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Is job hopping the only way up the career ladder for assistants?

Practically Perfect PA

For many assistants trying to negotiate a pay rise is extremely difficult and many are turned down because of their organisation’s internal structures. It can be a lot easier to find a new role and negotiate an increased salary during the recruitment process. Download the eBook. Applying for jobs outside of the PA role.

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How Freelancing Can Help Start Your Business

Productivity Bits

In fact, a clever business person can use their freelancing experience as a way to hone their skills, strut their stuff, and gain valuable contacts. Honing your skills As a freelancer, you will need to develop some important skills in order to survive. Negotiating. Please grab my free productivity ebook!

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The Most Important Trait To Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

This skill has expedited the growth of my audience from under a hundred to over two thousand email subscribers in eight months. Books remain one of the best ways to learn a skill. For example, I learned many technical skills in the 1990s by reading “For Dummies” books. The value of learning is very clear. YouTube Videos.

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How I Get My (Blog) Ideas

The Marq

You need to have a regular schedule that's non-negotiable and dedicated to this activity. I ask a lot of questions about what's going on at home, business, politics, with my skills, people I know, and, generally, anything that sparks my curiosity. Just kidding! Below are the details. I suggest setting this at your optimal time of day.

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77 Things I Did In 2010

Brilliantly Better

Wrote 4 Ebooks In One Month. I thought I lost the skills to hire people, but apparently I didn’t. From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. Released The Free Ebook “How To Build Reputation With Your Blog&#. Self-Published 5 Of My Ebooks.

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The Subtle Comfort Of The Discomfort Zone

Brilliantly Better

In the last two months I started a consulting project (quite a big one, it will end in March next year) where I have to spend a few hours every day in an office, evaluating progress of a team, provisioning, negotiating deals, creating and implementing strategies and so on. Being aware of your own reactions is a great point.

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How To Live A Scriptless Life

Brilliantly Better

By now many of my readers know that I had an online business for the last 10 years, that I successfully sold two years ago, and that experience was the inspiration for one of my most read ebooks so far “ 30 Sentences For A Millionaire Mindset ”. And that ebook will really give you 30 sentences to create a millionaire mindset.

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