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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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I was equipped with both and strong leadership skills that could help me succeed anywhere. “If She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. My goal is to build a national chain,” Morales says. Look how popular Mexican food, Asian food, Italian food restaurants are.

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How to Budget Your Money as a Teen

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Track your spending for a few months and list your regular expenses, such as gas for your car or eating at restaurants with friends. If you have money left over, you have extra money to put toward savings goals or other wants. Set short-term and long-term money goals Setting goals is a great skill to learn while you’re in your teens.

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Looking at This Year’s Successes as You Set Next Year’s Goals

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A lot of planning has gone into this trip – from the airline you chose to fly to the hotel you selected to the restaurants you’ll eat at. Your success depends on knowing what you truly want to accomplish before you begin setting goals and pursue achieving them in the new year. Did you learn any new skills? • As we (finally!)

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Do Competitive People Make More Money?

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It’s essential to find the balance that works for you and helps you meet your goals without alienating the people in your life, or tipping into ultra-competitiveness, where you lie, cheat or steal to come out on top. Having a goal to focus on is good, but not if it causes you to neglect family and friends or damages your relationships.

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3 Ways to Silence Your Inner Critic When Trying Something New

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When you try a new dish at a restaurant, you might end up with something you don’t like and miss out on your usual favorite. Or learning a new skill ? But this fixation on productivity risks mistaking the proxy for the goal. With trying, starting is the success. But you might also find something you like even better.

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The Art of Persuasion: 4 Tips to Master Influence

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No matter what your goal is, all you have to do is embrace the quirks you were born with. Think of the last time you were in a food court mall, and a restaurant employee handed you a sample of food tacked to a toothpick. The first is skill-hunting, a term Harris uses to represent curious people. Have a generous spirit.

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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Salespeople who aren’t constantly honing their knowledge and skills risk becoming relics. As a trainer, speaker and author, Meyer says contemplative goal setting is an early preparatory step that sets the stage for success throughout the entire sales process. We’ve all heard it before: Write down your goals. They rationalize.”

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