CEOs value lessons from teen jobs

What was your first job? Dishwasher, waitress, beer warehouse worker? Did any of those jobs teach you anything about being successful later in life? If you are like most of these CEOs you may say that those jobs most definitely made you want to finish college and do something with yourself. None of them wanted to contiue those manual labor positions for their whole lives. That hard work has made many of us want to find the "Easy Life" and cruise around in our BWM convertibles with our eyeglasses on.

"Demanding jobs motivated me to stay in school," says UPS CEO Scott Davis, 56, a former pear picker and lumber mill laborer.

How the bypassing of summer jobs in the spring of their careers will affect the next generation of leadership is unclear. But Software Spectrum co-founder Judy Odom, 55, all but single-handedly ran a tuxedo rental shop for minimum wage as a 17-year-old in Fort Worth, where the owner showed up at day's end to empty the cash register. She remembers placing cold calls from newspaper engagement announcements and, on weekends, acting as chief troubleshooter as the store turned frenzied with last-minute needs.

"I learned so much about business from that job, both do's and don'ts," Odom says.

The Hatlthy Entrepreneur

Not only is sleep important to being a well-oile small business owner like was discussed in my previous post, but there are many other things that effect your health. Take your diet and the possibility that you get Phentermine without prescription for example. Today we discuss 3 diet and excercise myths.

The 3 myths are:

Myth #1: I'm not athletic, so even if I wanted to become more active, I can't do it

Myth #2: It's too late for me to exercise

Myth #3: Exercise isn't enjoyable

To find out just why these myths aren't true take a look at this article.

Sleep Loss Hurting Your Potential?

Do you stay up too late playing your new PS3? feel like taking a nap during your lunch break?

Sleep deprivation may be one of the biggest hurdles you face when you are running a business. You aren't as quick to make good decisions, and you may just not feel like doing what you have to get done.

According to Dr. James Maas, author of Power Sleep, “Often we are totally unaware of our own reduced capabilities because we become habituated to low levels of alertness. Many of us have been sleep deprived for such a long time that we don't know what it's like to feel wide awake.”

It's been reported that at least 50 percent of Americans are chronically sleep deprived. If a bit of sleep deprivation seems like par for the course to you, consider that even just a slight sleep deficit has proven to decrease cognitive functioning, including processing time, ability to perform complex tasks, creativity and memory, weight gain, loss of coping skills, increased anxiety and decreased immunity.

Take a look at some of his recommendations to help you be more productive.