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A Look at How Brad D. Smith Motivated and Inspired Intuit Employees

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His wardrobe choice depended on what sales or product launch goal the team had accomplished. The goal was to convey to potential customers that QuickBooks’ new version was worth the 60-day wait, even as Intuit shared the airwaves with Microsoft during the announcement of its new product. QuickBooks-related revenue jumped to $861.7

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How to Teach Your Kids About Money

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From the daily news to a trip to McDonald’s, learning opportunities about money and its vocabulary are everywhere, Lechter says. To learn about stocks , encourage your child to pick out companies they know like Disney or Apple. Accelerate learning. Encourage him to turn it into a goal.” Photo by Anutr Yossundara.

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Happy (belated) New Year!

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Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Off Topic, (0) Comments Happy (belated) New Year! Home Blog About Us Who we are About the Program Program Specifics Execs, HR Depts. Submitted by Ethan on January 06, 2010 at 05:06 PM Happy (belated) New Year!

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Master Your Memory with Ron White

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Your goal might not be to enter a memory competition, but you might have a simpler goal to be able to remember names and faces, or what you read in a magazine or a book, or to give speeches without notes or memorize product knowledge.”. White learned about the method in college when it helped pull up his GPA.

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From NFL Superstar to Neurosurgeon: Dr. Myron Rolle Believes Small Steps Make for Big Gains

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The Tennessee Titans selected him in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft—but only after Rolle became a Rhodes Scholar, which allowed him to study medical anthropology at Oxford for the 2009-2010 academic year. You have to be coachable and ready to take constructive criticism without fighting back, faltering or losing sight of your goals.

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

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As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I For Rudolph, the goal was everything. Never one to let a perceived disability stand in the way of his goals, he pursued athletics with his heart and soul. I’ve learned that it’s not the disability that defines you,” Abbott explains. Be everything you want to be’.

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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As a trainer, speaker and author, Meyer says contemplative goal setting is an early preparatory step that sets the stage for success throughout the entire sales process. Having tangible short-term goals that go out six months, as well as longer-range goals that can span up to a lifetime, are well and good.

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