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5 Reasons 15-Minute Cities Could Be The Key To Work-Life Balance

Allwork

Overall happiness and health can be improved when people reclaim their work lives, cut commuting, take on more active forms of travel, and interact within their local community. Fewer cars on the roads reduce congestion, traffic, and noise pollution, making areas become much safer and more pleasant for forms of active travel to get around.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

Success

I had intended to ask him about how he started Bonton Farms , an urban farm he founded in a South Dallas food desert more than a decade ago after abandoning a cozy corporate job and six-figure salary. A food desert is an urban community whose residents need to travel a mile or more to get to a grocery store. So, we had the right one.

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

For couples who travel frequently between homes and businesses and have busy lifestyles, this could mean coordinating professional and private schedules across different time zones and in different regions around the world. An EA/PA manages the executive’s entire life. How Much Does a Hybrid Executive Assistant Earn?

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Krayman

I should not have a “mommy penalty” on my salary because I have children and neither should you. Take a summer course, travel to a new place, do an online class to open your mind to new ideas. Carol Cozewith on listening to the advice of others Retired Designer My advice to my granddaughters and all young women is this.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Their website -Wikipedia page -Recent news articles -Salary dot com -Glassdoors dot com -Anyone you know who worked there or currently does -Social media outlets -Job description I typically print all these out a couple of days before a call or meeting. The timing of the gift is also crucial.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Going back to school was the best gift I could give myself. I don’t care how you do it, campus, traveling or from home, but you WILL go. i would rather pay for a year of them traveling world and experiencing life than pay for one semester of college. When my son graduates, I will insist on it. You may even go twice.

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