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Why Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday Season Is More Urgent Than Ever

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So, although this holiday season’s Black Friday deals may be tempting, consider shopping smaller than the S&P 500 and put money back into local economies by supporting small businesses. And thus in 2014, mumi was formed. In 2020, U.S. consumers spent $6.3 Courtesy of Orangewood Guitars. Orangewood Guitars. Photo by @maximova.ta/Twenty20.

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The 11 Best Books on Mental Health

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Plus, depression and anxiety peak for many people during the holiday season. Published in 2018, this memoir from writer and poet Amanda Stern tells the often-comedic tale of what it feels like living with panic disorder. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) leaves many people feeling more depressed during the cold and dark winter months.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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In a study published in Psychological Science , Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov reveal that it takes only a tenth of a second to form an impression of someone when you first meet. I also received a Happy Holidays gift card for $100 toward any merchandise or service from the dealership during the upcoming year.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

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Following the success of a New Zealand-based trial at property planning company, Perpetual Guardian in 2018, Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart set up 4 Day Week Global, the not-for-profit platform for the promotion of the four-day week. What the four day week is not is a form of condensed working.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Among the initiatives that emerged from the exercise was a group formed to “[identify] and [support] sales and marketing strategies” that could be utilized to reach women- and minority-owned businesses. We need to stop thinking about diversity programs in the workplace as a form of affirmative action. As of 2019 , U.S. million) of U.S.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

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Put it in a folder for your boss’s signature in completed form, i.e. envelope clipped to letter and attachments. If you are sending the letter by regular mail, courier or registered mail, make sure you have the proper postage, courier slips or forms filled out. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."