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A Day in the Life of Renée Marino, a Broadway Star-Turned-Master Communicator

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Outreach Marino is more excited to get on the phone than your average person. So, she records video journals on her phone to verbalize swirling thoughts. In fact, she knew she had to write her book after witnessing a family of five spend an entire restaurant dinner on tablets. “No No one spoke…. It broke my heart.

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12 Essential Tips Every Solo Traveler Needs to Know

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Keep these documents in the cloud and on your phone to easily access them from the road. While you’ll need your physical passport to fly home, having a photo or scan of your passport on your phone can help you when filling out paperwork or if you need to provide identification but don’t want to hand over your original documents.

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‘Maybe the Only Way to Have an Answer to the Unknown Is to Face It Every So Often’

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It doesn’t include marketing campaigns, friends’ social media updates and all of the other components of a world in which your time is someone else’s commodity, a world in which seemingly everyone is trying to find ways to reach through your phone and into your living room to steal your attention, just for a minute, promise.

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What I Learned From Wearing the Same Outfit for 2 Weeks

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We’ve made a 12-hour drive to visit family down South for years, and I find myself pulling into the same gas stations, grabbing to-go sandwiches at the same restaurants. To limit screwing around with music in my car, I packed a dozen CDs to cut down on my ability to fire up my phone and pick from every song ever recorded.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

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Call one of your children on the phone. Put those things on your not-to-do list and pay people to help you with the stuff that doesn’t produce the sales and lifestyle success you desire. Ask restaurant servers for low-sodium options—you’d be surprised how eager they are to help. Do five things every day that forward your No.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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He suggests trying things like calling your cable company and asking a phone rep to waive a late fee. Paterson has people who take his assertiveness training make reservations at a restaurant, then call back a couple of hours later and cancel. Learn it from the inside out. Pick a delivery mode. Email has pros and cons, Paterson says.

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

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For couples who travel frequently between homes and businesses and have busy lifestyles, this could mean coordinating professional and private schedules across different time zones and in different regions around the world. What Are the Responsibilities of an Executive/Personal Assistants?

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