http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog Creating Wealth As Simply As Turning On The Assembly Line In A Factory Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:35:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   These 5 tips will give you a head start: Be honest Always be totally honest and upfront with your customer right from the start. Tell them if their project is not feasible or if you don’t have all of the resource, money and time needed to deliver it successfully ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/08/06/how-to-deliver-projects-successfully/ But how do you measure your progress against budget to know if you're on track? In this post, we'll tell you how. So read on to learn... How to Measure Progress against Budget A "project" by definition will always have a limited timeframe and a fixed budget. The "budget" ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/07/16/every-project-manager-needs-to-deliver-on-time-and-under-budget/ Tip 1: One a Week What do you have a passion for? Is it arts, sciences, sport or something wacky? Whatever it is, try and move heaven and earth to make it happen once a week, every week. Tell yourself: this is the one time in the week where it’s ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/06/18/get-a-work-life-balance-on-projects-part-2/   What is a “Work / Life Balance”? To us, it’s “getting the maximum enjoyment from your work time and personal time, every day”. This means really enjoying the time you have at work, and the time you spend after hours, so that you’re getting the most out of what ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/06/06/get-a-work-life-balance-on-projectspart-i/ Ever had a project deliver late or over budget? If you haven’t, then you’re lucky because the majority of projects are delivered over budget or over schedule. So when you’re in the middle of project delivery and things start slipping, what do you do? Here are four tips to help ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/05/21/what-to-do-when-your-project-slips/   There are tons of ways of delivering projects and one of them is using an “Agile” approach. To show you how agile can change your project life, we’ve listed here 3 examples of the agile approach. They suit projects of any type, size or industry: Sprints Have you ever ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/05/21/delivering-projects-using-agile-methods/ Success Tip Octopus Balance: Insights on the Myths and Realities of Life Balance Jeanette was a typical go-getter who wanted it all. Mother to three children, owner of a thriving consulting firm to Fortune 500 companies, chairman of her industry association and wife to a successful doctor. Jeanette ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/05/20/insights-on-the-myths-and-realities-of-life-balance/ Look at the long range.  Define what “a successful life” is to you, personally.  Try to separate what success means for you from what you think other people expect of you.  At the end of your life, what do you want people to say about you?  There is nothing ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/03/26/10-tips-for-sales-professionals-who-want-a-better-work-life-balance/   By Larry Fredericks Here's a powerful persuasion tool. It works whether you're dealing with people personally or in your marketing copy: Tell them they can't have something. As Scott Moldenhauer, an expert on consumer behavior and persuasion, points out, "Repeatedly, psychologists have shown that human beings find more ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/03/10/people-want-what-they-cant-have/ Why should you prioritize your projects - don't they all have to be delivered on time and within budget? Yes, but any smart Project Manager will recognize that they only have limited time, resources and budget available to do it. So they need to set priorities, to ensure that their ... http://thewealthfactorytraining.com/blog/2008/03/05/how-to-prioritize-projects/