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The Mel Robbins Guide to Screwing Up

Success

In her book, The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success , Megan McArdle explains that we gain skills by practicing things because we’re strengthening the connection between the action and the reward. Strike up a conversation with a complete stranger. Baby steps: Don’t start with the big stuff, you are in training.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

Success

The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. According to November 2023 data from ApprenticeshipUSA , apprenticeships have seen a 103% growth from 2014.

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Plant-Based Power with Steele Smiley

Success

His healthy lifestyle began when he was 10 years old and started training 40 hours a week to be a professional athlete. 1, 2014, Smiley adopted a 100% plant-based diet that he now believes changed his life. I think most entrepreneurs get caught up in this idea that their life revolves around them,” says Smiley.

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What can assistants expect in 2014?

Practically Perfect PA

Anyway here we are in 2014 and I hope that everyone is settling back into work after the Christmas and New Year break. I think assistants will have an interesting 2014, particularly as it is the International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant with lots planned for our professional development. PA Networking.

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Technology Training Tuesday: Collaborating in OneNote

Office Dynamics

Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2014. You’ll learn how to: Set up a notebook to facilitate collaboration. Microsoft® Certified Trainer Melissa Esquibel will show you, step-by-step, how to set it up and make it work for various types of projects. Collaborating in OneNote. Time: 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET.

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The Nathalie Virem Foundation Helps Leaders Rediscover Their Purpose

Success

After growing up in Europe, she arrived in the United States with a full athletic and academic scholarship to Jacksonville University in Florida. And then, in 2014, her mother died. The specific training is three-dimensional; let’s put it that way,” she continues. “Or I was lost,” Virem says. “I Or holistic, in a sense.”

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Technology Training Tuesday: Advanced Minute Taking & Excel Pivot Tables

Office Dynamics

Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Are you lost on the follow-up? Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The post Technology Training Tuesday: Advanced Minute Taking & Excel Pivot Tables appeared first on Office Dynamics. Advanced Minute Taking Workshop. Time: 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET. What makes a master minute taker?

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