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Executives and Assistants are Struggling Today

Office Dynamics

Between email, virtual Assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, executives mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever – making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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She even signed up for a fear-of-flying seminar to help calm her nerves, but she missed so many classes because of her schedule and constant traveling that her instructor told her, “I don’t know if I should be mad at you or proud of you, but you’re never here because you’re always on a plane.” I quit my day job selling fax machines on Oct.

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