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Book Review – The Landry Legacy: 20 Principles Of Success

May 21, 2013May 4, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

As you know, I live in Texas, the land of legendary football coach Tom Landry and his Dallas Cowboys. I also love reading books on leadership and virtually any area intended to help personal growth. This book review is dedicated on this book which is based on his life journey.

When I saw the book The Landry Legacy, I was excited. I thought, “What an opportunity to learn leadership lessons from the life of the legend himself!”

How To Promote Your Business Using Social Media

May 21, 2013May 1, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

Promotions of the Free Enterprise System, the rise of social media and declining job markets have caused a significant increase in the number of independent consultants. That means more people are choosing entrepreneurship as their career path.

If you’re an expert at anything, you have an opportunity to start a consulting business and become a known expert in your niche. You don't have to be in some really cool business to succeed. You don't even need to have a large marketing budget.

Instead, you just need a plan, a strategy to market yourself to the right target market in the right manner. For example, look at these examples of people who applied the same concept and made a fortune:

In these cases, the investment wasn’t huge, the marketing wasn’t mind blowing. They started small, stayed consistent with their idea, kept working and achieved significant success.

Why We Live In Denial, And How To Stop Doing That

May 17, 2013April 29, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

Living in denial is a very common occurrence and at one time or another we all fall into the trap. It seems very natural, and at times we feel pride in living in denial. Yet, it takes a toll on our lives.

Going through an old stack of pictures I was reminded of a significant incident that had a profound impact on my thinking. I learned a valuable lesson that day. Now, I want to share that lesson with you.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. ~Bill Watterson [tweet this]

I thought, just as many people coming from a middle class family think, that being rich isn’t necessarily a very good thing. Growing up I watched Bollywood movies where rich people always seemed to accumulate wealth by stealing from the less powerful and the poor.

You Must Take LinkedIn Seriously So You Can Use It Effectively

May 17, 2013April 26, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

I remember creating my LinkedIn profile near the beginning of 2006, not knowing if it was something I really needed. I created the profile because a colleague at work referred me to LinkedIn.

I just signed up because I didn’t want to disappoint my friends. I got started, entered a few details and didn’t bother to login again for several months.

Just like everyone else, I got a few LinkedIn promotional emails from time to time. I also received a few connection requests from other people once every few days. Those things kept me engaged and once in a while, I did login to accept or reject the requests or read messages etc.

But I wasn’t serious about LinkedIn or any social networking site (including Google’s Orkut) for a long time.

New Menu Items For Free Resources Added To The Menu Bar

May 17, 2013April 23, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

I have been consistently making improvements on my website to improve your experience each time you visit. In an effort to achieve that goal, I am continuously looking to add new features to my website.

I improved the homepage with added links to some of the most popular posts in the top categories a couple of weeks ago. This helps you get to those posts with ease.

I added a new menu item with a Picture Gallery to help fellow bloggers and other online entrepreneurs. In my picture gallery, you may find some awesome, high quality ROYALTY FREE pictures to use in your blog posts and other online marketing campaigns.

Losing Weight Will Be Much Easier If You Know Your Body And Your DNA

May 17, 2013April 20, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

Ideally I need not be concerned about losing weight because of my lean and thin appearance. However, my love for sweets and delicious food requires that I keep burning some calories to avoid accumulating unnecessary extra fat.

Health is wealth after all and therefore, losing weight is something that even I need to worry about at times.

Speaking of losing weight, did you know that the weight management industry is gigantic with millions of people trying thousands of programs in an effort to lose weight quickly?

How I Fight Complacency To Keep Up With My Book Reading Habit

May 17, 2013April 18, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. ~B. H. Liddell Hart [tweet this]

Have you seen people who want a better career, better job, multimillion dollar enterprise of their own but hate reading?

I have had instances where people came to me for mentorship. They wanted to change and grow. But when it came to reading, they did not seem to enjoy the process.

I Had Same The Challenge When I Started

When I first held Magic of Thinking Big in my hands and began reading, I remember the feeling of discomfort. It wasn’t very pleasant until the third chapter of the book (when the book caught the best of my curiosity and I couldn’t put it down until finished).

Why Alexa Rank Matters And How To Improve Your Website’s Alexa Rank

April 24, 2014April 16, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

Alexa Rank is the second most discussed rank by webmasters, especially in the blogging community, after Google’s Page Rank. Alexa Rank plays an important role in many aspects for your websites and we are going to discuss this in detail today.

The interesting thing to note here is, neither Google Page Rank nor Alexa Rank is the true indicator of your real traffic. I’ve seen websites with Google Page Rank of 1 having much more traffic than those with Google Page Rank 3.

Similarly, Alexa traffic rank is not a true indicator of your website’s real traffic either, although it is a better indicator than Google Page Rank in many aspects.

What Separates Successful Business Leaders From The Unsuccessful

May 17, 2013April 12, 2013 by Kumar Gauraw

Everybody wants to be successful. I haven’t met an entrepreneur who doesn’t want to make it happen for his/her business. To a business leader, success of the enterprise is actually a responsibility.

Yet, not everybody is able to make it. The question is – Why? How come some business leaders succeed beyond measure and others, in the same arena, can’t even make a mark? What are some of the differentiating factors?

This Difference Is Important

As a leader, it is important to understand the differentiating factors because you are responsible for your successes and failures equally. As a leader of your business, you need to plan your success, avoid the potholes and follow the path to success to make it happen.