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

Success

At 29, she was the epitome of the American Dream, having come to the United States from Peru as a child, Morales was a college graduate, a homeowner living in Garfield, New Jersey, who held a sales and development management position at Blinds To Go. I was equipped with both and strong leadership skills that could help me succeed anywhere.

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What Is Blue Ocean Strategy?

Success

Kim and Mauborgne published their ideas in their 2004 book, Blue Ocean Strategy. Blue Ocean Strategy does not necessarily require learning new skills or even needing to find new resources. Rather, it means using your existing skills and resources to tap into unmet—or possibly, as-yet non-existing—consumer demand.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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The National Women’s Business Council found that the top five industries (“healthcare and social assistance; professional, scientific and technical services; retail trade; and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services”) made up 66.2% of women-owned businesses. I have a lot of fun,” she said. “We

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4 Things You Must Do for Your Career in 2017

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Then think about how you would like a potential employer to drag up something you said on Facebook in 2004 and hold you accountable for it. This will not only be more productive (you'll solve the issue faster and possibly come up with a better solution) but you also will practice your in-person skills and foster deeper connections.

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A workplace for entrepreneurial mindsets to thrive should be your goal

Workplace Insight

They possess mindsets – six counter-conventional, break-the-rules mindsets – that enable them to think and act in ways that fly in the face of what we teach in business schools and how we think managers should run a successful business. It was January 2004. Switch your knitting. Take Amazon’s launch of the Kindle , for example.

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Quiet Quitting = Suffering in Silence. Silence isn’t good. Period. By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Back in 2004, quiet quitting was called “ presenteeism.” No matter which name you call it, the behavior is not healthy for individual staff and it is certainly not productive for companies and the managers who lead them. Whether you leave a job by choice or by being forced out, it causes stress-filled feelings.

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How to take better notes with Speed Writing

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Those that are highly skilled at Gregg or Pitman shorthand can write 275+ words per minute (wpm). For example, BakerWrite is a speed writing system that was created by Heather Baker in 2004. Here’s how to build your speed writing skills so that you can save time and take better notes: 1. How to Get Started With Speed Writing.

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