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Navigate Your Path to Success

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Wouldn’t it be great to simply plug in your dreams or goals for your life and career and have someone tell you in a very confident assuring voice how to get there? It is common this time of year to set goals. We’re often so much better at setting the goals than keeping on track until we reach our destination.

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Managing the “Great Expectations” of the Next Sales Generation

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The death of the traditional salesman has been greatly exaggerated,” heralded a recent column in The Economist (October 22, 2011). Yes it is — if you learn how to leverage this new talent by focusing Gen Y behaviors on business goals and setting metrics for results. A few keys: Support planning to master skills over time.

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Still holding on to “life's leg warmers?” What would Jane Fonda.

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And don‘t forget to recycle your old plan to make room for a new and improved strategy that will keep you energized! Business Goals: Goals, like those leg warmers and jelly shoes, go out of style. So toss them away (goals and jelly shoes) and bring your goals up-to-date.

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5 Important Things to Remember as an Entrepreneur :: Women on Business

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Address personal fears, listen to your own instincts and intuition, and start believing in yourself to have the tenacity and drive to see your goal of business ownership actualize. Develop a planning process that consists of setting measurable objectives. Offer support to others with similar goals of business ownership.

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Five Mistakes We Make at Networking Events

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Finally, don’t go to networking events with the goal of giving out as many business cards as you can. Jody Gabourie, the recently retired Canadian “Marketing Plan Queen”, knew. Be strategic about give-aways. What product or service positions you best? What will provide a good intro so that people will want to purchase more?

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There's Still Time

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Here is a 21-step plan that I’m going to try for 21 days – you can try it, too: Before you get out of bed, breathe in through your nose and out making a “ha” noise. Categories : Businesswomen Bloggers 4 Comments 1 Tweets that mention There’s Still Time :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 11th, 2011 at 1:07 pm [.] I think it is!

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

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To secure your little corner of the recovery, you’ll need to be at the right place with the right business plan. A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems.