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Experts Weigh in on 17 Investments for a Rich Life

Success

It’s more expensive than brown-bagging it or eating at the office cafeteria, but it pushes you to get outside and interact with other professionals.”. Whether the gift is a $10 Starbucks card or a $100 restaurant certificate doesn’t really matter much: The result is a happier workplace with better morale and better teamwork.”.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

There’s also something particularly poignant about sitting down to a table set for one in an unfamiliar restaurant amid the sound of strange accents and clinking glasses. As long as you are carefully tracking expenses I can’t see why a company would discourage it,’ said Deborah. ‘It I tagged along on about half of those trips’.

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Tips for Combining Business and Personal Travel

On The Job

Here's the column I did for Gannett/USA Today: Business travel is expected to pick up in 2011 after two years of cutbacks, which could put even more of a strain on employees who struggle to meet all their work demands, find time to spend with families or just recharge their batteries. Checking the location. Setting a schedule.

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Back to the basics for customer service

Service Untitled

Do people really boycott businesses and restaurants the first time we feel we are treated poorly? When I first graduated from college, and of course I was poor, I purchased what to me was a very expensive white shirt with navy blue trim from Macy’s. Is it really poor customer service or do we as consumers expect too much?

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Christchurch – The Experience

Brilliantly Better

We made a short stop to eat at a local restaurant (quite an expensive one, but apparently a very old and well established one too) and then we walked downtown. In fact, the tram line is a little bit bigger than the square, and the entire area surrounded by the tram line is formed by small shops, restaurants or cafes.

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

Allwork

In 2011, the Department of justice in the US indicted the two largest online poker websites for tax evasion, money laundering, and a whole whack of charges, and consequently made it illegal for the US. But they really appreciated the fact that they could go to a nice restaurant and have a bigger per diem and that sort of thing.

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ClickUp vs. Trello: Which is the best project management software?

BMT Office Administration

Trello was first imagined in 2011 as a list-making and collaboration tool by the New York software company, Glitch. It’s the equivalent of a restaurant that only offers a few menu items but really knocks those dishes out of the park as a result. Time tracking and expense tracking. What is Trello? Budget management.