The things I have been reading this week include how to tell if you are an egomaniac, how to be a social entrepreneur and do good things for society, and why working 24 hours a day doesn’t necessarily make you a workaholic.

Communication

• 5 Tips on How to Present Like Steve Jobs – While most of us will not be able to create our own reality distortion fields when presenting, we all can learn a little from the master presenter, Steve Jobs.

Employees

• Hiring for your remote team? Don’t skip these interview questions – Remote employees are all the rage, but make sure you are hiring the correct people for the job.

General

• How to Succeed in Living the Entrepreneur Lifestyle – 10 rules of being a successful entrepreneur.
• 25 Signs Your Ego Is Out of Control – As an entrepreneur, a bit of self-confidence is a good thing. Just make sure you don’t take it too far.
• 5 Clever Hacks for Becoming a Social Entrepreneur – Being successful in business and doing good for society don’t have to be competing themes, as Yellow Leaf Hammocks has shown. Here are some ways to help society as an entrepreneur.
• What Motivates Successful Entrepreneurs? – Small business owners are motivated by many different things; some good, some bad. But what motivates the successful entrepreneurs?
• Young Entrepreneur Advice: 100 Things You Must Know! – A nice long list. No, really! A long list.
• Workaholic? Maybe You’re Really a Successaholic – Maybe you aren’t avoiding having a life. Maybe you are just addicted to success. Makes for a good theory, anyhow.
• The 10 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Working From Home – Some interesting things to consider if you work from home.
• 10 Things Colleges Don’t Tell Young Entrepreneurs at Graduation – Imagine that – college doesn’t teach you everything you need to know in the real world.
• Disaster Recovery: Crisis Communication 101 – Having a plan in place when the crap hits the fan is vital for a speedy recovery.
• The Top 10 Rookie Mistakes for Entrepreneurs – Deciding to start your own business means you are starting a long, hard journey where you will make many mistakes. Instead of making these 10 mistakes, come up with your own!

Leadership

• 7 Deadly Management Sins – Humans make the worst managers, but we are stuck with them until the manager robot is perfected. Until then, make sure you aren’t practicing any of these deadly sins.
• 10 big mistakes successful leaders make – Success has a way of changing people…

Sales

• 10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch – Ten surefire ways to kill any chance at someone actually wanting to do business with your business.
• How to Boost Sales in 20 Minutes a Day – Tips on easy steps to take each day to increase your company’s sales.

Startups

• 4 Stupid Legal Mistakes That Can Kill Your Startup – Great, you have decided to become an entrepreneur. Don’t be an idiot and fail to take these steps, otherwise you will be back to working for the man in no time!
• 4 Screwball Tips for Start-up Success – Sometimes a small biz needs to veer from the course that businesses traditionally take and do things a bit differently.
• What’s Wrong With the Lean Start-up – Each small biz startup is different, which is why following the lean system approach isn’t right for every entrepreneur.