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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

Success

Even though she experienced success at her job and was promoted to service manager, she wasn’t interested in moving up the corporate ladder—since she would then no longer work with “real car owners.” Milchtein created her website, Mechanic Shop Femme in June 2017, and it’s still an excellent resource today. “I Where’s this going?”

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

Success

At 29, she was the epitome of the American Dream, having come to the United States from Peru as a child, Morales was a college graduate, a homeowner living in Garfield, New Jersey, who held a sales and development management position at Blinds To Go. In 2017, after years of lawyers, hearings and paperwork, Morales received her green card.

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7 Apps to Teach Kids About Money

Success

A 2017 study found that disparities in financial literacy may account for as much as 40 percent of the wealth gap between those retiring with more and those retiring with less. AdVenture Capitalist is free to download, but before you set your kid loose, be aware that the app comes with some in-app purchases. Google Play : 4.5.

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Core Administrative Skills Always Need Improving

Office Dynamics

Basics include: travel planning, appointment coordination, meeting preparation, all facets of communication, organizational skills, and time and project management. If you still use hard file folders, purchase some pretty, fun folders. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. They are the foundation of everything you do.

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Trello vs. Monday.com: Which platform is best for task management?

BMT Office Administration

Cloud-based project management software has revolutionized how companies manage their workflows, time-tracking, and communications for years now. That is unless you’ve yet to upgrade to a project management app, in which case you’re still stuck with the hassles of managing projects across multiple locations.

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What Happened When I Avoided the News for 30 Days

Success

Personally, by breakfast I’ve normally managed to half-process a couple of headlines, which then bounce around my head as unformed thoughts while I brush my teeth or feed the cat. This article originally appeared in the July 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. About a week in, I had started to become a bit unhinged.

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Can a PA help their employer be more enterprising?

Practically Perfect PA

However, on the whole managers and leaders are happy for staff members to work on ways of improving the things they already do. For example, you may be expected to manage meeting room bookings and be expected to know who needs a meeting room and when. Plus, you can often get better deals from purchasing in bulk.