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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. My goal is to build a national chain,” Morales says. Her father was deported to Peru three months later.

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3 Steps to Finally Tackle Your Tedious Tasks

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As a professional organizer who encourages people to find the joy in tidying up their desks, calendars and filing cabinets, I am very familiar with the thinking behind grunt work, as organizing often falls into that category. By week’s end, you can reward yourself with something commensurate with the goal achieved. In the words of St.

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5 Tips for Using Your Time Wisely

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You must have your written set of goals with you at all times. Prioritize your goals and decide which are important. Constantly review your goals, then make them a part of a well-written game plan. You file the notes, write the thank-you cards, make the phone calls. You have to run the day. You have to stay in charge.

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These 4 Small, Consistent Changes Helped Me Reach My Potential

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If I have any thoughts about what I need “future me” to do, I write them down on a piece of paper (or text file on my laptop) and push it out of my mind. When you’re working toward a big goal, respect the fact that it’ll take a while. Here are four things that you can start doing today to start moving closer to your goal.

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Help Your Supervisors Start 2018 Out Right

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Set aside time to consider 2017. What about the goals you had for this year: were they met or exceeded? Were they really the right goals? To properly coach a team, supervisors must know where each person stands in relation to goals and key performance indicators (KPIs). To move forward, we first need to look back.

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How to Reignite Your Enthusiasm for Work

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These kinds of projects give you goals that are outside the normal, everyday realm. Switch up the location of your computer, your phone, and your work-in-progress files. Remember the overall goals and mission of the organization. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Tackle Stretch Projects. They’re risky, no doubt.

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Getting buy in from the boss

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Be mindful of your end goal – you need to tie in your request for L&D to your current position and how it will prepare you and your boss for the future. Will the request tie in with one of your appraisal goals? When it came to appraisal time I then had a working file to draw on. “If The Assist Conference 2017.