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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. I could have created a business in which I had employees and was involved in managing the process, but I never wanted to do that.

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Dealing Effectively With Information Overload At Work

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. We’re processing hundreds, if not thousands, of information every day. Process overflowing information within very limited amount of time – that’s Information Overload delight. Scale down the processes to simplify task completion. Visit the original article at [link].

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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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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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5 Simple Ways To Manage Stress

Brilliantly Better

The process of moving out wasn’t without complications. And, since it’s, well, a process still unfolding, I can safely tell that it’s still filled with complications. As usual, when I stumble upon some unusual situation, I try to extract as much meaning and learning I can. Yeap, stress. And there are serious reasons for that.

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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. During the process, I did some of the most empowering stuff I did lately.

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Answering Reader Mail: Seek Greener Pastures or Stay Put?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I am very happy with my position, responsibilities, opportunity for learning and the support from all my colleagues and managers, but there is always the idea of greener pastures and higher salaries lingering in the back of my mind. Some hard skills have a a learning curve that is understandable if the software is proprietary, etc.

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