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7 Words You Need to Eliminate If You Want to Be Successful

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From:  The Balance Becoming a successful  entrepreneur  is as much of a mental game, as it is one of finesse and expertise. You can be the most intelligent, talented, and respected person within your industry, but if you don't believe in yourself and continue to be brutally honest as you move through the extremely difficult stages of growing a business, your failure is all but inevitable. Everything from the way you feel about getting up to head into the office each morning, to the quality of relationships with your business partners, and the words you use on a daily basis, will have a long-term effect on whether or not you'll become successful. Whether you intend to or not, if you allow yourself to use  words and phrases that convey doubt , insecurity, and a lack of true belief in what you're saying, you'll eventually lose faith. Not only does this effect your own mental well-being, but the people you're communicating with will read into your word choice and pic...

Dabbawallas

You may have come across articles celebrating this very old-school business as an example of extreme customer service success. Dabbawallas are tiffin-meal delivery men in India and have a remarkable success rate for accurate delivery of hot meals. Now, the business journals are looking at this human-driven, personalized service model with interest. The cult of the dabbawala The Economist Management trends Jul 10th 2008 From The Economist print edition Business-school gurus take lessons from an unexpected source The Dabbawalla's Secret Seth Godin's Blog Dabbawalla Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Restaurant Success or Failure?

Special Report April 16, 2007, 2:14PM EST text size: TT The Restaurant-Failure Myth Research shows that some popular perceptions about the rate of failure in the restaurant industry are just not true by Kerry Miller The author investigates the much-quoted 90% failure rates of restaurants to see if there is any truth to it. This is interesting since for a long, long time we have had in our packet on restaurants an article that says as much. So, have a look at this one for a more encouraging view and to perhaps kill off an urban legend.