By Dr. Gaby Cora

Have you ever felt like you have a unique product and when you openly tell others about it they immediately start copying your ideas and then you feel like you stay behind?

Someone just asked me this question. This person is not alone. It happens all the time.

Being a young researcher at the National Institutes of Health I first worked with an amazing group, an empire of clinical research conducting cutting edge studies with the ultimate sophisticated equipment, internet databases and amazing ideas. I found many in the group to be quite reserved and not sharing much information with the outside world until everything was pretty much “cooked and done.”

Instead, when I went to work with another smaller group, our approach was of being very open and create joint venture partnerships with other groups that complemented what we had to offer.

Bottom line:

Share everything about your service and product when you are ready to launch: your product is in good shape, you have created a great strategy, your team is in unison with a unique message and you are ready to share your product with the world.

On the other end, if you want to be open about your product or service and it is just an idea, share it with someone you truly trust and seek for the joint venture opportunity. Pitch your idea but don’t go into all the details until you have secured the partnership.

The stronger the product or service you create, the stronger the strategic, marketing and sales plan you design, the stronger your platform against any potential competition will be. If you position your product on top, the rest will try to copy it but you will have a competitive advantage because you have done it first.

By Dr. Gaby Cora

The recession has now grown its spreading roots. Those who didn’t think it was going to hit them have sadly come to terms: the recession is here to stay.  Thousands of people have been laid off and thousands wonder if their current job will still exist. Either way, all of us have a family member, a friend or a client in this situation. Listen to this posting as a podcast/MP3: Balance Work in Life with LOVE

By Dr. Gaby Cora - Executive Health & Wealth

In an ideal world, we would spend eight hours of our day at work, another eight in recreational activities and the last eight hours asleep. The true question is how many of us live in the ideal world? Click here download as podcast/MP3: Maximize Health & Wealth

By Dr. Gaby Cora

Executive Health & Wealth: The Power of Wellbeing

Daily Tips to Discover The Power of Wellbeing

By Dr. Gaby Cora, Executive Health & Wealth

Have you always set up your New Year’s Resolution and gone into it head on to then realize achieving your goals was more difficult than you ever expected? Did you give up just a few weeks after you started?You are not alone. I see this happen all the time. Every year, I see more people show up at the gym in January. Some are in good shape and some need a lot of work. By February, I still see some people sweating on the treadmill and pumping muscle in the weights machines. By March and April, the old faces are back, the regulars.

What makes the difference between one person continuing at the gym and another giving up? Download this post as an MP3: New Year\’s Secret

By Dr. Gaby Cora

Are you used to waiting until the ball is dropping in Times Square on December 31 to set your New Year’s resolutions? You’re not alone. Most people do that.

By Dr. Gaby Cora

In an ideal world, we would dedicate eight hours of our day to work, another eight to enjoy recreational activities and the last eight hours to sleep. The true question is, how many of you live in the ideal world?

By Dr. Gaby Cora

Many people feel gloomy this holiday season. As markets collapse, many employers are eliminating jobs, cutting out bonuses, and cancelling holiday parties. Any company that spends any money in helping its executives take breaks and relax during their extreme efforts to stay afloat are scrutinized and condemned by the media.

How can we find a good balance, continue to work hard at work and yet, bring the hope of the holiday spirit to the workplace?

By Dr. Gaby Cora

Business owners and corporate warriors struggle to keep their companies afloat. Many were already working sixteen hour days and it now seems like an endless working day. Most of us try our best to row the rough waters till the crisis subsides. Most executives and entrepreneurs who were already stretched are now finding strength within to produce at their maximum capacity. At the same time, their families are not immune to the stress. Even children know of their friends’ parents losing their job or struggling to keep their teenager in college. How can you handle your own business needs as well as your stress and your family’s?

By Dr. Gaby Cora

According to today’s article, herd mentality rules during a financial crisis because people are wired to follow the crowd when times are uncertain (Herd Mentality Rules in Financial Crisis, Reuters). Studies show that when there is little information but the threat seems to be imminent, people will tend to look around to see what others are doing rather than follow their own conclusions based on their own rational abilities and logical thought process.