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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

Is there one thing that will make the difference between actually achieving your goals and chalking them up to yet another year’s unfulfilled resolutions? Sign up for a birthday/anniversary reminder service. I want to set up a schedule that is devoted only to my family. Get a leg up. Schedule family time.

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The 10 Biggest Goofs Made By New Workers

On The Job

Even if you think it’s harmless gossip such as, “Did you see what Kim Kardashian wore the other day? you don’t want to give even a hint that you might be a gossip. While office politics and gossiping are part of any workplace, in the early days you’ve got to be careful not to give anyone any ammunition to use against you.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Krayman

Olympia loved that at the beginning of the movie, the women could be seen as the beloved and well worn Southern female stereotypes – preoccupied with gossip, clothes, hair, flowers, and food. Bonnie Low-Kramen on speaking up Author, mother, and grandmother Think about all the times you turned out to be RIGHT.

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Now That The Election is Over, What Will You Talk About at Work?

On The Job

For so long, politics and what Sarah Palin spent on her clothes and which foot Joe Biden shoved in his mouth were topics of conversation around the cubicles of America. If so, I want to be beamed up first! * His secretary says that he hasn't booked a return trip -- I wonder what's up with that. * Whatever happened to our intern?

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Could Changing Your Appearance Get You a Job or Promotion?

On The Job

I once attended a conference, and when I went to pick up my name tag, the person looked startled. I see these men who are trying to be a little too GQ ," says Maggie Jessup , referring to the men's magazine often featuring fashionable clothes. The office isn't Gossip Girl or All My Children. she said to me. I'm a brunette.

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Climb the career tree, all the way to the top!

Practically Perfect PA

I like colour in work clothes but go for powerful reds and jewel tones, no baby pinks. Sorry to say it but if you want to transform from PA to Leader, gossip is a big no. Put your hand up to help where you can. Next time a project comes up, especially in a crisis or where your team are short-handed, offer to help in any way.

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Lovely Jubilee!

Practically Perfect PA

Know when to stand up for yourself. I love that every outfit is planned and is given a name so that it can be archived correctly, if only we had that many clothes! If you think of how much confidential information, gossip and scandal she must have been privy to over the years I can only imagine what stories her biography would contain.

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