Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.

The sale begins when the customer says yes.

As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies.

If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.

Many, perhaps most, people who lose their jobs are mistaken about the reason for which they lost their jobs. Some will say that they're failures, others that their boss had it in for them, and others yet that they were sure their career ended because of a stupid faux pas they made at the company picnic.

Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.

Most business problems can be solved if you can teach yourself to look beyond the dollar sign.