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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

There’s also something particularly poignant about sitting down to a table set for one in an unfamiliar restaurant amid the sound of strange accents and clinking glasses. Which of us could admit to having Facebook minimized in another window while toiling away at an excel spreadsheet during office hours?). ‘I

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A day in the life: Rebecca-Monique Williams, Adaptive Lab

Practically Perfect PA

I manage his schedule and monitor his emails, as well as help organise some of his travel, company events, and client dinners, occasional research, expenses and ad hoc tasks – all the general PA duties. There are some fab vietnamese restaurants – I’m partial to a kimchi banh mi.

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Also you can share your plans with colleagues, family and friends either directly by email or through Facebook and LinkedIn. You shake your phone and the app will suggest a restaurant in the area, you can also make a reservation using the app.

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Also you can share your plans with colleagues, family and friends either directly by email or through Facebook and LinkedIn. You shake your phone and the app will suggest a restaurant in the area, you can also make a reservation using the app.

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Why Blindly Following the Rules Is a Mistake

Eat Your Career

The other night, my parents and I hit a local restaurant for happy hour. How often do we follow the rules at the expense of something else, perhaps more important? In this instance, it was at the expense of exceptional customer service. What rules do you blindly follow at the expense of more important things? Tweet This!

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

We asked a host of experts, readers who follow SUCCESS on Twitter and Facebook , and our SUCCESS staff what they will do to kick-start the new year. Gina Muré from Facebook. I want to evaluate my cost-of-living expenses and see where I can cut back. Rory Vaden from Facebook. Review your expenses as a couple.

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Back to the basics for customer service

Service Untitled

Do people really boycott businesses and restaurants the first time we feel we are treated poorly? When I first graduated from college, and of course I was poor, I purchased what to me was a very expensive white shirt with navy blue trim from Macy’s. Is it really poor customer service or do we as consumers expect too much?