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2023 Financial Forecast: How to Prepare for the Year Ahead

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In the past year, two dynamics in the broader economy have made it especially difficult to stick with a budget and avoid racking up debt. It’s going to be unlike the ride up,” he says. has been aggressive in its attempt to temper inflation by ratcheting up interest rates in an effort to cool demand.

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7 Money Mistakes You’re Making in Your 20s

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for the ATM and up to $5 to your bank. To get around this, buy items you can use more than a handful of times—it’s more economical and friendlier to the environment. You’ll end up paying nearly $4,000 in interest—on top of the $3,000 debt. It can be uncomfortable negotiating. You essentially just paid 12.5

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A Manual for Dealing with Rejection

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The average American won’t say yes—meaning yes to spending money—until they first come up with some type of no,” says Hopkins, who ran the leading Coldwell Banker Real Estate office in the country for several years. Instead, a lot of people just give up at that point.”. Each sales call is a new chapter in negotiation.

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NOT, “Just An Admin!”

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What started out as a two-week assignment ended up lasting for seven years! He asked me to find a location, negotiate a lease, remodel the space if needed and take care of all interior decorating and procurement. Negotiators. Instead, hold your head up high and say, I’m an Administrative Professional! I said, “Mr.

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Hacking Corporate: How to Create the Work Environment You Want

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Yet, what is critically neglected in corporate is how an office environment can either foster or destroy the amount of value an employee contributes. . Learn which activities or projects are perceived as unnecessary overhead to the higher-ups. If your boss doesn’t get it and objects, consider this the start of your negotiation.

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I'm back!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

My boss left for another opportunity and couldn't take me with him because it was a very French environment and I unfortunately only speak English. I noticed that the things I used to do and enjoyed in my personal time had somehow gotten gobbled up with work. I was calling it early retirement for lack of a better term.

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

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That is, I had a resource and was able to use it to lift myself up as well as lift up another woman in my community. Growing up as a millennial, I and many others were taught that gender equality was settled with the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.