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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

Success

In 2012 I wrote about my mother-in-law, Helen Johnson, and I think this question defined her life. Here are some simple gifts you can give yourself every day to keep you focused on what you can do: Control the tapes in your head. I admit it, I’m pretty addicted to my phone. I am trying to lessen my phone dependence for Lent.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. According to the Echo 2012 Global Customer Service Barometer , only 7 percent of U.S.

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How to Implement a Zero Waste Business Strategy

Eco-Office Gals

sent to landfills by 2012, 75% by 2020 and 90% by 2040. It’s essential to design packaging and products so that they’re easy to collect and send back to the factory for refurbishment or to be gifted or sold to a new owner. Austin committed to a 20% reduction in solid waste. Companies must also cultivate buy-in from their workforce.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

Success

Idiom dissection wasn’t how I had planned to begin this story before my phone interview with Daron Babcock. So in 2012, he sold his house in Frisco (a suburb of Dallas), quit his job of eight years, and moved to one of the poorest areas in Dallas. “It I was blessed with the gift of things that could never be taken away.”.

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Holiday Messages Made Easy

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email. We wish you the best of holidays and a prosperous 2012! As we give and receive gifts this holiday season, I think of the gift of knowing you. Happy new year!

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Last Minute Tips to Generate Business During the Holidays

Step It Up VA Coaching

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is generally accepted as “down time” But, your business doesn’t have to lose momentum because folks are sipping eggnog and opening gifts. Share with them your excitement about your new offerings and goals in 2012, and ask for them to help you spread the word.

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The Top 5 Things That Were Wise Investments for My Home Business

Tips From T. Marie

Why it was a wise choice: Storing my files in the cloud rather than on a physical hard drive or flash drive makes it easy to access them from my desktop, laptop, iPad, and phone. 2 A Business Phone. Why it was a wise choice: When I first started my out, I just used my cell phone as my business phone too.

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