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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

Success

Make it explicit that you want to learn everything you can about them in short order,” Gage says. Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. Vet the potential partner to make sure they have solid finances and a track record as a reliable and ethical business.

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The Most Important Trait To Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

The key to advanced productivity lies in the power of learning. Back in 2011, I took the time to learn new techniques in Microsoft Excel through a course. The methods I learned there have gave me greater confidence and speed (i.e. The methods I learned there have gave me greater confidence and speed (i.e.

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Dealing Effectively With Information Overload At Work

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. When nagging deadlines confront you head on, learn to negotiate. Negotiate deadlines if possible to give yourself more time to finish your tasks or project. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Andy Kessler in “Eat People&#.

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Information Is Cheap, Action Is Expensive

Brilliantly Better

Get on a bus and negotiate your arrival later. Information is no longer confined within thick walls, we can learn everything we want about everything we can imagine. Yet, we almost never get on a bus, ready to negotiate our arrival later on. © Dragos Roua for Dragos Roua - Brilliantly Better , 2011.

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Taming Monkey Number 10: Talk Less, Do More

Brilliantly Better

If you read my blog for a while, you know that for 2011 I ditched my new year resolutions in favor of a new approach: 12 monthly challenges, in which I will try to “tame an inner monkey”. That was the biggest lesson I learned by taming the 10th monkey. And, most important, learn to laugh at it, instead of controlling the outcome.

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5 Simple Ways To Manage Stress

Brilliantly Better

As usual, when I stumble upon some unusual situation, I try to extract as much meaning and learning I can. And here are 5 things I learned about how one should manage stress in the last 2 weeks. Sorry to disappoint you, but this proved to be one of the best rules of coping with stress that I learned in the last 2 weeks.

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Luck, Bad Luck And The Illusion Of Control

Brilliantly Better

You just negotiate a certain outcome, stick to it and get rid of anything else. The outcome may be something you don’t really expect, but as long as you’re learning, you’re ok. © Dragos Roua for Dragos Roua - Brilliantly Better , 2011. Being a control freak means you’re ignoring any of these two possibilities.