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Why You Should Start Your Own Business Today

Success

With a wife and two teenagers to clothe and feed, he was no longer willing to trust his future to this game of corporate roulette. I look at it as ‘The American Reality,’” says Jeffrey Gitomer, best-selling author of the Little Red Book of Selling and the Little Gold Book of YES! It was time to go into business for himself.

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Modern Homesteading and the Trend Towards Greater Independence

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For example, the growing FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is all about independence.  But according to the book The Modern Homesteader : Dreams of self-sufficiency, independence, and tranquility continue to pull in a new generation of modern homesteaders. But there are other aspects to this trend.

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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Roti, Kapda aur Makaan” (food, clothing and shelter) was the political cry of independent India’s socialism in the 1960s and ’70s (including a Hindi film with the same title). A twist of fate post-retirement put his hard-earned savings at stake, leading him to rally to get a stretch of land for a new residential area in Delhi.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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Instead, in an effort to avoid conflict altogether, they are far more likely to quit, which could have a negative impact on their earning potential, retirement account contributions, health care coverage and other financial employee benefits. Only in my mid-30s, I was beginning to feel the effects on my mind and body.

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Day in the life: Donna Lindsay

Practically Perfect PA

am and pull on warm clothes over my PJs. Like all other PA’s I book lunches, travel arrangements, hotels and meeting rooms. I would like to have been a primary school teacher, but now I would say retired!! Can you recommend any events, books, publications, websites, training programmes for other assistants?

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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He was on the set of Inside the NBA, where he’s been an analyst since 2011, the year he retired from his playing career. And a series of children’s books. A few years ago, Shaq shared his idea for how to save gas with a national TV audience. In addition to his TV gig, he also hosts a podcast, The Big Podcast with Shaq.

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How One Top Workplace Keeps Innovation Flowing Through Communication

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Robert Lavinga, HR director at the University of Wisconsin and the author of a book on engaging government employees, has written in Harvard Business Review that “… there are no secrets to maximizing employee engagement.