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Relationships and Red Flags - A Learning Experience

Building Personal Strength

Ultimately, his daddy got tired of this project, and the son had to cram to get his real estate license. When the recession of 2001 hit, I had to restructure my business. I attributed this to growing up in a family where everything was given to him. He had never had to strive. I asked him, "How would you do that?"

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The Idealistic Realistic: What Really Helped Elevate Campbell Soup Company

Harvard Business Review

When I stepped in to run the Campbell Soup Company in 2001, the environment at Campbell was hugely challenging. A high percentage of the city's real estate has been abandoned. As of 2011, the story is far different: 17 Campbell employees are actively engaged for every 1 employee who is actively disengaged.

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Where Are All the Self-Employed Workers?

Harvard Business Review

MBO Partners, for example, predicted in 2011 that by 2020, “70 million people, more than 50 percent of the private workforce, will be independent.” And real estate agents, contractors, and others who are dependent on a boom-bust housing sector which has been mostly a bust in recent years.

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