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On the needles October 2008

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs On the needles October 2008 Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 10:04 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Knitting Frenetic. Thanks, Christopher Sue Comment // October 22nd, 2008 // 9:39 am Katie, I wholeheartedly empathize with your knitting situation as mine is the same.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth , created five simple questions to assess overall happiness—the Satisfaction with Life Scale—which has since become a universal survey used in most happiness research. Many studies bear out that once basic needs (shelter, nutrition, security, adequate medical care, etc.)

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

Ideas.Ted

Late one night in December of 2008, Amy received a message from a mutual friend that Deepa’s health had taken a serious downward turn. In the World Regret Survey, my collection of more than 18,000 individual regrets from people in 109 countries, many participants reported the sense of loss that accompanies a closed door. Full stop.”.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries. photo credit: ernop.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries. photo credit: ernop.

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Customer service representatives are heroes too

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Customer service representative Donna Petrosini was speaking with Karen Ford, a customer since 2008, when Ford began to slur her words and dropped the phone. Empathica, a customer service management firm, surveyed 3,000 U.S. And 800 miles away, Karen Ford, a wheelchair bound Northwest Georgia resident was indeed in trouble.

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The Advertising Game

Laughing all the Way to Work

I understand a company would be interested in knowing why people unsubscribe so they can improve their business, but a quick voluntary survey back would have been more appropriate. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? The importance of having someone to talk to Psst! I'm in a bad mood, pass it on.

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