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By Sharon Hill

Top wedding planners have different work habits than those who aren't as successful. If you're a new planner who hasn't yet achieved the success you want, you may want to try working like they do.

Here are 7 work habits top wedding planners practice that could help you become more successful:

1) They get out and meet people

Many new wedding planners think having an online presence is all you need to do to attract brides. While being seen online is very important, you also need to get out and connect with people. Take classes, join business and social groups, attend services at a place of worship and join local chapters of wedding and event planner associations and build relationships.

2) They never stop studying

Go beyond reading wedding books and magazines. Study history, art, different cultures, literature, interior design, architecture and fashion. Being knowledgeable in these areas will help you recognize their impact on weddings and wedding design, better understand your couple's wedding visions and help you easily carry out a variety of themes and styles.

3) They use time wisely

Top wedding planners don't spend a lot of time watching reality shows on television, playing computer games, gossiping on the phone or posting on social media sites. Work, study and spend some time relaxing without your electronic gadgets so your mind is free to come up with fresh ideas for planning weddings and marketing your business.

4) They are willing to plan small and large events

Especially when you are first starting out, be willing to take on small weddings and events in order to gain experience and become versatile.

5) They always present themselves as professionals

From the moment you decide to become a professional wedding planner, you should act like one. Top wedding planners treat people respectfully, arrive on time to business and social events, have a great attitude towards clients and business partners and are willing to work hard.

6) They act with self-confidence

Brides need to be able to trust that you can help them plan the weddings they want and if you don't display confidence, they won't put their confidence in you.

7) They never give up

Most top wedding planners didn't get to the top overnight. You might not have instant success either so be prepared to hang in and keep working. If you're experiencing a slow period in your business, look at your niche, your marketing messages, and your online and offline visibility efforts and make some adjustments that will help attract more brides to you.

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By Madhulika Ra Chauhan

What Birbal was to Akbar, what Bellatrix was to Voldemort Guess? You know them by different names chamcha, ass-kisser, brown noser, suck up, yes man. You find them mushrooming everywhere even in the most unlikely places. Their job is the essentially the same, praise and garner favours from the ones who wield power. You'd be extremely lucky not to run into one in your lifetime. You might detest them, curse them, plan their exit but you cannot ignore them.

They smooth their way buttering the lanes for easy power and much needed recognition oblivious to the normal non-sycophant colleague. So what makes them so successful that earns them the ire of the lesser mortals who have yet to learn the tricks of the trade? It's time to stop detesting them and join the bandwagon and flaunt the chamchagiri with aplomb and wear it like a tag of honour.

For those who are guessing for the ready recipe to be a sycophant here are a few practiced tips. Do follow at your own risk.

1. Leave the Ego at the Doorstep: Ego is for losers. All our holy scripts tell us so. Don't they? So here's the tip. Elevate the boss or whomever you want favours from on a pedestal, and bow in front of him like you would in front of God and truly believe in his powers which can make your life. For those who are atheist, tough luck.

2. Get to know the object of your affection: Leave no stone unturned. Be his birth-date, his pet peeves, his likes his fancies. His extended family tree and their fancies as well. No information is trivial enough. It's better if you know if he prefers karela to bhindi before inviting him over to dine.

3. Mirror his opinion: For those who did not know that a mirror is a man's best friend. Know it now. I'm not talking of the "mirror mirror on the wall" kind of truthful variety. I'm talking about the one who talks only what one likes. Echo his opinion word by word, better still parrot it and regurgitate it when required.

4. Smile: I mean it can't be simple than this. Even in the face of a trashing you might face at times, just smile benignly, not smirk or not any other anger enticing variety and repeat in your heart the mantra for success "He's my God, he's my God. This is for my own good" and your God would see you through for sure.

5. No Job is Small: Live your life by this motto. Be it walking the dog, cutting vegetables in his kitchen, or wiping his son's bottom if he does not offer his own too readily. No job is too small to be ignored.

Finally, after following the above mentioned tips you would find your object of fancy offer you his bottom to be cleaned up only by you and no one else. In case the object gets transferred or leaves. Don't lose heart. Just repeat the process. After all winning takes persistence and practice.

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