Meridith Powell

Succeeding in today's economy may not be easy, but it is simple. Be authentic!

If you want to be successful today, a great product and great service aren't enough anymore. They're just your bare minimum. You need to move beyond service.

I am on a mission! I want you to love to sell. I want you to learn how to do it, love using the word, and enjoy the sales experience. Yes you can master sales!

Responsibility is not something we "put" on ourselves, something someone inflicts on us, it is a first step to ensuring things are going to get better.

If you could choose only one area to begin your journey to make 2012 your year, then I would advise you to define, live, own your values.

Meridith Elliott Powell, keynote speaker and author, has been selected from a nationwide search to be featured in Mastering the Art of Success.

The economy is moving fast, and change is happening at a rapid pace. If you want to succeed, you have to be ready to move when opportunity arises, and ready to change lanes when challenges arise. Stand still and you will be left in the dust. Your best hope of succeeding in this economy is a strong team, ready for action, motivated by change and willing to go for broke.

It used to be that strategic planning sessions took three days and strategic plans lasted five years. Well, gone are the days of a predictable economy and gone are long-term strategic plans that went with them. If you want to grow your business, if you want to expand in this economy, then you need to think small, get focused and strategize often.

Welcome to the trust and value economy! Yes, we have literally made a shift to a different kind of economy, and if you want to open doors, sell more products and services, and you want to grow your business then you need to plug into the power of connections! The more people you know, the more people you help, the more people who know how to help you, the easier and more fun growing your business is going to be.

In today's market everyone seems to be worried. Worried about finding a job, worried about keeping a job, and worried about how to get ahead in an already overcrowded market. Unemployment rates are at an all time high, more new businesses are failing and the economic outlook changes so often that to call it uncertain seems like an understatement.