Archive for December, 2009

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , December 31, 2009

Today is the last day of the decade. I still remember how my day was at December 31, 1999. The whole world was waiting for the new millennium. There were big celebrations all around the world. Some people worried that the computers would crash when the new millennium began.
It’s hard to believe, but that day [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , December 23, 2009

Note: This is a guest post by Mark Foo of 77 Success Traits
If you’re leading a group of people towards success, you must learn how to motivate others. If you concentrate on understanding what motivates others and you meet the needs of these people, you’ll be on the right track for a positive and enlightening [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , December 16, 2009

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
There are times in life when things don’t go as expected. Perhaps an important project of yours ended up in failure. Or you got laid off from your job. Whatever it is, it might make you depressed. But you need to [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , December 9, 2009

Do you want to make your career crisis-proof? Do you want it to thrive even in difficult times? The key is to be quick to adapt to changing conditions. Change is the only constant in the market and you are crisis-proof only if you can quickly adapt to new conditions.
As I wrote in my post [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , December 3, 2009

As you may know, Amazon has a best-seller list that shows the hottest books at the moment. I often browse it to find interesting books to read. Not surprisingly, the list is dominated by newly-published books.
This makes me curious: is there a book that remains in the list years after its initial publication? If there [...]