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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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I was equipped with both and strong leadership skills that could help me succeed anywhere. “If She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. Look how popular Mexican food, Asian food, Italian food restaurants are. Photo courtesy of Lizeth Morales.

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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Salespeople who aren’t constantly honing their knowledge and skills risk becoming relics. This holds true for a piece of manufacturing equipment, life insurance, clothing or dessert at a restaurant, he says. Learn a new skill or more about the customer or your marketplace. That’s what the pros will tell you.

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Planning the perfect business meeting

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From booking trains or flights, to finding a hotel that suits both the budget and the boss, you’ve probably honed your skills. A hotel meeting room sends a very different message to a quiet private table in a renowned restaurant. The Right Restaurant. And what about all the other options in between?

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Tips for the Tourist in All of Us: The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel!

Office Dynamics

Taxi: Your choice should depend on the city you are traveling to, the distance you will be going from the airport to the hotel, and any other local traveling you will be doing—such as going from a hotel to a restaurant; plus the time of your arrival (are you arriving after dark and traveling alone?). This is just a simple truth.

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Skip the Latte, Save Your Business

Tips From T. Marie

You know business could be better, you know that you’re lacking a skill, knowledge or even equipment that could make a real difference. To combat the ‘I can’t afford that’ brigade. You know what I’m talking about. We’ve all been guilty of it. But how much are you spending on lattes a month?

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The ultimate app guide for assistants

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Tipping in restaurants around the world can be very confusing. A quick and easy app for conference calling which is free to use and can connect people to meetings taking place elsewhere without being stuck in front of a computer or video conference equipment. where exactly they need to go in the airport. Tipulator: 0.99p. ATM UK: Free.

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Will new technology eradicate the need for assistants?

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Are our senior director’s really going to take that search result and book the restaurant themselves as an example and how do they know this restaurant is even any good? . So I wonder how they would feel if they were asked to swap their highly skilled assistants for an iPad and a Blackberry.