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5 Habits to Help You Handle Rejection Gracefully

Success

From an early age, we learned to recoil at the word. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. Pick up the phone, knock on the door, reach out to those people, and go for what you want. When it comes to negotiating, hiring or pitching, “No never means no.” I understand why.

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Best of the Best: How to Create a Personal Brand Like DJ Khaled

Success

Was it actually a phone notification plugged into a loudspeaker? When he was a teenager, the world taught him that life isn’t fair, at the expense of those parents. Khaled was about 16 and DJing a party in Orlando, Florida where he spent his formative years, when his phone rang. I’d be lying if I told you it didn’t startle me.

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Advice on Working in the Gig Economy From a Successful Gig Worker

Small Business Labs

What I earn directly correlates to what I eat so I spend some time negotiating terms of employment by asking for terms such as retainers instead of trailing billing, negotiating net terms to as close to zero, etc.  I love Obamacare, but it's become expensive where I live as insurers have left the market.

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Information Is Cheap, Action Is Expensive

Brilliantly Better

There were no cell phones. Get on a bus and negotiate your arrival later. Information, on the other side, was very expensive. Information is no longer confined within thick walls, we can learn everything we want about everything we can imagine. Yet, we almost never get on a bus, ready to negotiate our arrival later on.

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Why You Should Reach Out to a Staffing Agency to Hire an Executive Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

Hiring and training are long and expensive processes, and you don’t want to have to do it again right away because either you or your new hire end up unhappy. Contact us today to learn more and find the right assistant for you. The extent of a recruitment agency’s involvement in each step of your candidate search is up to you.

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So do assistants think the role has diversified?

Practically Perfect PA

In the past I’d be answering phones, taking memos and maintaining files – nowadays you are an extension of your Executive. I find myself being a ‘Jack of all trades’, and constantly learn, which is rather exciting.” It is encouraging to be challenged and I enjoy it greatly.”

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

Success

I’m no stranger to setting lofty money goals : At 9 years old I became cognizant of the idea of college—a seemingly far-off milestone that my parents described as “important” and “expensive”—and decided I needed to proactively save money for my college education. People are often shocked to learn I don’t have a debit card.