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

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Her first thought was the officer saw her talking on the phone. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. Look how popular Mexican food, Asian food, Italian food restaurants are. That kind of hard work sustained her restaurants during the pandemic.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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As a trainer, speaker and author, Meyer says contemplative goal setting is an early preparatory step that sets the stage for success throughout the entire sales process. Cathcart’s process of intelligent motivation is defining what’s important to you, what action is needed and then doing things to generate and sustain that action.

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Tips for the Traveling Administrative Professional

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Then, when it’s finally time to take a day off and relax, or travel for business, they’re starting from scratch and the planning process suddenly feels more stressful than ever! Booking your trip is probably the most stressful part of the planning process. Calling all admins: celebrate admin day and treat yourself! Booking Your Trip.

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Finding Joy and Friendship in a Pandemic-Induced Hobby

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I’m driving home from one of Atlanta’s popular new restaurants. I needed something to do—a hobby—that would force me to put my phone down and redirect my attention and my thumbs. Hobbies and doing something that you genuinely enjoy is a huge part of our physical and mental restoration process.”. Generation Zen. It’s breathing.

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7 Classy Ways to Handle Employee Resignations

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Therefore, we do use that as a motivating factor if teachers are looking for work in other environments such as retail, warehouse, restaurants, etc.,” Sometimes employees quit because they do not wish to abide by [rules and regulations], such as keeping their cell phones stored away while caring for children.

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Leveraging AI to Unlock Human Potential | Angela Hood – CEO and founder of thisway global Inc.

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Frank Cottle [ 00:04:11 ]: Well, we have a little process in our company. So on my phone, I sat there and asked him questions. And, you know, there’s a whole process here overall. I know you, you have a whole AI process that helps them select people to even go to the interviews. We call it statement fact story.

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