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How To Finish What You Start: 10 Important Tips

Do you have a habit of starting projects, but not finishing them?

It might be the new business you want to start but you’re halfway working through the business plan. It might be the album which you want to launch but you’re still composing the songs. It might be the book which you want to finish writing but you’re still stuck in the early chapters.

If you have been taking action and working on your goals, that’s a big achievement and you should be proud of yourself! Getting started is your first step to realizing your goals. Most people get stuck in the thinking but not doing phase, and that’s not good because your goals won’t magically pop up one day from not taking action.




How to Impress Anyone, and in Business

  1. Be on time. Punctuality is essential. You should never tolerate late arrivals and missed deadlines for yourself or anyone else.
  2. Do your homework. Wasting other people's time due to poor planning and thoughtlessness will only leave a bad impression.
  3. Make a mental dossier on people. Before meeting people for the first time, do some research on them. People will be flattered if you reference a deal you know they've done or a charity they're involved in.
  4. Remember people's names and small details about them. Use both in conversation. People love to hear their names and their stories said out loud.
  5. Be honest. Most people can smell a lie and will appreciate honesty, even if it's not exactly what they want to be hearing.
  6. Let other people talk. Any business conversation should be two-sided.
  7. Be self-deprecating and disarming. Don't be a bulldozer in business; save your hardest edge for when you need it most. (Trump).

 




Knowledge and Nonaka's Knowledge Spiral

Knowledge is often associated with the data and information (Jetter, Kraaijenbrink, Schroder, and Wijnhoven, 2006). Data are symbols that have not been interpreted, and information is data that has meaning, while the Knowledge is the ability to determine the meaning or purpose (Spijkervet, 1997).




Knowledge Management System

Company need to manage employee's knowledge [Drucker, 2000] because of the knowledge become the key competitive advantage for companies [E. Murray Jennex, 2007]. Given the importance of knowledge, the knowledge needs to be managed properly. Knowledge management is not only an impact on the development of the economy, also affect the progress of information and communication technology, the knowledge will ultimately create new knowledges.




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