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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

Success

But while those books remain brisk sellers, there’s another bible in town. In a world of unprecedented change, employees have to be able to adapt to succeed,” says Dave Ulrich, who has written and co-written over 30 books on human resources and leadership, including HR from the Outside In: Six Competencies for the Future of Human Resources.

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Our iPad Review

Small Business Labs

The major disadvantages we heard are: Limited or no support for most office and business applications Limited storage and printer support Limited ability to import and export data Touch screen keyboard hard to use Lack of multitasking These views match our experience using the iPad.  Browsing   The reason is simple. 

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Writing Tips from Blackbeard the Pirate

Men With Pens

Charles Johnson, author of the 1724 book, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates , described Teach as “such a figure that imagination cannot form an idea of a fury from hell to look more frightful.” ” He’s not the sort of character I’d usually hang around with.

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The Solopreneur Handicap That Makes You Suck at Productivity

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Wipe last night’s cereal crumbs from your keyboard. We’ve been so busy telling people to Escape Cubicle Nation , retire to 4 Hour Work Weeks and become Non-Conformists … that we’ve overlooked a few advantages of old-school big business entrepreneurs. Want to write a book by the end of the year? Wake up at noon.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

Elizabeth Gilbert, who wrote a book called Eat, Pray Love , once gave a TED speech that suggested creative people are pretty emotionally twisted. Here’s your retirement cheque, go build your house, put in a pool, and stay with your girlfriend for the rest of your life,&# then I would probably kill myself. Definitely.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

When I am putting together an editing report or when I am fact-checking – I often work on books that match subject areas I studied. Now I can just work the job I want and retire happy&# I’m like, you moron, education never stops! Alas, that’s not going to happen, so books will have to do.

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