Perhaps the most common reason for being overweight is due to age. When we age our metabolism tends to slow down.

One reason you might be overweight is due to your workout regime.

Stress can take a toll on your health and may cause you to become overweight.

Yet another simple but often overlooked reason you could be heavier than desired is a lack of sleep.

Getting into the psychological realm of things, if you don’t want to live a healthy lifestyle, you most likely won’t. In order to change, you must find a will. If there is a will there will be a way. Look around and try to find reasons why you should become fit and go from there.

Unfortunately, everyone nowadays is trying to get 5 minute abs or some type of instant fix that will enable that to have the body they have always wanted without actually putting in the work.

Some people think that by implementing a caloric deficit, they will automatically start to drop the pounds. Wrong! In order to lose weight, you must correctly calculate your BMI (basal metabolic rate) and go from there. This will tell you how much you will burn on any given day not including exercise.

Some people who overweight simply eat too much.

Another reason you might overweight is if you are you sick. When are you sick you tend to function at an overall exacerbated level, with decreased metabolic rate and increased stress levels.

Another reason you might be overweight is the tendency to overeat.

If you can’t always resist the craving to eat, you might benefit from intermittent fasting.

A business model is the method by which a company develops and creates value for its customers. It is an essential element of the company’s core strategy. However, if the business model isn’t solid or is fraught with problems, the business is inherently at risk.

Some entrepreneurs go into business because they are passionate about the product or service they want to offer. While having a passion is extremely important to making a business successful, unfortunately, passion alone isn’t enough.

Successful companies make sure they have all their ducks in a row before they ever open shop, which means the research and planning process often takes months. Here are some questions to be answered before a business is launched:

Who Are the Customers?

How Does Competition Work in the Industry?

Which Group Should They Target?

What Laws and Regulations Need to Be Followed?

Some businesses are run by individuals who have a great concept, but lack leadership skills. The following traits are often necessary to lead a company to success.

Experience and Understanding of the Business.

Ability to Think Under Pressure.

Ability to Prioritize.

Ability to Make Hard Decisions.

Ability to Inspire and Motivate.

Many businesses don’t realize how much money they really need to keep their company going. They may be wise to try “bootstrapping” their companies on a limited budget. However, successfully bootstrapping a company requires carefully monitoring finances.

Obviously, the goal of a business is to maximize sales and profits. But even then, running a profitable business does not necessarily guarantee survival. Many businesses have high sales volumes and healthy profit margins. However, problems can arise when a lot of these sales are on credit. The business must wait to get their money and some customers are likely to default on payment.

When consumers have less money to spend, businesses suffer. This creates a domino effect that touches almost every business. Recessions come and go, but particularly bad ones will be devastating and collapse many businesses in their wake. Those that survive generally find ways to operate on a leaner budget and offer value to their clients in spite of a rough economy.

Market trends often change and fads come and go. Some businesses fail to adapt to changing customer interests and expectations, which means at worst their entire line of products could become obsolete. In this case, a drastic change in the business structure and model may be necessary. But this is too often a change that many businesses are unwilling or unable to make.

Businesses are at risk from all angles here. For example, a lawsuit that ensues from a customer slipping on a floor can cripple a company, regardless of whether the business wins or loses. Or a business may be shut down for violating government statutes, such as health code violations or SEC regulations.

Businesses are also vulnerable to changing government regulations. If the government decides to be stricter about certain practices, they may enact policies that will increase the costs for many businesses. These practices are not intended to drive companies out of business and most will survive just fine.

Good Performance Reviews

This is what everyone is looking for. Everyone. Someone to take and carry the load.

No need to promote anyone in the EOL’d (End of Life)  products department.

Schmoozing is a turn-off. Instead, as you Demonstrate Leadership, also positively (never negatively) engage with your peers and colleagues outside of your small group.

Yes, I know selling up sometimes “works” in Big Companies, but it doesn’t really get you promoted  — and really it’s a sign you are weak. 

I don’t mean that completely literally (but yes, dress a little better than the rest, it can’t hurt).  I mean act and carry yourself like someone that cares. 

Even if you do everything right, there can only be so many promotions. 

Ask your boss how and what it will take to get promoted. 

Again, promotion in Big Cos and tech companies of any scale is about leadership, and in many cases, management. 

Three in four adults believe it is harder to get ahead today than it was for previous generations

The poll found huge support for the idea that our economic system is biased, with 78% agreeing that “there are bailouts for the top and handouts for the bottom but nothing for those in the middle.”

By a 20-point margin Hispanic people are more confident than the general public that their family’s financial situation will improve in a year, a recent Pew Research Center poll found.

“Black Americans are doing the worst economically, but they’re the most positive about the economy and public institutions,” says Steve Glickman, a former White House economic adviser

For many of the pessimists, years of bad news have curdled their longer-term outlook—even if the bad news has been mostly about other people. They now see a grimmer life for their kids than their own.

Salesforce lost its bid to buy LinkedIn when LinkedIn decided to sell itself to Microsoft for$26.2 billion.

Salesforce wants to Microsoft to be forced to share LinkedIn data with others such as itself, just as it openly shares data today.

If users of Salesforce's CRM are somehow locked out of using LinkedIn's data once the company belongs to Microsoft, that will be a major blow to the salespeople that use its software and, ultimately, to Salesforce itself.

The number one reason people leave jobs is because they fail to connect with their bosses as leaders and as people.

No one wants to burn a bridge with a boss they may need for a future job reference?

Leaders are personally accountable to acquire and retain the very best people. Effective leader must embrace a plan to retain the very best talent.

Emotional connections provide the fuel that greatly enhances retention. It is driven by the trust and development of individual team members. It starts with building emotional connections with each team member.

A manager should:

Meet and comminicate with the their teams families.

Have one on one casual meetings with employees.

Get the entire team together for Team Building.

Recognize employee achievments.

Employees should always feel managers have the time to communicate with them any time.

Personal differences shouldn’t play a role in the workplace, especially to the extent that they negatively impact others. Yet everyday people bring personal bias, personal beliefs, and personal expectations into work with them.

he exclusive clubs and cliques—and not the good kind of “exclusive.” No matter what the label, these are closed clubs that exclude.

Micro-managers who hire individuals with the right abilities to perform independently, then thwart that independence once he or she is on board.

workplace wardens that restrict access to upper management.

Career killers who neglect to see the potential in others, or choose to block their potential, whether consciously or not. Ideally, employees grow personally, professionally and even emotionally during their time with a company.

Inflexible company policies that can be a deal breaker in this new mobile economy. Again, this affects all levels of the org chart.

The never-ending workarounds that make for an unnecessarily tedious day. People aren’t typically afraid of hard work as a rule, but working harder than necessary is frustrating. Too many workarounds could be the result of funding constraints, rigid philosophies or the wrong tools and processes.

If you are a manager or an employee and your not prepared for a review it might show.

The manager should not be the only one talking at a performance appraisal.

Reviews should not just be based on what a manager sees personally and hears from a worker. Managers should get feedback from co workers who who regularly collaborate with the employee for a more well-rounded, balanced assessment.

One big reason why employees are apprehensive about reviews is because they’re scared they’ll receive negative feedback. managers should not forget to also recognize staff for what they are doing well.

Assessing past performance is only half the battle. The review is also a time to discuss goals and what an employee needs to be successful (and happy) in the coming period.

Every country is more familiar with its own cultural eccentricities

Firms in other countries have rich marketing histories

Branding may have not been important in the companies past unless it was in a high growth area.

Fewer people with training in marketing, advertising etc.

Support for branding and marketing needs to be provided by top management.

It would have to pay employees in California and Massachusetts $10.00 any way.

Many workers simply don’t understand what it will take to meet their goals.

Most people don’t grasp the power of compound savings.