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7 Money Mistakes You’re Making in Your 20s

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Not considering how many hours (not dollars) something costs. That means the coat will cost you 20 hours (or half of a workweek) to buy. You’re out at a restaurant or a bar with some friends and you want to split the bill, but you don’t have cash. The $40 shirt is a better investment because it costs $.80

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How to Create a Budget: 6 Steps to Get You on the Path to Financial Security

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The cost of building a life isn’t. Set goals and adjust your expenses. By sitting down each month and comparing your actual expenses to what your goals were will help you stay on track. It all feels a bit much. Categories are not limited—they should be customized to your own spending habits and responsibilities.

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Service with a snarl: What to look for and how to avoid it

Service Untitled

Customer service agents are not FBI hostage negotiators and should not be expected to tolerate screaming profanities, unrealistic goals, and vulgar behaviors. Low levels of service are inexpensive, but the high costs of customer dissatisfaction, the lost business, and the money spent to process and repair the damage, takes its toll.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

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Is there one thing that will make the difference between actually achieving your goals and chalking them up to yet another year’s unfulfilled resolutions? Visualize your goals as already complete. Write a 101 life-goal list. Reach my financial goals. Verbally appreciate at least 10 people a day Get eight hours of sleep.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01

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Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. 6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." The Latest Entrepreneurial Fantasy Is Selling Cupcakes : Move over restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts.

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The Mel Robbins Guide to Screwing Up

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We’re here today because our ancestors avoided rejection at all costs. It’s the worst, and it’s no wonder we’re programmed to avoid it at all costs. Request an item at a restaurant that’s not on the menu. How can you begin making smaller moves toward your goal? Fast-forward a few thousand years. Try Rejection Theraphy!

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Three Reasons You Need to Convince Newbies They Need a Website.

Men With Pens

The last time I went to a restaurant, I checked online for a menu before calling to make reservations. They had many different reviews of their restaurant, but the ones that came up first were the negative ones. Because I don’t have a US address on my credit card. I’m betting it’s been a long time.

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