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How to Start Over

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In 2011 I was in Mexico at a bachelor party when I wrecked an ATV in the desert. It took two and a half years to recover from that brain injury, and that was probably the hardest fresh start I ever had because I had to learn how to reuse my mind. The post How to Start Over appeared first on SUCCESS.

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The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One)

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We were making a lot of cold calls, just pounding the phones, to try and convince people to work with us. billion in annual production in 2012 (up $900 million over 2011) and partnered with 850 leaders in the insurance business. The post The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One) appeared first on SUCCESS.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Partnerships gone wrong can lead to frustration, financial losses and even litigation, says David Gage, co-founder of business mediation firm BMC Associates and author of The Partnership Charter: How To Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership (or Fix The One You’re In). We currently partner with about 7 commercial businesses.

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How to Manage Your Phone Call Mayhem

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Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Having several thousands of productivity apps to choose from, one can stop worrying about “how to?” To get rid of this phone call mayhem, we came up with Call Reminder Notes an app that allows you to assign Reminder Notes to Phone Contacts, showing Reminder Notes during call with that Contact.

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Brian Kelly, aka The Points Guy, on Living in the Moment and What Motivates Him

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Now a travel and lifestyle media platform, The Points Guy covers everything from how to reach elite airline status to the best hotels for every type of traveler to the best cash-back offers for credit card holders. To avoid distractions, I… put my phone on “do not disturb.” (And It is a breathtaking country in so many senses.

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How Deesha Philyaw Built Her Writing Career From the Ground Up—and Landed a 7-Figure Book Deal

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Deesha Philyaw did not teach me how to write, but she did teach me how to turn writing into a career. I have spent many hours on the phone with her asking what I should charge for a certain piece of content, or where to submit my work. If anyone knows how to make entrepreneurship and writing look easy, it’s Philyaw.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Henderson said the global view comes easily to female entrepreneurs: “Women connect all the dots… Almost every company that’s forward-looking, looking into all these issues and how to turn them into positive opportunities , tends to be led by a woman.” The corporations took notice, and the legislators took notice,” she recalls.

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