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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

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To achieve that pinnacle of mental toughness, Darcy Piceu, a licensed psychotherapist, 20-year veteran professional ultrarunner and two-time UTMB winner (3rd in 2011 and 5th in 2015), suggests breaking down your goals into manageable chunks and using simple management tools like a calendar to keep the momentum going. “I Ask for help.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. Set up a calendar for regular check-ins and deadlines. There are a couple ways to go about this. That’s why we recommend an onboarding checklist. Her secret?

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Tarte’s Dubai Trip and the Tricky Ethics of Influencer Marketing

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Questioning the marketing ethics of the Tarte Dubai trip So why is it that this trip— one of roughly 20 Tarte has taken since 2015—caused such an online uproar? Multiple articles and comments called the extravagant excursion “tone-deaf,” particularly as the U.S. borders on another recession. It all might have paid off already.”

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OFFICE DYNAMICS CONFERENCE RECAP PART III: The Final Day

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We then took a brief networking break for coffee and tea, and attendees were given a final opportunity at the Office Dynamics Conference to visit the Office Dynamics Boutique to pick up learning resources and books by our featured conference speakers, including Joan Burge.

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3 Steps to Hosting and Organizing a Successul Telesummit Event

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In exchange for speaking at your event, the speaker will then promote the event to their networks … and this is how you build your list quickly. But the reality of it is that it’s a lot of work to pull off: There are the speakers to schedule on your calendar. c) 2015 Tracey Lawton. Sounds great in theory, right?

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10 Tips to Beat the Overwhelm and Stay Focused

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With all the information that’s thrown at us via our inbox, social networks, and even through the mail, it’s so easy to become side-tracked and lose that focus and, like many business owners, I’m guessing you only have a certain number of hours in the day to work on your business. So schedule that time into your calendar.

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Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

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In 2015, Jasmine Freeman sent out a survey to our webinar attendees and asked them to identify one thing that was standing in the way or was a barrier in their relationship with their manager. Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars Technology is not perfect and neither are humans. Shared calendar. Maybe use your network to share.