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Office Party? Ask yourself these 5 questions
Every year around the holiday season, companies have office parties and every year someone will become the ‘talk of the town’ but not for the best reasons! Here are the answers to 5 key questions to ask yourself BEFORE you attend that next holiday get together.
1. Do I have to go?
Just being there is 80 percent of success. Consider the office party as an extension of your job. In general, when your boss invites you to a social occasion, you should attend.
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Insurance – An Investing Perspective
Kamal Basra and Tracy Theemes explain how insurance can be used as part of your overall investment strategy. They explore some of the different policy types available, and tell you what you should know about them.
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Leasing Retail Space: the good, the bad and the scary
If you’re thinking of opening a brick-and-mortar shop (as opposed to an online only store) you’ll want to read Chris Green’s primer on leasing commercial space. Think you know everything because you’ve negotiated rental agreements for living space? Throw everything you know out the window: commercial leasing is so different, it’s like comparing oranges to elephants.
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3 Simple Presentation Tips to Improve Sales
Being able to speak well when presenting to potential clients is necessary if you want to make a great impression and inspire confidence that you can deliver on your products or services. Cathy Kuzel, a networking expert, gives three surefire tips to help you succeed.
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Best Image Advice: Gratitude as an Attitude
Image isn’t just about how you look, it’s also about how you feel and behave. Katherine Lazaruk explains how adopting an “attitude of gratitude” can help you appreciate yourself, so you can make positive decisions regarding your overall image.
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Become a Cash Flow Ninja
Chris Green looks at reasons to be thankful for having good operating capital and examines ways to increase your capital by cutting expenses. He finds inspiration from the remarkable spirit and business acumen of Third World entrepreneurs.
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Are you a Hoarder? How-to take charge of your data
Are you collecting too much information? Cathy Kuzel gives 5 success tactics to help you decide what’s important, how to manage your time when it comes to reviewing information, and ultimately to take charge of your data-storing ways.
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5 Things to Know About Your Investment Portfolio
Knowledge is power, and this is especially true when it comes to money. Tracy and Kamal reveal five things you need to know about investing that will help you make better financial decisions.
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Graduating into the image of success
Katherine Lazaruk, image consultant, reminds graduates that image is not just how you look, it’s how you present yourself. She gives ten tips to help you make the best of your first job interviews. And remember, the experience you gain in a job can help you in your entrepreneurial journey.
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School of Hard Knocks
Chris Green explores the idea of education and the entrepreneur. Have we become a society too intent on formal education? Is an official title important, or is there room for real life experience and the School of Hard Knocks?
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Multiple Streams can Create a River of Revenue
If you’re open to doing the work, you can create new streams of income on your own terms. Cathy Kuzel, entrepreneur and owner of The Connected Woman, gives five strategies for creating multiple streams of income that she uses herself.
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Are You Confusing Your Audience with Multiple Businesses?
Katherine Lazaruk weighs in on the difficulties that can come from having several businesses, and what you can do about it. For example, when you go to a networking event, should you introduce all the businesses you do, or stick to just one? Should you diversify, or stay within one industry?
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Multiple streams of (taxable) income
Chris Green talks about multiple income streams, exploring different types, giving his opinion on some of them, and reminding entrepreneurs that regardless of how they make their money, they still need to report their income and pay taxes to the Revenue Agency.
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It’s a Balancing Act! – Creating Work/Life Harmony
Cathy Kuzel gives five tips you can use RIGHT NOW to help you create a more balanced life. Cathy, who runs multiple businesses, uses these tools to help her achieve more in business while at the same time, creates more personal time away from business.
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Key to making better business decisions: slow down
Chris Green explains why slowing down can help you make better decisions.
