probably wouldn’t go much further without a connection. How, exactly, do two parties connect?

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Best Advice I Ever Got: Nicolas Gremion

Originally featured in Inc on February 20, 2014

Nicolas Gremion moved to Costa Rica with a credit card and an idea for changing the book-publishing business. Crazy? Maybe, but it’s working.

Nicolas Germion is the founder and CEO of Paradise Publishers Inc., the company behind Foboko and Free-eBooks, an e-book publisher.

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12 Tweaks to Increase Customer Conversion Rates

Originally featured in Search Engine Journal on January 29, 2015

Directing people to your site is one thing, but getting them to actually take action is much more difficult. Business owners only have so much control over which customers sign up for a newsletter, for example.

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9 Business Expenses You Must Budget For

Originally featured in Startup Collective on January 19, 2015

Question: What is one business expense I should never cut corners on? Corey Blake Round Table Companies Culture “Most businesses don’t have a culture line item in their budget. That’s a huge mistake.

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