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

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Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo.

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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

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Home About Me Advertise Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online! By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you asked to make reservations for your manager(s) at particular restaurants? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Simple Tool for Organizing All of Your Travel Information

Stephanie LH Calahan

  The other 3 sections are divided by tabs to store your travel information.    One of the greatest features is the file lock -- and you might not even know it is there!    Your airplane or train tickets/boarding passes or even your car rental information fit very nicely in the front velcro closed pocket.

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Tracking How to Get It All Done & Avoid Information Overload-Interview With @Springpad CEO @jeffjaner

Stephanie LH Calahan

Information Overload is a topic that comes up frequently when I talk with people about what holds their productivity back. Many people have become "information junkies" collecting all kinds of information but not having it in a format that makes it usable.    Wow that is great!

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How can assistants stay on top of the scene?

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Will you be able to reel off a list of the best restaurants in that part of town? Along with everything else that is asked of assistants we do have to possess some sort of encyclopaedic knowledge of the world’s best restaurants and hotels. Try to automat as much information as you can. What is your answer going to be?

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The 4 steps of business travel planning: Managing your Executive while they are on the road

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Once the boss is settled into the hotel send them a reminder email detailing the hotel amenities and any local information that might prove useful (weather, good restaurants, nearest public transport). Have duplicates of everything and keep the paper work together in a file on your desk for easy access.

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Getting buy in from the boss

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There was less sharing of information, silos in place and limited collaboration. On the day I reverted to ‘show and tell’ and picked up the annual catalogue of restaurants for both of my bosses which greatly impressed them. When it came to appraisal time I then had a working file to draw on. “If