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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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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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Finding Joy and Friendship in a Pandemic-Induced Hobby

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I’m driving home from one of Atlanta’s popular new restaurants. When I arrived at my beginner’s class in summer 2018 as an eager 32-year-old, I was the youngest stitcher by at least 20 years. Stitch Clubs were formed in more than 100 cities around the world. In and out, in and out, every time you go through the canvas.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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If you’re interested in the restaurant business, this is the perfect chance to note what thrives overseas, be it individual dishes, types of cuisine or certain franchises. There’s a bond of trust that forms when your spouse is the only person you know in an entire country. This has been examined by professionals: A study from the U.S.

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Black History Month Interview Series: Lacretia Adamski

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Throughout her career, she has also formed and managed administrative teams, including a team of soon-to-be 1 4 that globally supports approximately 1 ,000 employees. I’ve always enjoyed the challenge of recreating restaurant dishes at home. Here is a picture from a dinner I did for our management team in 2018.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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Most were small companies with fewer than 100 people, and they included creative and professional service firms but also software startups, restaurants, factories and nursing homes — industries where overwork is common and deadlines can be inflexible.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Van Jones (CNN host) and was the festival production company for Newark Arts Festival (2017 and 2018). She was the founder of an award-winning, modern-Chinese fast casual restaurant in Shanghai, and her work has been featured in The New York Times , BBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal , Fast Company , Fortune and more.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. I usually put a sticky note on it for that as well.