October The Gift Basket Exchange Blog Archives

How to Stay Focused

Canadian doctor and psychotherapist Gabor Mate suffers from attention deficit disorder. He lectures on that topic, but his advice works for everyone who wants to stay focused:

Connect emotionally to the task. Ask yourself what part of the task you care about the most and build on that.
Consider the time of day. If you think better [...]

Holiday Action Saves a Sour Shopping Season

By: Beka Ruse
Usually, U.S. retailers earn 20-80% of their entire yearly gross during the holiday season. But this year, things are different. The sluggish US economy has prompted Deloitte Research’s Carl Steidtmann to fear “the worst Christmas ever” in the retail sector.
Short of going door to door in a Santa suit, how can businesses increase [...]

Entrepreneurial Lessons from Willy Wonka

What can you learn about business from a children’s movie? You can learn some great entrepreneurial lessons from the film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” starring Johnny Depp.
WARNING -Spoiler Alert- If you have not seen the movie (or the older version) yet, this article may give away a few elements of the story that could reduce [...]

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