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How We Pulled Off a Huge Event Through Outsourcing

Productivityist

While some contractors offer skills that are useful for one-time jobs, our favourite VAs—apart from becoming our friends—became a part of our team and were involved in several projects regularly. File exchange: Dropbox, WeTransfer. This saved me the trouble of checking Dropbox regularly and uploading files one by one.).

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77 Things I Did In 2010

Brilliantly Better

Syncing with Dropbox actually made sense, now that you have at least two devices to use the app. I thought I lost the skills to hire people, but apparently I didn’t. From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. And yes, you can buy it in the AppStore.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

In The Alter Ego Effect , author Todd Herman suggests that we add another element: creating an alter ego to boost our confidence and skills. This includes ways to develop important social skills, whether you use them online or in person. Most people think of negotiation as an “us-versus-them” situation.

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An iPhone App In 30 Days – The Challenge

Brilliantly Better

No more arguing or negotiating, I just started to code it. Nevertheless, even at that bare bone level I agreed to stop, there was still so much work to do to bring the app at the Minimum Product Demo level. Day 28 – Getting Ready To Submit With only two days before the deadline I realized I didn’t have a settings section.

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