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Nobody Likes Dealing with Death—Until They Attend One of Amy Pickard’s Humorous ‘Good To Go!’ Parties

Success

When Amy Pickard’s mother died suddenly in 2012, she was understandably grief-stricken. I would have given anything to talk to my mom just one more time, but it wasn’t to hear her tell me she loved me; I needed her to tell me the friggin’ Wi-Fi password!” Her parties are now referred to as “Good To Go!”

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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The prospect is now a patient and has referred dozens of friends. Then practice four steps of the verbal part of your welcome: Introduce yourself, name-drop a reference or other client, make a statement of impact, and ask a question focused on providing uniqueness and value. Two additional studies give us a whopping seven seconds.

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Organising your Outlook folders

Practically Perfect PA

I literally wouldn’t know what I was doing without my inbox and calendar organised just so. This is a little excerpt of a blog I wrote back in 2012 while working as an EA to three directors, I included a picture of my Outlook filing system which gives a good overview of how I filed stuff. Sad but true, right?

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How to Organize Books

Clutter Coach

It doesn't matter if those books are on different subjects and are different sizes, keeping them as handy as possible is a good idea. My bookshelf has several sections: professional reference, travel, decorating and home care, and gardening are some of them. Release the ones that aren't serving you anymore.

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Terminology - Sharing vs. Access vs. On-Demand Economy

Small Business Labs

They're mostly referred to as "sharing economy" companies. But as the Harvard Business Review article  The Sharing Economy Isn't About Sharing At All points out: the sharing economy isn't really a “sharing” economy at all; it’s an access economy.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

To reach that level, to be named the youngest self-made woman on Forbes ’ “World’s Billionaires” list in 2012 and No. She is wearing simple jeans and a plain white T-shirt—the antithesis of the power suit you might expect to see on a big-time business owner—but Blakely looks polished and professional. In fact, she was used to it.

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Tips for Taming Distractions at Work

Clutter Coach

They don’t particularly like doing it, but they do like the quiet and the lack of interruptions from phone, email and coworkers. have extra time” Email in this category is being referred to these days as bacn. Originally posted 2012-02-22 23:40:15. and get an hours work done. and get an hours work done.

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