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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

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My suitcase was packed, my traveling clothes all laid out. My dad has always enjoyed days spent swimming in the ocean, followed by hearty dinners at nice restaurants. My mom tried to help by encouraging me to like stuff that other girls my age liked: clothes, boy bands, teen magazines. My mom shook me awake in the dark.

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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As a trainer, speaker and author, Meyer says contemplative goal setting is an early preparatory step that sets the stage for success throughout the entire sales process. Cathcart’s process of intelligent motivation is defining what’s important to you, what action is needed and then doing things to generate and sustain that action.

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5 Tips for Implementing Sustainability Practices as a Small Business

Eco-Office Gals

The first and most important thing you can do during this process is research. For instance, a restaurant could focus on replacing plastic bottles or providing reusable silverware. For instance, a clothing shop should consider switching to sustainable fabrics. Do Thorough Research. Start by looking into the basics.

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Tips for the Traveling Administrative Professional

Office Dynamics

Then, when it’s finally time to take a day off and relax, or travel for business, they’re starting from scratch and the planning process suddenly feels more stressful than ever! Booking your trip is probably the most stressful part of the planning process. Pack a couple dryer sheets in with your clothes. Booking Your Trip.

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Green Living, Green Wallet

Eco-Office Gals

There is little nutritional value in such a meal, and the footprint associated with the waste of each individually wrapped item, and the process of making that food in a plant somewhere, shipping it to the restaurant, and preparing it for you is considerable. These are processed clothes that are more likely to irritate the skin.

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Looking at This Year’s Successes as You Set Next Year’s Goals

All Things Admin

A lot of planning has gone into this trip – from the airline you chose to fly to the hotel you selected to the restaurants you’ll eat at. Sure, it’s fun to live in the moment, but when you realize you’re thousands of miles from home without so much as a place to stay or a change of clothes, you’ll wish you’d made a plan.

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I’m telling my friends about the bad customer service

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We go out for a Saturday night dinner with our neighbors, our relatives or our co-workers and the conversation most likely centers around that last unhappy experience at the airport, the restaurant, or the mall. What happens to customer service when the right candidates aren’t hired for the job?