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3 Companies That Give Back to the Community Year-Round

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This hashtag-driven holiday generated $3.1 The duo started asking questions and volunteering and eventually founded their business in 2013. When he and his wife, Jacqueline, saw kids arriving at camp with torn garbage bags to carry their belongings, the duo created State Bags in 2013. billion for U.S.-based

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What can assistants expect in 2013

Practically Perfect PA

Well 2012 is over and done with and we are now already two days into 2013. Over the holidays I´ve been thinking about the year ahead and have lots of exciting things planned which will keep me busy. In honour of it now being 2013 I´ve got 13 things I think we can expect to see in the year ahead. Role diversification.

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The 2013 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

Productivityist

This year I decided to offer holiday shoppers a bit more time to explore possible gift ideas for the productivity enthusiast — aka the "productivityist" — in their lives. The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2013 may be a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn''t considered. SodaStream. I was sold.

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Assistants as information managers

Practically Perfect PA

Back in 2013 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland released the Management Assistant 2020 report , which detailed how the role of an Assistant will change by 2020. In 2013, many assistants still sat in silos in their office. We are our office information managers!

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6 Ways To Feast On Learning

Office Dynamics

I decided to pull out this Monday Motivator from 2013 because it is a favorite of mine, still holds true and in fact, I believe it to be truer than ever before. Since I wrote this in 2013, I have expanded my mind to the worlds of: Focus instead of multitasking. Engagement instead of entitlement. Being revolutionary. Being resilient.

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What You Can Learn About Making Decisions From a Baseball Umpire

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On a balmy Thursday night, the RoughRiders , an affiliate of the big league Texas Rangers, face the Arkansas Travelers , an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, at Frisco, Texas’ Riders Field, formerly known as the Dr Pepper Ballpark. A grueling experience There are no vacations or holidays once the season starts.

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The 2014 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

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That’s one less thing to worry about when I travel, which is always a good thing. Information Amazon holiday shopping' What I love about this bag is that I don’t have to taker my laptop out of it all that much anymore when going through airport security. Comments They are very nice – and actually not that pricey, either!

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