The Success Rockets Blog

In physics velocity is defined as speed with direction. Your career development can be looked at in the same way. What direction is your career headed and how fast is it going? Is your career headed in the direction you want? How pleased are you with how fast your career is developing?

So how do yo...

"Your Attitudes Affect Your Behaviors"

Remember that phrase. Whether you are looking to advance your career, find a job, increase sales or anything else you want to accomplish your attitude is is the starting point.

Dictionary.com defines Attitude as 

"manner, disposition, feeling, position, et...

Now that you taken the first step in building your career by thoroughly defining where your career is today it is time to define where you want your career to be and in what time frame. Perhaps you want to be a partner at Goldman Sachs, a Big 4 audit or consulting firm or own your own business. 

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Holiday parties present a great opportunity for you to meet people and renew connections. In other words, a great time to network if you do it well.  Remember that the purpose of networking is meeting people, finding out about what they have to offer and what their needs are and to share yours. Avoi...

What are your strongest skills - the actions, thoughts or processes that you do that exhibit some sort of expertise that help you and others be successful. Go ahead and make a list. The skills can be ones that come naturally to you or ones that you have to study and through practice you have become ...

Helping others to be more successful will lead to greater career success for you too. Helping others 

1. Grows the value of your entire team
2. Adds value to your clients
3. Builds your reputation as someone who can help others be successful.

Whether you believe that "Givers Gain" or in the principle...

At this time of year I hear a lot of questions that ask, "Is an MBA worth it?"  or "Should I get an MBA?".  Sometimes the questioner is wondering because he or she has just been accepted to a program and the reality of leaving a job or paying a hefty tuition is setting in. Sometimes the question is ...

Personal branding is a key component to your career success. Whether you work for a large multinational corporation, a government or nonprofit agency, or if you're an entrepreneur, understanding and exuding your brand is more important than ever.

What is your personal brand?  It's all about what ma...

Bob Nicoll, author of Remember the Ice and Other Paradigm Shifts, posted on his blog, Ice Chips (#39 on 11/20/2009) some great advice on the power of saying "Thank You." 

As I considered Bob's advice on using the words "thank you" as the beginning of a full sentence I started to understand the powe...