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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

Success

Marble Hill School for International Studies, in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, has a 96% nonwhite and overwhelmingly first-generation-immigrant student body of about 450, speaking more than 35 languages. Photos courtesy of Marble Hill School for International Studies. Mentors help fill in the gaps.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Already an internationally-ranked swimmer in her native South Africa by the age of 14, du Toit seemed to be a rising star in international athletics. I didn’t once ask why,” Lester tells SUCCESS. ‘Be

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Navigating the IRS’ Interactive Tax Assistant

BMT Office Administration

Categories in the assistant include Filing Requirement, Form to Use, Due Date; Filing Status and Dependents; Retirement: Pensions, IRAs, Social Security; Other Income (e.g., scholarships); Deductions; Credits; International; and Additional Topics. I stuck to the top—Do I Need to File a Tax Return?

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The Common Mistakes Futurists Make

Small Business Labs

Key quote: While most of us are in roles where we are focused on exploiting the current business model, nowadays, everyone’s job, regardless of level, is to be somewhat of a futurist who is able to foresee where the business is going and internalize the change by creating and executing their individual plans. And is some ways it is.

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Thursday Morning & 20 Years of Celebrating You & Your Profession!

Office Dynamics

In 2002, they discussed Becoming a World Class Assistant hosted by Catepillar Inc. They discussed that excellence is subjective and motivation is internally generated. in Peoria, Il, using Spectrum Thinking for decision making. Joan noted that by 2013, all of these have grown in importance in the administrative world.

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Green Gift Giving: Soda Stream Review & Giveaway!

Eco-Office Gals

Globally, 206 billion liters of bottled water were consumed in 2008 (Zenith International Global Bottled Water Report, 2008). The energy required to make water bottles in the US only, is equivalent to 17 million barrels of oil (Container Recycling Institute, 2002). Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

Among the initiatives that emerged from the exercise was a group formed to “[identify] and [support] sales and marketing strategies” that could be utilized to reach women- and minority-owned businesses. It’s not only about what happens internally, how to build good teams , but also about how you relate with clients.” As of 2019 , U.S.

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