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You need an entourage

September 23rd, 2005
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Anyone who owns a small business knows that if you don't reinvest in the business, the business dies. So why do so many people fail to reinvest in themselves? Even if you work for someone else, you are running a small business: The business of you. You provide a product and you have to market …

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Status symbols for a new generation

Posted to: Mentoring | Parenting | Productivity | Women
September 18th, 2005
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Hey all you women! Looking for a way to look good at a party? Forget bragging rights to house with a picket fence. Forget a plastic-surgeried body that defies gravity. Here are the status symbols for a new generation:
1. A flexible job. This is practically a pre-requisite for being able to successfully balance work and …

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6 most violated resume writing rules

Posted to: Job Hunt | Resumes | Self-management
September 12th, 2005
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Five most violated resume-writing rules
This is the problem with the resume-writing world: Everyone thinks they're an exception to the rules. Everyone thinks they can pick and choose which rules are important. Do not do this. Until you work in human resources and personally scan 300 resumes a day, you are in no position to discard …

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Lessons from New Orleans

September 3rd, 2005
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The footage from New Orleans reminds me of my own experience at the World Trade Center. The first couple of weeks after the hurricane are just the beginning. So much of the rest of the story is about asking for help, and it 's one of the hardest things in the world to do; at …

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