October 19, 2006

My New Movie... and Who Are The World's Laziest Workers?

In This Issue:

Feature Article: "My New Movie - Enjoy!"

Quick Tips: "Four Reasons To Get a Coach"

Fast Facts: "Who Are The World's Laziest Workers?"

* FEATURE ARTICLE *

“My New Movie - Enjoy!”

Here's a 2 minute movie I've just released to help promote my Insider Job Secrets website.

I hope it makes you smile!

If you are looking for a new job or career, make sure you sign up for your free chapter of my ebook, Insider Job Secrets Revealed, at the end of the movie:

Career Choices

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

“The "Human D-Cell" Report?”

Sounds strange... but here's a sensational free report you can read in just 10 minutes and discover:

• How to create instant positive results within seconds.
• How to apply a simple yet powerful principle to every area of
  your life.
• Real life examples so you see this principle in action from
  job success, relationship success, health success, to business
  success.
• A super-simple exercise to immediately apply it to your life
  today.

I bet you're wondering what this principle is. Read on...

* QUICK TIPS *

“Four Reasons To Get a Coach”

More and more people are hiring life coaches and corporate
coaches to guide them in their personal and business lives.

Why?

Can't we figure out things for ourselves? Aren't there plenty of books, seminars and courses to help us improve in various personal life and business / career? Can't we turn to family, friends and colleagues for advice?

Well, here are four reasons why you might want a coach. To:

1. Get a fresh perspective from an objective, third party;

2. Receive specific advice from an experienced expert;

3. To participate in a structured dialogue that helps you to get
solid answers and set achievable goals; and

4. Have someone to be accountable to. There's nothing like the
pressure of meeting someone else's expectations to haul you
into action!

As you might imagine, there are all sorts of coaches, specializing in all kinds of fields, and having all sorts of coaching training and credentials behind them.

If you're looking to hire a coach, I recommend you find someone who's a verified expert in the area you want coaching in, and has completed a well-recognized coach training program.

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

“How an Ordinary Manager Transformed a Struggling Business On The Verge Of Collapse Into a $40 Million Company”

Here’s a shocking, yet true, story...

At the start of last year, a good friend of mine took the job of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at a small technology company.

The company was five years old, but hopelessly unprofitable.

It’s backers – a venture capital company – were growing impatient with the company’s abysmal performance and ordered the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to appoint someone who could commercialize the company’s technology – so they would finally have a product to sell.

Otherwise, the venture capital company would no longer fund the business.

My friend was excited about the job. He was a bit of a risk taker, and despite the pressure, looked forward to helping the company bring its product to market and build it into a profitable business.

But there was one problem.

A big problem.

The staff, the CEO warned him, were “incompetent and lazy.”

In fact, one of the reasons the CTO was being hired was to get
rid of the “dead wood.”

“Frankly,” the CEO told my friend, “you’ll probably have to fire
the lot of them.”

Read on...

* FAST FACTS *

“Who Are The World's Laziest Workers?”

According to the OECD... it's the Dutch!

Dutch employees work an average of only 1,340 hours per year. If you assume an 8 hour day, that's roughly 168 days a year, or 34 Monday-Friday work weeks.

Okay, okay, the fact that Dutch employees work fewer hours than those in other OECD countries does not mean they're lazy at all. I completely take it back!

In fact, they may well be the most productive!

You see, in the Netherlands and other European countries, working hours are on the decline... but PRODUCTIVITY is on the increase!

Meanwhile, each member of the European Union except the United Kingdom has agreed to enforce a 48 hour maximum working week... France has introduced a 35-hour workweek by law... and initiatives such as collective bargaining have produced similar results in countries like Germany.

Also, a major reason for the much lower working time in the Netherlands and Western/Northern European countries is that 4-6 weeks of vacation is standard (compared with the United States where 2 weeks is typical).

Interesting, huh? Perhaps good use of technology and a healthy attitude towards work is enabling Europeans to produce more, while working less...

Here are the average working hours per year for other OECD countries:

Obviously, this list doesn't include most countries... and I'm guessing there are countries where the employees work harder than the Koreans...

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