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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

Success

But while those books remain brisk sellers, there’s another bible in town. In a world of unprecedented change, employees have to be able to adapt to succeed,” says Dave Ulrich, who has written and co-written over 30 books on human resources and leadership, including HR from the Outside In: Six Competencies for the Future of Human Resources.

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The constant craving to put numbers on working relationships

Workplace Insight

In his sardonic 1957 book Parkinson’s Law he sets out advice on what time to arrive at a cocktail party (not aged so well), how to select job applicants, the best age at which to retire, and something he calls injellitance, defined as the disastrous rise to authority of individuals with an unusually high mix of incompetence and jealousy.

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Johnny Bench's Vowels of Success

Make or Break Moments

I had been inspired by Bench’s baseball career and read his book Catch You Later which also offered up some pretty encouraging thoughts that helped me through that rough patch. It was a transition year in my life and baseball, America’s pastime, seemed like the best way to transition from one phase of my life to another.

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

Small Business Labs

  This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.  .  Foreign born workers comprise about 15.5% of the US civilian labor force, or about 23.9 million workers.    Hispanics make up just over 50.5% of foreign born workers. 

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

Small Business Labs

  Key quote from the article: "Under the Obama administration and the 2008 farm bill passed by Congress, the USDA is shifting attention to small and mid-size farms, encouraging organic and sustainable agriculture, and investing in projects to bring locally grown meat and produce to consumers. Having trouble reading this image?

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An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector

Small Business Labs

.  Most of the data on non-profits pre-date the recession, so we don't have a good sense of its impact on the number of non-profits.    Donation data is more current and fell 5.6%   It likely fell again in 2009.    But we don't think this resulted in a decline in the number of small non-profits. 

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

In the example below, this person is well on their way to retiring. Book sales. She is the former Treasurer for the International Virtual Assistants Association serving on their Board of Directors for the term 2005-2008. (These definitions correlate to your time spent, not the IRS definitions.) You can allocate if necessary.

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