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A workplace for entrepreneurial mindsets to thrive should be your goal

Workplace Insight

It was January 2004. Having teams with the confidence and courage to break conventions is crucial to developing this entrepreneurial mindset within your workplace. Which, in turn, means there are lots of people, processes, and perspectives that can say ‘no’ to anything which breaks the company’s conventional rules.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

After I moved to Edinburgh in 2004, I’ve worked in a series of roles which have all involved executive support at senior level. Sherien : The advice I would give my younger self would be to have more confidence and self-belief. The main challenge these days is still lack of confidence. How do you engage with your members?

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

In 2004 Blakely tackled another hurdle when she appeared on a reality show with Richard Branson called The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best , a sort-of cross between The Apprentice and The Amazing Race. I just intuitively did not want to invite ego into the process too soon.

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Why Productivity is a Matter of Life and Death for Me

Productivityist

I read Getting Things Done in 2004, and I tried several different productivity tools to become more organized. I am very analog in this process and carry a Moleskine pocket notebook everywhere with me to collect my thoughts. I feel more confident and in control of my life, and I have a better outlook on what I must do to succeed.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

Andrea Callanan is passionate about helping people and businesses find their confidence, their voice and business success. In the process, he learned a lot about what the community needed and the role which digital ignorance played, and made it his business to understand the problems, know what resources were available and find solutions.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

Success

The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. He’s in the process of registering his apprenticeship program with the government, to gain an “official” status. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

Success

The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. He’s in the process of registering his apprenticeship program with the government, to gain an “official” status. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Training 130