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Believe It Or Not: 7 Leadership Lessons From Robert Ripley

Joseph Lalonde

In the end Ripley traveled to 201 countries in 31 years. Yet his life can teach us valuable leadership lessons. Leadership requires many skills. Know that life changes : World war broke out during Ripley’s lifetime and this limited his ability to travel. Your leadership position will change. Life will change.

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5 Clues That You Are Ready To Leave Your Corporate Job & Work From Home

Women on Business

You dream of traveling to conferences and meeting up with other like minded women, building or expanding business relationships along with taking on a stronger leadership role. You feel uneasy going to work, and lack enthusiasm. You are disengaged on the job and do not find it as fulfilling as it once was.

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

For most of my prior career, I was a woman who: was happily married, may never have children, would earn a six figure income, was a loyal employee, was an over achiever, traveled to exotic places, would live in my dream home, and wanted to be involved in the highly charged corporate world forever! Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock!