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10 Steps to Serious Goal-Getting from Zig Ziglar 

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Regardless of your goal—losing weight, furthering your education, earning a promotion , saving money for a new home or an exotic vacation—you can expect to achieve your goal if you plan and prepare for it. This foundation will give you an honest shot at reaching any goal you have properly set. Be a team player.

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

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Or your team has worked for months on a new project. Having grit doesn’t mean never giving up; it means not giving up on our long-term goals. And sometimes the best way to achieve our long-term goals may be to give up on unproductive short-term goals. How well does this goal support my mid-level and top-level goals?

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The Assist Conference 2015

Practically Perfect PA

I am so proud and delighted to launch the first conference from Practically Perfect PA – The Assist Conference 2015. It is taking place on the 27th February 2015 in London and as you can imagine I am very excited! To power us to have the confidence to seek more recognition and rewards. The Assist Conference 2015.

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From Olympic Bobsledder to Financial Adviser—Carlo Valdes Knows a Thing or Two About Second Careers

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First, he landed a football scholarship to UCLA before later joining the track and field team and reaching NCAA regionals three times. Bobsled team? Less than two years after graduating, Valdes not only made the squad, but his two-man team placed fifth at the World Championships in 2015. Thursdays and Sundays off.

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The Genius of Opposites: 3 Reasons Extroverts and Introverts Should Join Forces

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Successful opposites understand the key dimension of their personality styles and use those differences to challenge each other and strengthen themselves as a team. There is a high that comes from leaving one’s comfort zone and a sense of confidence and satisfaction that comes with doing something new.

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‘Power Doesn’t Come from a Title’

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Bill McDermott made customer service a priority McDermott left the deli after college, but running a business instilled in him a kind of confidence rare in a young man, one that bears no trace of cockiness but is based on realistic knowledge of what’s possible. One cannot compete in a globalized economy without a total team effort ,” he says.

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24 Do’s and Don’ts to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence

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A cool head makes better decisions and can help you listen better to your team. Otherwise you’ll end up with a team of “yes men” (or women) and a failing business. Failure can erode your self-confidence and make it hard to believe you’ll achieve a better outcome in the future. Cody McKibben, Thrilling Heroics 3.

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