Advice on Writing Articles & Blogs

By Jeff Beals Professionals who appreciate the value of personal branding make concentrated efforts to be quoted in periodicals, radio talk shows and television news. Such exposure is valuable and helps propel careers. However, it’s awfully difficult to earn media quotes. That’s why more and more professionals are blogging and submitting articles to publications. There’s [...]

Guilty of Customer Service Hypocrisy

By Jeff Beals When working out of town and eating meals by myself, I feel like I need to bring along a newspaper or magazine when I sit down at a restaurant. Not sure why, but if I’m having lunch by myself, it feels more comfortable to have something to read. There’s a process to [...]

It’s Better to Be Different than It Is to Be Better

By Jeff Beals From an outsider’s perspective, she was leading the ideal life. She made the Dean’s List in law school and was in her tenth year practicing at a respected firm in the middle of Toronto’s bustling financial district. If that wasn’t enough, she had four beautiful daughters, a rich personality and an impossible-to-forget [...]