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10 Secrets to Successful Professionals Achieving Work/Life Balance

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. 9 – Negotiate Flexibility. That negotiation might include adding more staff to the team to help with a project, or negotiating a shared work situation where we work fewer days each week, and sharing the position with someone else who wants to work part time too. Guest Post.

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What To Do When Clients Haggle

Men With Pens

There are lots of people who love to haggle – they grin like kids during negotiations, and there’s no harm, no foul if they lose. They might feel that negotiating lower rates is just a natural part of hammering out an agreement. Make a counter-offer and negotiate. What’s the harm in having a little fun?

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Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You?

Men With Pens

Just like the first potential client, this one didn’t have the budget for the proposed strategies… But he understood that nothing would change until the company changed how it was responding to the situation. They pulled together the funds they could, negotiated with investors, started small and built on the success.

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