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What Are Sanctions, and Do They Work?
Sanctions have been prominently featured in the news in recent times, especially given international negotiations with Iran regarding economic sanctions and its nuclear program. (As of this writing, a...
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In the Face of Complexity
SME Competitiveness and Healthcare Reform The central tenant of the insurance industry is that the law of large numbers drives down the average price of risk. This principle of diversification has...
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9 Invaluable Financial Lessons Eating Pot Noodles For 3 Months Taught Me
I posted the message above on my Twitter account around the time the recession first hit me back in 2009. The day the hammer landed, I thought I was about to be commended on a job well done. Instead,...
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Being a Bestseller is NOT All About Sales
Most every author dreams of selling a million copies of their book. Or even a hundred thousand copies. They gauge their success by how many units they've moved, which makes sense because each sale...
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5 Rules for Flawless Media Love
Have you ever had this feeling? You're scrolling through a news site and you see one of your competitors being profiled and you think to yourself, "Why are they in the media and I'm not? They know less...
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Self-awareness: Key to Sustainable Leadership
In 2007, Arianna Huffington's career was on a rapid upward trajectory. After building the Huffington Post as the leading online global newspaper, Time chose her as one of the world's 100 Most...
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5 Negative Habits Successful People Learn to Break
ScottDW, aka, flimmaker Scott David Winn didn't always have the confidence he has now as a youtuber with videos that get millions of views. I went Behind the Brand with Scott and learned a ton about...
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Hospitality sector: A closer look at trends and concerns - What hiring...
The world of travel is changing - the sector is booming again, chains such as Air BnB have become the largest and most successful corporations in the business today. Travel websites are exploding with...
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Perception Trumps Reality in National Mortgage Settlement
In the past couple of months several of my bankruptcy clients received letters from Bank of America releasing them from all liability on second mortgages. What was strange is their mortgages were...
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Top 10 - 3 OF 10 : Can Fractal 80/20 tap insane amounts of money?
This blog is the third most popular of all the blogs I have ever posted. For the next 2 weeks we will be counting up to number 1. Can Fractal 80/20 tap insane amounts of money? The science of chaos -...
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That'll Do, Pig: If You Care About Excellence, Stop Over-Praising
In a meeting of nonprofit leaders the other day, I heard an executive praise some recent work done by his staff as "amazing" and "incredible." I hear this kind of thing so often that, normally, it...
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Should You Hire People That Are Smarter Than You?
Like most people who are just starting their own business, I heeded to Bill Gate's advice which is to hire people that are smarter than you. It was great since I needed a mentor and someone who could...
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Russia and China March Together and Eye a Common Adversary -- the U.S.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- On Sept. 3 China marked the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II with a grand parade on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. As expected, most world leaders chose to stay...
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Embracing the Process of Growth in Your Business
Being a new business owner can be daunting, challenging and even painful at points. We've all heard the alarming statistic that 90 percent of all new businesses fail within the first year. Of course...
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4 Things Business Presenters Can Learn From Painters
A leaking water pipe inside our house recently caused damage that entailed major renovations. As the various work crews came in and out over the next three months to repair the damage, the paint...
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The Moments You Live For
My friend Amy tells of a woman who runs a company that makes architectural stone. She has many moments during her days -- meetings, specification reviews, logistics strategy, customer visits. Those are...
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5 Habits Leaders and Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Successful Artists
For many people, business and artists don't make for a happy marriage. In fact, most artists themselves have limiting beliefs about their ability to run a successful and profitable business. But those...
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Minsk II -- Simply Another Form of Russian Aggression
The recent violence in Kyiv in connection with protests over Ukrainian parliamentary consideration of some sort of special status for the separatist part of the Donbas is unforgivable. But Minsk II,...
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How Fortune Rewards the Brave
We try not to repeat the same mistakes when bad things happen. And when I write "we" I mean you and me, the companies that we work for, and the institutions that govern us. Unfortunately, we allĀ are...
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5 Steps To Stop Gossip in the Workplace and Increase Productivity
Gossip has a sinking impact on employee morale and destroys business productivity. If a company has 200 employees and each employee spent one hour a day trading gossip, that would result in $160,000 of...
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