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How You Sabotage Your Success.

Rich Gee Group

Transporting the letter to the nearest FedEx location in time to ensure the date on the letter is reasonable. Just as I set up my account and answered all their questions, I lost the whole thing three times. If that doesn’t frustrate you, I don’t know what will. Getting the letter in an envelope. What to put outside? A Post-It?

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Slow Down. You Move Too Fast. | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

Bathasar Gracian, writes about the need to transport ourselves, if necessary, for some people are ignored in one city but are considered a prodigy in yet another city. The lesson for me is that one can, so to speak, play one mean fiddle, but if one is in the wrong place at the wrong time, it won’t be appreciated by anyone.

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Good, Bad, Ugly and Beautiful Strategy

LDRLB

The CEO of IBM believes in using research to “get ahead of the obvious.” This included clever work on smarter cities which turned IBMs computer expertise to solving complex problems with transport, urban planning, and rebalancing the global economy, and encouraged innovation to support customers in those areas.

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5 Ways To Make Your Commute Bearable. | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

By the way, I totally understand about public transportation (I use it too) — but this post focuses solely on car commuting. My average commute (one-way, without traffic) is one hour — so I feel that I have a good handle on what the typical commuter endures every day. Why not work from home? Not every day. Unported License.

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Why I Didn’t Alter My Resume, and Why Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Should Be Fired For Altering His

The Idolbuster

On May 3, 2012, a dissident investor accused Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson of falsifying his resume on the company web site and in financial disclosures by claiming a computer science degree that he didn’t earn. The CEO sets the moral tone of a company, and you cannot have someone lying about their resume at the head. Thompson has to go.

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3 Ways to Motivate Employees During Times of Change :: Women on.

Women on Business

We had our own boom and bust cycle of people seeking rooms for the event, along with constant speculation about the number of people involved, and how the city’s transportation and services would hold up. Washingtonians are not the only ones in transition; companies are reorganizing, restructuring, and adjusting their plans for 2009.

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Why I Appreciate Starbucks

Harvard Business Review

Howard Schulz, the CEO of Starbucks, is not an empty suit. Schulz talks about his mission in a way that's very different from most CEOs. In 2000, he stepped down as CEO of Starbucks. Everything we've tried to do," he writes, "is steeped in humanity.".