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Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012

Harvard Business Review

The distance, though, helped me hone in on what's actually important to my professional career — and which make-work activities merely provide the illusion of progress. I have nearly a dozen newspaper and magazine subscriptions, the result of alluring specials ($10 for an entire year!) Reading Annoying Things. Not so much.

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Build Your Reputation the Rachael Ray Way

Harvard Business Review

One minute, you've never heard of Eric Ries , and the next he's on the cover of Inc. magazine, speaking at major conferences, and advising the White House on innovation. The next day, she was offered a $360,000 contract with the Food Network, launching her massively successful television career.