Success

JULY 5, 2021

Was it actually a phone notification plugged into a loudspeaker? Khaled was about 16 and DJing a party in Orlando, Florida where he spent his formative years, when his phone rang. It was from the phone line inside his little makeshift studio in his parents’ house. I’d be lying if I told you it didn’t startle me. Podcasts. “I

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Success

JANUARY 4, 2023

Going along to get along sounds like a restful approach to your interactions, but in reality, learning how to stand up for yourself—to ask for what you want, say no when necessary and insist on due respect—is much more effective for facing the world with confidence. Assertion is a skill that can be learned like any other.

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Success

APRIL 18, 2022

When he eats at restaurants, he leaves famously humongous tips. When he finds out I have an infant at home, Shaq takes my phone, opens the camera, turns it to selfie mode, and starts recording a message. He thinks of each mistake as a learning opportunity. Making people smile , he tells me, is his biggest goal in life.

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Success

MARCH 8, 2023

According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. of women-owned businesses.

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Productivityist

MAY 12, 2016

Let’s be honest, how many of the articles you read, videos you watch, phone calls you make, words you say and podcasts you listen to, do you actually take action on? For years I kept reading blogs, listening to interviews and watching TED talks, without implementing what I’d learned. Where to find something to learn. The result?

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Success

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One afternoon, while mopping the floor, she overheard a phone call that left him in a terrible frown, Insurance asking for more money than he had, and her heart began to drown. The need is so great for people to learn how to give.”. This article originally appeared in the July 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Far fewer employees have laptops (39 percent), mobile phones (40 percent) or tablet computers (13 percent) available to them at work. Open plan offices must therefore be balanced with spaces for personal rejuvenation where staff can read a magazine, change posture and disconnect. Provide spaces for social, informal connections.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

A place to come, learn and realise that there was at least one other PA that felt the same way you did and was facing the same every day issues you were (and some of the triumphs too!) Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. It is brilliant! About the network….

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

I had a big learning curve going into it and I didnt know any of the other assistants so I felt all alone with my challenges. I can tell you my friends and colleagues got a lot of phone calls in those early days and it was a wonderful resource and help to me. Read professional magazines when you get the opportunity.

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