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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

Simply lowering your voice—whether in decibels if you are communicating in person or in tone if using email or text—can make communication more civil. I made the mistake of assuming that within the next few years he’d be in his early 70s and ready to retire, which was part of my vision of eventually running the business alone.

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The Quest for My Best Sales Month Ever

Success

The two emails come before noon on a Monday. The other offers me an unsolicited assignment to write about the relationships that formed after a retired soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder sent his Purple Heart to a NASCAR driver. In the spirit of intentionality, I wrote direct and purposeful emails to finalize them.

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Tim Berry's Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2

Small Business Labs

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. I posted on Tim Berry's un-retirement.    Here is the main section of that post: "I recently traded emails with well-known business planning expert and blogger Tim Berry. 

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Over Half of Baby Boomers Plan to Work Past Traditional Retirement Age

Small Business Labs

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   A major reason given for planning to work past traditional retirement age is the impact of the recent recession.  Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

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Time Spent on Social Networks Exploding; Email and IM Fading

Small Business Labs

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   We are using email and instant messaging less.    From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively. . 

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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A twist of fate post-retirement put his hard-earned savings at stake, leading him to rally to get a stretch of land for a new residential area in Delhi. I got a job as a junior features writer with the Indian edition of a teen magazine on a monthly salary of Rs 6,000 (approximately $80), more than half of which went into rent.

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What Being Pregnant During the Pandemic Taught Me About Cultivating Contentment

Success

I do my typical morning email and text check-in—a routine that now involves looking at the latest COVID-19 numbers in my state, Illinois, which was in the midst of a surge. This article originally appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Good morning to my girls,” he says. It’s 6:30 a.m.

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