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How Deesha Philyaw Built Her Writing Career From the Ground Up—and Landed a 7-Figure Book Deal

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I have spent many hours on the phone with her asking what I should charge for a certain piece of content, or where to submit my work. How Deesha Philyaw got her first break This was before the economic collapse of 2008, when media outlets and magazines paid freelancers quite well. A seven-figure book deal is very impressive.

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Brian Kelly, aka The Points Guy, on Living in the Moment and What Motivates Him

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To avoid distractions, I… put my phone on “do not disturb.” (And The biggest risk I ever took was… quitting my job at Morgan Stanley to pursue The Points Guy full-time in 2011. This article originally appeared in the May/June 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. A travel destination that changed my life was… South Africa.

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Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. will exceed "dumb" phones in 2011.  Studies have linked cell phone radiation to health problems such as headaches, high blood pressure, brain tumors, cancer, Alzheimer's, and more.

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Start 2011 off Organized! - Productive & Organized

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World | Main | Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) » Start 2011 off Organized! Here are a few simple suggestions for starting 2011 out the organized way!

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How Happy Are You?

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Some time before I was a happy person, on Fourth of July weekend in 2011, I moved out of my home and first marriage—and then my laptop quit. Because that apparently isn’t enough, late in the year, this magazine came along with another fun game. For my own experiment, I used a fairly basic spreadsheet and phone alerts.

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What I Learned From Wearing the Same Outfit for 2 Weeks

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president-elect of the International Positive Psychology Association told The New York Times in 2011. To limit screwing around with music in my car, I packed a dozen CDs to cut down on my ability to fire up my phone and pick from every song ever recorded. After all, some choice is good. Photo by Dean Drobot/Shutterstock.

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How to Start Over

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In 2011 I was in Mexico at a bachelor party when I wrecked an ATV in the desert. It means continuing to move forward even when you feel like you’ve exhausted all of your options, and making one more phone call, going to one more networking event or applying to one more position. Photo by AlessandroBiascioli /Shutterstock.