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Job Etiquette: How to Survive a Layoff
In work, as in life, the only certainty we have is change. If your company downsizes and you find yourself without a job, there are a few steps to consider as you plan for your next opportunity.Request...
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Return to Cities Fuel New Lifestyle Brands
Americans, for the past decade or so, have put aside their centuries-old skepticism about cities, and have been moving back to urban centers. According to the U.S. Census, close to 270 million...
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On The 75th Birthday Of The 1940 Act, A Reminder Of The F-Word's Power
September is here and there is no better season to celebrate the F word: F, in this case, for the fiduciary standard. For one thing, the month of September has just launched. The Institute for the...
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Stop Imitating, Start Creating
Copycats and cheap imitators are everywhere online. Just because the Internet has made it easy to stalk your 'competition' doesn't mean you should dive head-first into implementing their strategies....
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5 Ways Finding the Right Fiverr Gig is Like Finding the Right Realtor and How...
Originally written for and published on HuffPost.Hear me out: Fiverr does not have to be a total waste of time despite what you may have heard or experienced.  (If this is Greek to you, Fiverr is an...
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Organizations Warming Up to Boomerang Employees
What is your organization's stand on boomerang employees; i.e. those who voluntarily left your employ, but subsequently ask to return? According to recent research we conducted with...
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Words Matter in the Paris Climate Agreement
Words matter. This is especially true for the Paris Agreement on climate change to be concluded this December. Businesses and investors have a clear stake in the words in the agreement and in the...
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10 Simple Habits That Make Afternoons as Productive as Mornings
Our society is collectively obsessed with morning routines. What is just as important, but often neglected, is how we manage what happens in the middle of the day. When we wake up, our minds are clear,...
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Dr. Scott Mindel: Get Rid of All Your Doubts, Be Physically and Mentally...
This is part of the #CareerAdvice series -- featuring successful professionals who share their advice to people who would want to take their career to the next level.Be prepared to fight for your...
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Stopping Structured Settlement Predators for Good This Time
"And here I sit so patiently Waiting to find out what price You have to pay to get out of Going through all these things twice" -- Bob Dylan "I was there when it happened And so I guess I ought to...
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Finding Your Authentic 'Sales Goddess' Higher Self (Insight and a Quiz!)
Throughout the history of sales training, many different processes have been taught and utilized. A variety of authorities have created unique frameworks to capture all of the essential skills that a...
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How Much Economic Power Do Dads Have?
False claims and inaccurate statistics about modern families abound. Many of these focus on dads, the most misunderstood part of the modern family. Mainstream media is filled with headlines and...
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Is My Feedback Motivating? Part 3
Posting this series of blogs scared me a bit. The value of using pure informational feedback* over other forms of feedback almost always triggers an emotional response. Over the past five years,...
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DeflateGate: Brady Suspension Overturned While Image Issues Remain
District Judge, Richard M. Berman, overturned Tom Brady's four-game suspension criticizing NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, for dishing out "his own brand of industrial justice." In the spring, the NFL...
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The Power of Your Employees' Audience
Many companies have now figured out that the audiences reached by its employees far outstretches that of their company's reach. Let me give you an example of what I mean. If company A has 1000...
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8 Ways Your Web Hosting Service Can Go Horribly Wrong
Web hosting is a term used to describe a place on the Internet where your website is located. This "place" is actually a virtual location on a computer connected to the internet at any time of day or...
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Uber Is a Money-Loser
Whether you love or hate Uber -- and there are certainly plenty of people on both sides of that argument -- it is undeniable that the popular app has struck a chord with Americans by providing a...
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How Toptal's Distributed Team Operates From 25 Countries
At Toptal, we are proud of our ability to wing it and make things happen wherever we go. We are a company, but don't have an office or headquarters. We are completely distributed with hundreds of core...
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You Have a Great Business Idea. What Now?
Plato said that necessity is the mother of invention, but if you've ever been struck by a sudden creative notion, you know that showers, falling asleep, waking up, and drinking your morning coffee can...
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9 Questions That Will Point You in the Direction of Your Dream Career
Co-authored by Adrian Granzella Larssen, editor-in-chief at The Daily Muse It's easy to know that you're not happy with your current career path. (Hello, Sunday night blues.) But it's a whole lot...
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