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This isn't your parent's workweek anymore.

Rich Gee Group

There's no comparison. Think of the impact of commuting - losing 20% of the commuting traffic will greatly impact your travels. There are 2 ways I can help YOU: Check out my latest playbook - 3 Things You Need To Do To Guarantee Success - tools for your career, business, and life. Who would you rather work for?

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In Praise of Golden Shower Tree

QAspire

However, while our own plants may pale in comparison, I rather like them! Photo by Tanmay Vora at Indroda Nature Park, Gandhinagar, 2010. If you are viewing this post in RSS reader or Email, click on “Display Images Below&# to see the picture. By Tanmay , September 22, 2010 @ 4:18 am @Joe - Thanks for the comment Joe.

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A Better Way to Plan Your Career

Harvard Business Review

My students frequently ask me how I planned out my career to become president of Fidelity Investments. I always tell them, "There was no grand plan; I backed into my career one step at a time.". What does my history suggest about career planning? That you can't control the trajectory of your career.

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QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management.

QAspire

He delivered some simple yet powerful messages on excellence while narrating the tale of his life and career. Here is a quick summary of those powerful lessons: Be your own enemy : We get too bogged down by comparisons and competition. Anupam talked about excellence – as he sees it. You have to be your strongest critic.

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Excellence Begets Excellence

Chris Brady

Most likely, however, these incorrect responses to high achievement are rooted in the fact that the performance of others makes our own pale in comparison.   Are you dreaming of excellent outcomes in your life, career, business, marriage, home, church, or art? Secretariat showed it all his career. Raise your standards.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. This type of orientation can be incredibly valuable to cultivate for anyone working for multinationals or in other global careers, and can also be used by managers to develop employees. In comparison, the U.S.,

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Why Uber and Airbnb Needed a Different Kind of CEO

Harvard Business Review

Since their founding less than a decade ago, Uber and Airbnb have wrangled with regulators, challenged the taxi and hotel industries, earned extraordinary valuations from venture capital investors — and fundamentally transformed the way people think about urban transportation and travel. That’s true right now.

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