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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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The co-parenting book came out in 2013,” she says. In spite of her tremendous success, Philyaw still takes the time to mentor other writers, teaching them how to think strategically and making helpful industry connections. And that’s how I got an agent. I can use that to empower writers who are coming after me.”

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Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry

Practically Perfect PA

For all of you that could not attend the Assist Conference this year I wanted to share my presentation with you – Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry. It’s not just me saying this either – in a survey conducted back 2013 in by the Office Team in the States. So out of that survey this session was born.

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6 Ways To Feast On Learning

Office Dynamics

I decided to pull out this Monday Motivator from 2013 because it is a favorite of mine, still holds true and in fact, I believe it to be truer than ever before. Since I wrote this in 2013, I have expanded my mind to the worlds of: Focus instead of multitasking. Engagement instead of entitlement. Being revolutionary. Being resilient.

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The Practically Perfect PA Advisory Panel

Practically Perfect PA

So, at the beginning of this year I asked a few assistants who I think are fantastic to sit on The Practically Perfect PA Advisory Panel and… Well… Advise me on areas of the blog, the industry and stuff that they think you guys will like to know. Roxanne is always full of brilliant ideas and is a fantastic writer.

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The Practically Perfect PA Advisory Panel

Practically Perfect PA

So, at the beginning of this year I asked a few assistants who I think are fantastic to sit on The Practically Perfect PA Advisory Panel and… Well… Advise me on areas of the blog, the industry and stuff that they think you guys will like to know. Roxanne is always full of brilliant ideas and is a fantastic writer.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

Success

Industry, jobs, even families are less cohesive than they used to be. The people who had been her mentors, her teachers and leaders, told her she shouldn’t have the baby. “I This article was published in June 2013 and has been updated. And all those are sort of little car wrecks for the mind.” It was not early in the pregnancy.

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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

Allwork

From 2006 to 2013, he was the chief marketing officer of product design and innovation consultancy Frog Design. My my friend and mentor Priya Parker, who wrote this wonderful book, The Art of Gathering, always says if everybody is. And that’s a trend that we see across industries, especially service industries.

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