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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

I worked hard at that job and was rewarded with a promotion to Account Manager in 2006, yay! Speaking with confidence on the phone and forwarding calls. Junior PA: Booking travel and hotels for colleagues . Gaining confidence when addressing board level Directors. The role also had some PA tasks but was mainly admin.

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A Casual Conversation with Chris Guillebeau on Writing

Men With Pens

And during his extensive travels, he’s managed to continually write for his A-list blog, build an empire of training resources and publish several books, his latest being the $100 Startup (of which I have a copy in my hot little hands). Advice on writing while you travel and what to do in crazy locations. Even if all you have is $100.)

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How to Pitch an Editor and Win the Gig

Men With Pens

But you do need a specific outline, or your lack of confidence in what your piece is about will show through. It’s not a secret formula, it’s about preparation, focus and clarity with the confidence to push forward. In many cases, it’s to your benefit if you wait. Leave a Comment!

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

She even signed up for a fear-of-flying seminar to help calm her nerves, but she missed so many classes because of her schedule and constant traveling that her instructor told her, “I don’t know if I should be mad at you or proud of you, but you’re never here because you’re always on a plane.” Who goes to bed at 9:30 at night in Vegas?”

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How to Reach Your Dreams through Willpower

Brilliantly Better

How to Reclaim Your Childlike Confidence Reply 3 J.D. How to Reclaim Your Childlike Confidence Reply 5 The Dame May 3, 2010 at 1:33 pm Absolutely fantastic article, I shared it every where, thank you! Reply 2 John May 3, 2010 at 11:00 pm I’m already on the path towards making them real. Thanks for the wishes, Daniel.

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How To Build Reputation With A Blog – Differentiate

Brilliantly Better

I was thinking about why I chose this one travel store A instead store B. Store A are not in the bookstore or travel equipment business like store B. And in regard to this question, the answer was clear. They are in the dream business. In my opinion it’s all about how you make people feel. Marthe´s last blog.

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Natural Productivity – Introducing iAdd for iPhone

Brilliantly Better

Being A Productivity Junkie I had my share of GTD from its early days, back in 2005-2006. I started to GTD in 2006 and I was an evangelist until 2008. I don’t know the exact date (I’m still assessing it), but I’m confident that it will be ready soon. Confident enough to give you a small teaser here, that is.

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