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Is America "The World's First Poor Rich Country"?

Small Business Labs

million or more in 2016. The 2016 median for this group was $2.4 Key quote: The meritocratic class has mastered the old trick of consolidating wealth and passing privilege along at the expense of other people’s children. It too argues this group is advantaging their children at the expense of those who earn less. 

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If It Doesn’t Suck, It’s Not Worth Doing

Success

More often than not, you quickly distract yourself from the discomfort with some form of momentary pleasure. Many people indulge themselves in momentary satisfaction at the expense of a better future. This article was published in November 2016 and has been updated. They live for this moment. Doing the work is hard.

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Podcast 081: Low energy productivity

Clutter Coach

Expense reports or any kind of form or report that requires you to gather information you have and compile it, just filling in the little blanks and sending it off. You don’t have to give each one a proper name, but you do have to put it into a folder named receipts, expenses or something meaningful like that.

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The Executive/Executive Assistant Business Partnership

Audacious Admin

C REATING A NEW DIALOGUE; An Interview on Essential Workplace Values: Curiosity, Passion, Optimism with Erika Andersen, Author & Founder/Partner, Proteus International The following interview was published by C-Suite Executive Support Professionals in their September 2016 newsletter and is shared here with their permission.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

A welcome break in the 24-hour news cycle came one morning in the form of an announcement from NASA. But he found the maze of his care complicated, expensive and not focused enough on his goal: walking again. In September 2016, Hampton aimed to wipe out that painful experience by creating the Sit With Us app. Karin Vandraiss.

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What I Learned From Wearing the Same Outfit for 2 Weeks

Success

In a July 2016 profile , The New York Times wrote that President Barack Obama—who wore only blue and gray suits—daydreamed about retiring to Hawaii to “open a T-shirt shack that sold only one size (medium) and one color (white)” with Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. The human mind is well set up to form habits and routines to conserve its energy.”.

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Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk on Designing a Space—and Life—That Makes You Happy

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A guiding principle behind the book was that he didn’t simply want to create an expensive design book that would limit who could learn about design. “I In 2016, Berk got a call to audition for Queer Eye and decided to take a chance on expanding his brand awareness. I want to democratize design,” Berk says. “I

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