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Check it out: Book cover of my upcoming book is here
This is the result of second iteration of my book cover. I asked for advice on the first release, and the publisher did a few changes.
Read MoreAre you vertical or horizontal in you career?
Looking back at our careers, most of us have had to make a decision to either focus on a specific skill-set or become part of a management role where there is a real threat that one becomes a “paper pusher”. I remember vividly when I had discussions with my bosses in the past when I…
Read More9 Secrets of Truly Happy People: How many of these do you break or think of when living your life?
I run into this blog entry and felt that it has a bunch of very good advice for people wondering what they should be focusing on their lives. This is what the 9 secrets are based on the blog entry: They know what really matters in life Choose just 2-3 important projects for each year They put time…
Read MoreSelection of destination when emigrating needs to be based on real facts
We might have dreams of our new home country and some of these dreams might be based on wrong premises. Cost of living, political stability, educational system and a bunch of other reasons might come to play in your decision. I have run into lots of people from Scandinavia that assume the cost of living to…
Read MoreExpat or immigrant: Is your employer bullying you in the recession?
Living in Dallas with lots of Finns has been a good thing, as some of the traditions that we carry in our lives can still be practiced with your native friends. We have a Finnish motorcycle club; we have a golf club, Finnish language school, Finnish American Business Guild and many other things. Business cycles…
Read MoreDo you know when to give up even if you do not know if it is the right time?
I am sure that many of you work on things that you believe in, and at some point in time you have to decide that the right thing is to “let it go”. A good friend of mine gave me advice and told me that “Petri, a friend of mine told me that sometimes you need…
Read MoreAre you ever off your business or is the business running you?
Running a business is not always fun, if somebody, I would admit that immediately. When you grow your business, you have issues of employing enough people, issues with cash-flow, issues of spending time with your loved ones.When I started my own business almost five years ago, I could not separate my company time and free…
Read MoreFocus, focus, focus is the key to success
One of the most difficult tasks that we business-owners have is to pick our battles. We see money everywhere and this leads to unfocused business and we do not get anything done. I have been guilty of this but work hard to remember it when I stretch myself too thin. Ask yourself the question how…
Read MoreDo you know what is said about happiness?
In researching for my upcoming book, I found an interesting book at a local Southlake, Texas Barnes&Noble bookshop. This book explains how research has been able to explain happiness and why for example rich people are not as happy as one would think. I highly recommend this book as introduction to investigating what happiness is…
Read MoreDr. Petri I. Salonen blog is open for business
I have been contemplating on starting a blog that evolves my daily life as business-owner, entrepreneur, father, technologies and vivid believer in social media and what it can bring to our lives. I spend far too much on the road and I have been maintaining a blog for that for quite some time. Another blog…
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