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How to Write Fast & Well, Part 10: Get Rhythm
So far in this series, I've focused on the content of your writing: choosing a good topic, giving structure to your thoughts, and finding the right words.Unfortunately, you can excel at all that and...
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Ambitious Entrepreneur Wants to Create the Future Davos of the Caribbean
I recently had a chance to speak with an ambitious entrepreneur named Kirk-Anthony Hamilton who wants to spotlight Jamaica not just as a vacation destination but as a future global business powerhouse....
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How to Stop Burning Out in 2016
Setting annual personal and professional goals is a great way to set up your 2016 roadmap. I love challenging myself and making my dreams come to life. However, new goals mean extra tasks, extra...
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Can You Help Others Find Meaning In Their Work?
If you asked the people in your team to rate how meaningful they found their work, what do you think their answers would be? Perhaps, like many of the organizations I've been working with lately, it...
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Top 5 Small Business Trends for 2016
Every year for the past 20 years over at my USA TODAY column I look at the top trends for the upcoming year for small business. It's an interesting and ever-changing list, that's for sure, as, I...
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Why Your 20s Is the Best Time to Start a Business
I often get asked why I work such long hours at the age of 21, when I could be traveling, partying or just generally doing what most people my age do. It's a fair question as running a business at 21...
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3 Networking Strategies You Can Learn from Billionaire Elon Musk
Billionaire Elon Musk has legions of supporters. For the die-hard Musketeers -- what I call his followers -- his past and current successes disrupting entire industries with PayPal, Tesla Motors,...
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Ask the Etiquette Expert: Breaking the Habit of Overusing an Apology
Dear Diane, I have gotten into a habit I am hoping you can help me break. I started a new job with a company, and my goal is to be promoted within the next several months. I find myself annoyed at...
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Resistance Is Your Friend
There is always one. Often there are several. You know...the ones who resist every change. If you are lucky, they adopt a neutral wait and see position. More likely, they find the most inconvenient...
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The U.S. Must No Longer Accept China's Denial of Government-Sponsored Hack...
China's bitter battle to rewrite the rules of the Internet persisted in December in the historic town of Wuzhen. There, China held its second World Internet Conference. The theme was identical to last...
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December Job Numbers: Is the Great Vacation Coming to an End?
The Labor Department reported the economy created 292,000 jobs in December, prompting another round of celebrations from the Obama administration and its supporters. They have a case. The economy has...
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How Retirees Can Avoid Running Out of Money: The Role of Longevity Annuities
Retirees are becoming a larger part of the population while their capacity to fund retirement comfortably has been declining. The population 65 and older, which now numbers about 48 million, is...
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Design Philosophy is Critical in Driving Breakthrough Innovation
It is now abundantly clear that incremental innovation only keep the Sharks away long enough to come up for air and that it takes breakthrough innovation to swim out into the Blue Ocean, where...
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Why Most Entrepreneurs Fail to Attract Paying Clients and What You Can Do...
Have you ever wondered what makes some entrepreneurs so magnetic that people are automatically driven to them and are ready to hand them cash, with closed eyes? And why the heck can't you be a...
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What Great Brands Do That You Should Do for Your Personal Brand
"Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: ME Inc. To be in...
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What Warren Buffett Isn't Doing
Photo courtesy of Flickr. I don't know Warren Buffett. I didn't interview him for this article. But I'm pretty sure I know what he isn't doing to cope with the worst first four trading days in history...
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After the Fall: Beyond The Big Short
Anyone working in finance or real estate watches the housing and stock markets, economic indicators, social trends and, more recently, films. Specifically, one of this season's most-lauded pictures,...
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4 Ways to Build Authentic Connections With Clients and Prospects
Engaging with our clients, prospects and team members is an all-important skill that many of us would like to enhance. When we create a sense of community by surrounding ourselves with like-minded...
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Start the Year Strong With 3 Sound Practices for Growth
Starting a new year typically brings excitement about new plans and strategies. But never forget that solid growth springs from a sturdy platform of fundamental business practices.Make Accountability...
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The Future of Coworking
This article originally published in the inaugural edition of the Business of Furniture on January 6, 2016 and can be found at this link. If you enjoy this story, you will love the first issue of...
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