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Magic Johnson’s Fast Break Into Business

Success

I learned a couple of great lessons there with Michael Ovitz,” Johnson says. The second thing I learned is that if you want someone to be your mentor , you better be ready to listen and be humbled,” Johnson says. I had to learn that I was not my customer. We learned that African Americans are the No.

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Branching out – moving on from being an EA

Practically Perfect PA

Use the access you have to your business as an opportunity to learn and ask questions, lots of questions, join LinkedIn groups about your chosen field, read and if you are able to take on additional training. Get a mentor. We also possess a unique set of skills, many of which are transferable into lots of different disciplines.

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Branching out – moving on from being an EA

Practically Perfect PA

Use the access you have to your business as an opportunity to learn and ask questions, lots of questions, join LinkedIn groups about your chosen field, read and if you are able to take on additional training. Get a mentor. We also possess a unique set of skills, many of which are transferable into lots of different disciplines.

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77 Things I Did In 2010

Brilliantly Better

But the whole process was fun and I learned a lot about how to measure your effort when starting such a task. I confess now that the game took only 15 hours of coding (including some learning of Lua). I used mainly to learn and test the AppStore submission process. Learned How To Starve My Daemons.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I do know that the more experienced an EA is the PERCEPTION is they are less hungry, less flexible, less tech savvy, or less open to learning than new EAs who are trying to get their foot in the door, prove their worth, and are new to the EA role. What did they learn? However, this is what I’ve learned. How will they improve?

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