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Your current bank account balance, home, education, possessions, health, and lifestyle are the result of the decisions you have made throughout your life. Decisions are at the heart of your level of success. Making wise decisions at critical moments will determine your future and can be difficult, confusing and even nerve-racking.

We’ve recently had a GREAT example of the consequences of NOT making decisions by observing government officials in Washington, DC. Most Americans were screaming out “Just make a decision” and it was easy to point fingers at others. The important question here is what decisions do you need to make to achieve the life you deserve?

It’s easy to let the fear of making the wrong decision or fear of judgment by others prevent you from making decisions, which are both a sure path to unhappiness. When you look your fears in the face you gain strength, courage and the confidence to turn your dreams into realities. It does not take much strength to decide WHAT to do, but it requires great strength and tenacity to actually DO things.

Making decisions involves three primary steps:

1. Recognition of a need
2. A decision to change
3. A commitment to implement the decision

If you look at your year to date earnings and there is room for improvement, consider the following possible decisions:

1. “Climb the ladder” and place at higher levels
2. Upgrade clients
3. Manage your time better
4. Turn down bad business
5. Quit providing FREE advice to candidates you will never place

OWNER/MANAGERS

If you review your “profits” and there is room for improvement, consider the following possible decisions:

1. “Climb the ladder” and have your team target higher level business
2. Hire additional “peak performers”
3. STOP training yourself….it is NOT best use of your(see demo below)
4. Create the business you want to lead!
5. Embrace and implement CHANGE

Regardless of the current news and stock market, employers ARE hiring. They will hire from you or your competition. The decisions you make to position yourself properly will greatly impact your ability to achieve a higher level of success!

I’m sure you have heard of S.M.A.R.T. goals, which teaches that goals must be Smart, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. I believe these same five words describe wise decisions. Your decisions should be Smart, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely.

Take time RIGHT NOW to make a decision that will impact your level of success. Then write down action items you will take and date them. Do this within the next ten minutes and you will begin to make wise decisions.

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BARBARA J. BRUNO, CPC, CTS

Barbara Bruno is president and owner of HR Search, Inc. and Good As Gold Training, Inc. For the past thirty years, Barbara has worked in all segments of the recruiting and staffing profession including direct, temporary, contract, and retained search. She is also one of the leading recruiting, sales, management, motivational, and internationally renowned training professionals today.

Barb also created and launched Happy Candidates which is a resource that Recruiting Firms can now utilize to help 100% of their Candidates with their Search. This customized resource greatly enhances the overall candidate experience and enhances sales and profits. Go to www.happycandidates.com for information

Barbara has addressed audiences in North America, Asia, Africa and Europe. She is known for the wealth of information she shares in her sessions. If you want practical, logical, easy to implement content for your program, Barbara is the person to deliver just that! Barbara’s keynote addresses leave her audiences motivated and aware of their unlimited potential. Her breakout sessions provide so many ideas the greatest decision her participants must make is which great ideal to implement first.

Barbara is an experienced sales manager who implements what she teaches! Her enthusiasm is contagious and her unique sense of humor makes learning fun. She writes for eleven national publications monthly including her “Ask Barb” column in the Fordyce Letter. She also writes the most widely read on-line newsletter for recruiters – the NO BS Newsletter. She has been quoted in The Staffing Industry Report, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, USA Today and numerous National Magazines.

Her awards include the highest national honor – The Harold B. Nelson Award. She was inducted into NAPS Hall of Fame, and also received top honors from two States – The Lincoln Award in Illinois and the Ancil T. Brown Award in Indiana. Barbara was also honored recently as a Woman of Merit in Indiana.

Barbara has developed the only 80 day on-line training program for the Recruiting Profession. The Top Producer Tutor takes the job of training off the desk of owners and managers. This recruiting training product is being utilized by recruiters worldwide. Her 26-week Strategic Management Tutor teaches Owners and Managers how to effectively own, manage and grow their business.

The Tutor is being used by recruiting firms to train their new hires as well as help experienced recruiters reach their next level of production. Corporations are also utilizing the Tutor software to deliver their in-house corporate recruiter training!

If you would like more information about Barb contact:

Beth Matthews bmatthews@goodasgoldtraining.com
219.663.9609

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